Welcome dinner

We aren’t necessarily doing a “welcome dinner” but after the rehearsal we are going out for a night in the town. Everyone will pay for themselves

If you invite people to a dinner, they should not be paying for themselves.
We aren’t doing a welcome dinner. We’re having a rehearsal dinner at a brewery. After the dinner, the brewery will be having live music, so we’re inviting our guests to come hang out with us. It’s later on in the evening so there’s no expectation of food. Most of our guests are from out of town, but we can’t feed them all multiple times. Our rehearsal dinner is already 40 people with just bridal party and immediate family, and our bridal party is only eight people total.

We are having a destination wedding & will be doing a welcome dinner at a restaurant & a thank you brunch at our hotel brunch restaurant. We will be covering the costs.

We didn't have a welcome dinner because most people didn't drive to our wedding until the day of the actual wedding. We did have a day after brunch though. It was 100% optional and guests paid for themselves. We figured they would need breakfast anyways and we had already paid for the wedding. I know most people would disagree with us, but oh well. None of our guests had a problem with it or at least they didn't seem to. They were just happy to get to spend more time with us. My brother-in-law had a welcome party (kind of). After rehearsal at about 8 pm, he reserved a back room at a bar. Everyone invited to the wedding was invited. Since it was 8 pm, no meal was provided. If people wanted snacks or drinks, they bought them on their own. Again, no one seemed to have a problem with this.

We aren’t necessarily having a welcome dinner but we are having a rehearsal dinner that will include the out of town guests. We are hopefully having it at an Italian restaurant and my fiancé’s parents will be paying for it. We’ll start to replan it next spring.

Yes. Since it’s a destination wedding, all of our guests have to travel. So it was only right that we host a welcome event. We don’t have a bridal party so we’re not doing a rehearsal. Our welcome will be more of a fun mix n’ mingle with appetizers as opposed to a sit down dinner. We’re saving that for the wedding reception .

We had a rehearsal dinner that we covered but we didn’t have a welcome dinner specifically

Yes we did, and my husband and I covered all of the costs (dinner + alcohol). We rented out a large party room and had heavy appetizer stations, purchased the alcohol ourselves, and hired bartenders to serve it.

We are somewhat doing this. We are having a DW and the early evening the night before we are hosting some apps and drinks at our wedding resort / venue. Nothing fancy, just very simple and open to anyone that wants to come. As we are having a sunrise wedding, we are probably going to start our evening around 6 - 6:30 p.m. and end by 8:00 p.m. - Although, once we're gone people can stick around if they want. I'd like to get as much peaceful rest as possible as my wedding day will start at 4:00 a.m.