Hi everyone!
I wanted to ask for advice about rehearsal dinners. For context, my fiance and I are paying for our wedding ourselves but unfortunately realized that we did not budget for rehearsal dinner costs after several months of planning. However, this is fine with us, as neither of us view the rehearsal dinner as our priority. We will be having a ceremony rehearsal the Thursday before our Friday wedding. So, we are currently stuck between the following two options: 1) not having a rehearsal dinner at all so we can relax at the hotel before the big day or 2) going out with family/the wedding party but NOT calling it a rehearsal dinner (everyone pays for themselves and we just go out to eat like normal). My fiance and I are both from the Caribbean, where rehearsal dinners are just starting to become a thing and are not the norm at all. We've brought up the rehearsal dinner topic to our parents and a few friends, all of which have said that they don’t see it as 100% necessary. We don't have access to a backyard or house that would be large enough to hold our close family/bridal party (~25 people). We also do not want to ask our parents to pay for the dinner as we see that as an unnecessary burden and not a priority. However, I do love the idea of having an additional opportunity to hang out with all of our families/friends and we love an excuse to eat!
Any advice on this would be appreciated! 
