Rehearsal Dinner invitations

thurmanpowell

How soon should these be sent out? 1 month? 2 months?

Also, do people usually do real invitations or just word of mouth/facebook?

Last one I went to was a facebook message 2 days beforehand which obviously I don't want to repeat.

hjay07

I would probably give people a month's notice but method is up to you. My mother-in-law organized ours and she just called or had my mom call everyone. I think that would be fine for a relatively small group. Ours was not small and I think MIL wished she had done paper invites to help keep tabs on who was coming. So I think just keep in mind the size of your group and the level of formality.

itzMS

We had a fairly casual rehearsal dinner, but I still sent mine in the snail-mail and included a map (directions from the church to the restaurant) to everyone about a month in advance.

I also emailed the details to the more tech savvy bridal party members in case they wanted to just pull it up on their phone.

I didn't want anyone to say they "didn't get" my email/text or question who was invited. Covering all the bases!

DramaGeek

We called/emailed.  In all the weddings H and I have been a part of, I've only ever seen a rehearsal dinner invitation once, and I think that was mostly because the MOG was very crafty and wanted a project.

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I'm sending miine out very late (it's in two weeks) but doing traditional paper invites. Reason is that people can put invite on fridge & hopefully less likley to forget about it. Also pretty no one knows where the church is so this way they can take the invite out to the car with them to put the address into the GPS easier.

Plus, i think it's nice to get something in the mail that isn't a bill or political campaign stuff right now.

courtski2004

We included ours with the invitations, but that was mostly because we included all OOT guests to the RD so they could plan far enough ahead of time. I would recommend sending an invitation through the mail about 2 months out rather than an email or facebook invitation since those can be easily overlooked and are less personal. If you still have time to include them with your invites, just do that to save on separate postage.

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I sent mine out through snail mail on Monday.  RD is Nov 10th.  It wasn't anything big, just a simple printed invite with date/time and then a casual buffet dinner at a restaurant with the address.  After the actual rehearsal, I'll give everyone a map but most know there area where it is.

libby2483

I just sent out a Facebook message to our wedding party members, and asked them to message me back with an RSVP for them and their SO.  I called and invited our aunts (who did readings) and grandparents over the phone.