Wedding Invitations & Paper

Invites to the rehearsal dinner

Our wedding will be in a different state (where I grew up and most my family lives).  Since we'll have a lot of out-of-town guests, we want to invite them to the rehearsal dinner-out of proper etiquette.  We already have our invitations and RSVP cards made out so we need to create an additional invite and slip it into the envelopes.
Does anyone have a template or ideas of how to word this additional invitation?  Should we really send the rehearsal invite to EVERYBODY from out of town?  It would end up being about 100 people.  I don't think my future mother-in-law is capable of hosting the dinner for that many people.  (I know, i still need to talk to her about it too).

Anyways, what I'm really wondering about is templates or wording ideas.
Thanks!

Re: Invites to the rehearsal dinner

  • Definitely talk to her first, because if you inlaws are hosting the RD, they need to send separate invites rather than putting anything in your wedding invites - which I actually suggest anyway. 

    I think it's easier to have two separate invitations for these two separate events. Especially because some people will actually need to come to the rehearsal and some only to the dinner.

    After talking to your FMIL, if you are hosting the RD you could say this:

    Please join us at a
    Rehearsal Dinner
    in honor of
    Bride Name
    and
    Groom Name
    Date
    Time
    Venue

    If she's hosting, the same wording could be used, but perhaps your FMIL would want her name listed as host:

    Mrs/Ms. Groom's Mom
    requests the pleasure of your company at a / invites you to a
    Rehearsal Dinner
    in honor of
    Bride
    and
    Groom
    Date
    Time
    Venue

    Either do RSVP cards or list a phone number in the bottom left corner of the invites to be used to RSVP.
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