Hi everyone. Not sure if this topic has been addressed yet, but I scrolled through a few pages and didn't see a post about it. Anyway, our destination wedding is in the Florida Keys this May. We were discussing the rehearsal with my future mother-in-law and none of us can agree on proper etiquette for it. I personally had only thought of inviting the bridal party, my parents & fiance's parents. Since our wedding is going to be small to begin with (25-30 guests anticipated for final head count) I wanted to have a more intimate dinner with just those of us who will be in the wedding, which is what I thought was the point of a rehearsal dinner. My FMIL said she thinks we should invite significant others of the bridal party as well. Then one of my bridesmaids said that we should invite all the guests who are attending the wedding to the rehearsal dinner since they are there for our wedding and it's wrong of us to exclude them.
So, my question is what have you all done before and/or what is proper etiquette in this situation? We are doing a breakfast the morning after the wedding as well for all of our guests. Thanks!