Wedding Rehearsal & Rehearsal Dinner Question

How big is your bridal party? We're just telling people where to go and when.

Do you think there is a need for invites? Personally, I am just doing BP and our parents, so they will just get a call/text/email with the details.

Typically you just do rehearsal invites by word of mouth, since its obvious who should attend. dinner invites can be done separately as some people extend those to guests outside of the family & bridal party.

I have never gotten an invitation for just the rehearsal dinner so that is odd. The rehearsal dinner will sometimes be hosted by the wedding venue but the rehearsal dinner and the rehearsal are two separate events. The rehearsal dinner is a way to thank your bridal party for being part of the wedding.

That's what I thought, which would be so much easier, but FMIL is insisting on sending invites because she wants so much to be involved in something. Its going to be around 25 people. I may just say screw it & veto the whole idea.

Is your FMIL paying for the rehearsal dinner? if she is then let her do what she wants I guess, if she's not she really doesn't get a say.

That's a good point; no, she isn't. FFIL is. They are divorced and don't talk at all. I'm just going to tell her to forget about it.

Thanks ladies!

I have received actual invitations to a rehearsal dinner before. The invitation was for the dinner, so it stated the place and time of the dinner. The bride communicated info about the rehearsal to those of us in her wedding party directly.

I think the purpose of sending separate rehearsal dinner invitations was because (for this particular wedding) they were inviting people to the dinner who were not invited to the rehearsal, like out of town family.

I have never gotten a formal invite to a rehearsal or rehearsal dinner. But if you want to do them I would suggest doing just the dinner unless everyone is invited to the rehearsal. If everyone is invited to both you could have the information for both in it.

My place is giving 240 free insert cards... so i m printing the cards... why not?

i m gonna say join us for rehearsal dinner at 5pm... but telling BP to be there by word of mouth at rehearsal site at 4pm...

We are doing rehearsal invites. Typically, the invite is for the actual dinner, not the actual rehearsal part, as people might be invited to the dinner that aren't invited to the rehearsal, like significant others of the bridal party.

We did rehearsal invites too. To make things simple I just worded the invitation for the actual dinner start time. My FH and I told our bridal party what time they needed to be at the venue for the actual rehearsal before dinner.

I have always gotten rehearsal dinner invitations. I think its just easier to make sure everyone knows exactly where and when they're supposed to be. Also, it makes it clear that your SO is invited and there are family or friends who are not in the BP but may still be invited (like ring bearer/flower girl's parents, readers, etc.)

I'm thinking something along these lines for the wording:

Practice makes perfect

its true what they say

come help us rehearse

before the big day

Ceremony Location

Date & Time

After the rehearsal,

please join us for a dinner

honoring bridename & groomname

Hosted by groom's parents

Dinner location

Time

Address

I am sending invites as well. I wasn't going to but I found one on Zazzle that I liked.

http://www.zazzle.com/wedding_rehearsal_and_dinner_invitations_black-161934905510572400

There was another I liked too.

http://www.zazzle.com/chalkboard_wedding_rehearsal_dinner_mason_jar_invitation-161207254864950015