Rehearsal dinner invitations - yes or no?

I sent out a pdf of what we were doing to the group and wedding day timeline as well

My IL's hosted ours and sent out separate invitations. I've been to plenty RD's and some have done separate invites, some have done evites, some have just sent an email or text, and some have done inserts into the regular invite. As long as the people invited know they are invited and the date/time/location - you can do it however you want!

I'm not sending any invites for the rehearsal. Everyone who will be there will just be told by word of mouth since we are not having many people at our rehearsal. Only those in the wedding and their SO.

I mean... we're probably just sending texts.

Thanks everyone! I’m either going with Facebook event or evite. Appreciate it!

I don't see the point. We're inviting people who need to be there, rehearsing, than having dinner after. We're in constant contact with the wedding party, they know when and where, and they know they need to be there.

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We have a group chat on Facebook messenger of everyone who's in the wedding party. Makes things so much easier. We only have to send a message once lol

My future in-laws will be doing a physical invite w/ a RSVP card. The restaurant that they ended up going with admitted that they have problems w/ pulling off a large formal dinner w/o knowing which food everyone wants up front. My future in-laws are a bit old school & wanted to send via snail mail.

We will be including a separate, additional invitation included with the wedding invitation to those who are invited to the RHD. These RHD invites will not require an RSVP as we will have a limited head count for this event and truly only inviting our closest family and wedding party plus dates. We also will be relying heavily on our wedding website for details for our guests in regards to times of events, places to stay and things to do as well.

I just texted every one instead I'd spending more money lol

I think it depends on the level of formality of the rehearsal dinner. If it's a backyard BBQ, a text or evite is fine. However, if it's a sit down meal at a restaurant, hotel, banquet hall, etc., I think it's more appropriate to mail out paper invitations. It's especially helpful if:

1) You need a specific head count for your rehearsal dinner venue

2) Members of your bridal party are traveling for the wedding and will need to know in advance

3) Your rehearsal is not the night before your wedding (for example, our wedding is on a Saturday but our rehearsal and rehearsal dinner will be on the preceding Thursday)

4) You want to formally specify whether significant others are invited

5) You want to extend the invitation to close family members who are not necessarily part of the bridal party, such as your grandparents

6) You want to extend an invitation to family members or friends who may be traveling for your wedding, but who might not otherwise be expecting an invitation to the rehearsal dinner

Usually for a formal sit down dinner, home or catered or restaurant, a written invitation is used. But it does not need to be formally addressed, or mailed out. And for a casual dinner or cookout, etc. A phone call, email or word of mouth will do fine.