Rehearsal dinner invitees

It's up to you. There's no set requirement. We did because we wanted to thank those guests who traveled (most OOT flew cross country from California to NJ).

You can but be prepared for the bill to be as high as the wedding catering itself unless you do traditional pizzas and beer/soda.


Typically the only ones invited to the rehearsal dinner are those directly involved in the ceremony and their significant others.

It's up to you! We invited all out of town guests to our rehearsal dinner. In my social circle and extended family, all out of town guests are generally invited to rehearsal dinners, but you could also decide to invite your wedding party and immediate family only. It was very important to us to invite out of town guests to our rehearsal dinner to thank them for travelling across the country to our wedding.

It's definitely up to you. It's a nice gesture but it isn't a requirement

It’s up to you. We’re inviting just a few OOT guests.

It's totally up to you. We got married in between where both of our families since my family lives in one state and my husband's family lives in another so technically everyone at our wedding including ourselves were out of town guests. For our rehearsal, we invited the bridal party (which included all of siblings, but one), their significant others and if they were single a plus one, my parents, his mom and a plus one even though she choose not to bring one, his dad and his fiancée (now wife) who didn't end up attending, my husband's older brother who was the only sibling not in the wedding, his wife and their children (they were the ring bearer and flower girls), and my grandparents on my mom's side since my grandmother was doing a reading at the ceremony. We also invited our officiant and his wife, but he choose not to attend.

I am inviting out of town guests. We will either get this (very good!) BBQ delivered from a food truck in the area or go to a casual restaurant. The wedding party will go to the rehearsal and then we’ll meet up for dinner. I’m excited to have the smaller group to spend time with before hand.