Rehersal dinner?

msuprincess04 · September 2012

A girlfriend and I were talking about my wedding. It's not for a while, so it's not pressing, but she seemed to think we needed to have a rehersal dinner and invite all of the out of town guests. It's a destination wedding. Everyone is an out of town guest! What's the etiquette on that? I was planning to skip the rehersal/dinner all together.

FaithCaitlin · September 2012

We are having a rehersal dinner but only inviting immediate family and the bridal party!

Julyet06 · September 2012

If you are talking about having a "rehearsal dinner" at the destination, you can have a "welcome dinner" for the guests that are there the day before the wedding in addition to a dinner/lunch the day of your wedding and/or you can choose to do a morning after brunch!

I am hoping to have a welcome dinner which will be very casual, possibly a bonfire on the beach!

venus909 · September 2012

I'm not sure what etiquette says, but I think it's something nice to do for your guests that are travelling.

We had a welcome dinner the night before the wedding, and all our guests but 2 came. (the 2 that didn't come arrived at the resort just and hour or 2 before the dinner and just wanted to relax). Our guests LOVED and appreciated it. Plus, the guests that didn't really know each other had a chance to interact and mingle and which made the wedding night that much more fun!

I know not everyone has room in their budget for it, but if you are staying at an all-inclusive resort, you can check to see if they can at least make reservations for your group. That's what I did and to my surprise it was a semi-private event, but they gave us a "room" in one of the restaurants (their choice) and it was practically private. we had dedicated wait staff and a pre-selected menu that DH and I were able to select. The best part, it was free.

TrudM75 · September 2012

We are planning to have a welcome dinner (in place of rehearsal dinner) and inviting everyone who is traveling to our wedding location. We have it in the budget to do so and we thought that it was a another way to say thank you to our guests for making the trip! We are 'guessing' that most people that are there in town the day before the wedding, will come to this dinner!!!

nicolej518 · September 2012

I was thinking of just doing a bonfire and bringing things to make S'mores. It will only be about $150 I think. Other than that no plans.

dianalynm · September 2012

We are not having a rehearsal dinner, but we are having a welcome happy hour for all of the guests. It's at a decent time a couple days before the wedding, and at that time we'll hand out our welcome bags. Some guests arrive earlier than that, but hopefully it'll all work out.

kimmykupcakes · September 2012

Really, it's up to you on what you want to do. We had a rehearsal dinner and even though I wanted to invite everyone, I was not able to because DH's parents wouldn't pay for everyone.

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