XP: RD Dinner Invites

hlvonb

My mother, fiance and I are unsure if we need to send out rehearsal dinner invitations? This subject came up when I was looking at a checklist online and it said something about sending rehearsal dinner invitations.

We were wondering what the etiquette is on this? We will have some wedding party family members in town for the rehearsal because they are out of state (example: my FSIL is a bridesmaid but they live in Iowa so her husband and kids would be there (at rehearsal) too) and they are more than welcome to come to the dinner. Would they get an invitation? If so, is it just for the non wedding party people or for everyone (including the people in the party)??

JCbride2015

I'm not at this stage as a bride yet, haven't thought about it.  But I seem to remember that for Fi's cousin's wedding, the RD was an insert in the wedding invitation.  I'm not sure whether this is how everyone does it or not, but it seemed to make sense to me as a guest.

Chipmunk415

My brother included RD invites with the wedding invites. We sent ours separately after the fact, because we were still hammering out the RD details and guest list max when the invites went out.

hlvonb

Thanks!

AprilH81

I would do some sort of invitation (even an evite, or online invitation) to those invited so they have the details and you can get RSVP responses for the headcount.

You MUST invite spouses/significant other of any bridal party member or family member invited.  If the kids are invited to the wedding it is nice to included them in the RD, but not necessary.

If you have kids in the bridal party you should invite their parents and siblings.

*elle.

You should send a separate invitation to everyone, even the bridal party.  FI's parents are hosting the rehearsal dinner so my future MIL is sending out invitations.

hlvonb

AprilH81 said:

I would do some sort of invitation (even an evite, or online invitation) to those invited so they have the details and you can get RSVP responses for the headcount.

You MUST invite spouses/significant other of any bridal party member or family member invited.  If the kids are invited to the wedding it is nice to included them in the RD, but not necessary.

If you have kids in the bridal party you should invite their parents and siblings.

@AprilH81

Yes I know to invite spouses and significant others.