Who did you invite to your RD?

CurlsNpearls12

Other than your BP, and Bride & Groom's parents, who did you invite to your Rehersal Dinner?

aragx6

Things to consider: flowergirl/ringbearer and their parents, readers, officiant

Some people choose to invite out of town guests, but that's not a requirement -- I'm leaving that decision to FI's parents, who are hosting.

LittleMissCutiePie

We're inviting the WP, their SO's, our parents and our grandparents.

froggatt.clare

We're doing WP, SOs, parents and grandparents.  Our siblings are all in the WP, and my Dad is the officiant.

ETA: If I included OOT family, it would have been approx 50 ppl, which to me would be way too much.  I wanted to keep the event small and intimate, and super casual.

baystateapple

My MIL hosted our RD.  Besides (obviously) us and our wedding party (and their dates), she invited all the grandparents, my uncle who flew in from FL, H's godparents, and some of our out of town friends who drove up with our WP members.

ceh789

Our families and anyone travelling for the wedding.

annakb8

In addition to WP, dates, and SOs, we also invited my grandparents, one of my sisters who was not in the wedding party, my H's aunts and uncles who he is close to, and randomly two of his mom's cousins, and any kids these people had (which ended up being four). 

smartlypretty

Haven't had it yet, but wedding party (and their SO's), parents, grandparents, siblings (they are in the wedding party), officiant, and our parents siblings and families. It's about 35-40 people. 

MyUserName1

We're inviting all of the OOT guests and basically our entire families and dates.  It's basically another reception. 

NicoleSahara

Aside from BP and parents, grandparents, ring bearer and his parents (his dad was also the officiant), H's brother and sister (they weren't in the wedding). I think that's it.

LDYGTR13

We had BP + SOs/families, Parents, The preacher man, and um...yeah I think that's it.  

specialk84

Parents

WP (with SOs and children)

siblings (with SOs and children)

Minister and her husband

My family (flew in from Denver)

Edit: All the siblings and their children were included because not doing so would have upset the nieces and nephews not in the WP and BIL was the only sibling of H's not involved at all in the wedding--not in WP, did not have a child in WP, etc.

CurlsNpearls12

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_who-did-you-invite-to-your-rd?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:916ca52e-afdb-43d3-8cba-2cb49dd3b783Post:7c6d8c75-9b65-4710-8376-bbff19a54d8e">Re: Who did you invite to your RD?</a>:
[QUOTE]We're inviting all of the OOT guests and basically our entire families and dates.  It's basically another reception. 
Posted by MyUserName1[/QUOTE]

Haha! Wow!

MillBride2012

We have no wedding party and therefore no rehearsal. Invited to our "Welcome Dinner" is all out of town guests, our families, and our neighbors (dinner is being held at our house). 

Loopyseven

We invited the WP and their SO's, both sets of parents, the priest, readers (and SO's) and my siblings (who were not in the wedding).

rebarobert2012

We are going to invite our parents, our grandmas, the wedding party and their significant others, and the priest.  I think that's really it.  We weren't planning on inviting the out of town guests.

Habs2Hart

We invited:

- Parents
- WP and SO
- Immediate family members + SO
- Officiants and SO

mandi921vh

We are inviting the WP and their S/O (this includes our siblings), parents, grandparents and FMIL and FFIL (who are hosting) are including our godparents.

MyUserName1

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_who-did-you-invite-to-your-rd?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:916ca52e-afdb-43d3-8cba-2cb49dd3b783Post:a17f9399-32ab-49bd-8052-0d218203f1c4">Re: Who did you invite to your RD?</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Who did you invite to your RD? : Haha! Wow!
Posted by CurlsNpearls12[/QUOTE]

<div>It's going to be a ton of fun. But extremely casual- we're cooking and having it at FI's parents house.  I think people are going to have to sit on patio furniture!</div>

LP11509

My ILs hosted and they invited:

WP 

Priests (we invited both, only one came - the other had another rehearsal to run)

Interpreters 

Us + parents (obviously)

My grandparents (the only living ones between us, but they declined to come)

Readers

And all applicable SOs, of course.  My brother is the only sibling between us and he was in the WP. 

Edit: After the RD, my parents hosted a dessert welcome reception at their house for what was originally going to be all OOT guests, but somehow wound up being ALL wedding guests (I'm still not sure how that happened).  It was slightly crazy  since we had about 75-80 people there and it ended up lasting until midnight, when I had to be up at 6 am the next day, but it was fun.  We had our cake baker make some cupcakes, and other desserts we got from bulk at Sams club.  We also had a couple of coolers of beer/pop and some pitchers of cosmos.  Fairly easy/cheap.

chumlee7478

This will happen in two and a half months, so the list is:

Us
My parents
WP and their SO/guests if they'd like to attend (not all of the WP will be bringing a guest)
Readers
JoP was invited, but already declined

FI's family is coming from OOT, and may not be there in time for the rehearsal lunch.  We're hosting this at 2pm after the rehearsal, so if they're not here by then, we will see them later that night. 

CurlsNpearls12

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_who-did-you-invite-to-your-rd?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:916ca52e-afdb-43d3-8cba-2cb49dd3b783Post:2c6fa74d-7ef1-44d3-9dc5-13eea12a3bcf">Re: Who did you invite to your RD?</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Who did you invite to your RD? : It's going to be a ton of fun. But extremely casual- we're cooking and having it at FI's parents house.  I think people are going to have to sit on patio furniture!
Posted by MyUserName1[/QUOTE]

I've given this a thought..just a casual laid back BBQ type thing, since that would save us quite a bit of money. But then I'd worry about the weather, and cramming everyone into my Parents' house surrounded by cigarrete smoke (yuck)

trixie549

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Who did you invite to your RD? : Haha! Wow!
Posted by CurlsNpearls12[/QUOTE]

We are inviting 30 people: parents, grandparents, siblings, MOH/BM, ushers, reader, officiant; plus spouses/SOs of all guests.

No offense to those having huge RDs, but I think it's absolutely crazy when people choose to have such a large event right before the wedding. My cousin had 150 people at his RD last year, which is more than we're having at our reception!

miranda1211

Parents
Wedding party + SOs and children
Siblings + SOs and child (just my two brothers, one of whom is married with a baby)
Officiant and her daughter
Wedding party's parents (we each have one childhood friend in the wedding party whose parents were also invited to the wedding)

So basically, our "rule" was to limit it to the immediate families of us, our wedding party, and the officiant.  If either of us had living grandparents, I'm sure we would have included them too.  It comes out to 35 people, I believe, including kids.