Share your rehearsal dinner plans!

tuarceatha · June 2012

Please?

Where are you having it? Who is invited? Who is sending the invites?

bridejl · June 2012

We are having it at Gus' Mexican Cantina, and are serving both Mexican food and "Milwaukee" food (fish fry). About 35 people are invited, which includes the wedding party, parents of course, readers, musicians, and the priest and his family.

On Sunday my FMIL said that she would send the invites, but it wasn't very confident sounding, and I will probably end up doing them on my own if they are to actually get to the invitees on time...

rungirl12 · June 2012

Where are you having it? At the ceremony site - a park. Pizza brought in!

Who is invited? The officiant, our parents, our bridal party of 12 (they can bring +1), our musician (my bro-in-law), and our readers (FSILs) - about 20 people with the chance to expand up to 35 depending on +1s

Who is sending the invites? I did via eVite a few days ago. I listed us & FMIL/FFIL as hosts since they are paying for the pizza, but didn't want the burden on them to get all the info on the invite right or have to deal with getting email addresses since I have planned it.

libby2483 · June 2012

We are having our rehearsal dinner at our ceremony and reception venue on the Friday night before the wedding. It will be a fish fry and chicken buffet. We are inviting wedding party, readers, officiant, parents, siblings, grandparents, and everyone's dates/SOs. Total we will have about 40 people. My FI's parents are hosting, but we will probably just use evites or Facebook for the younger people in the wedding party, and word of mouth for older family members.

jjolovich · June 2012

here are you having it? either in our back yard or at the local park, just doing a bbq, my mom, gma, and fmil will help make different sides.
Who is invited? The officiant, our parents and our bridal party, which total with +1's and families to 40 people.

Who is sending the invites? Since my parents are paying for the wedding, and fi's parents haven't offered, fi and I are hosting with the help of the family.

ohnoitskaroljo · June 2012

I don't know a single detail about ours because my FMIL is planning it. LOL

tuarceatha · June 2012

Phew! I'm glad to hear you all are estimating around 35-40 people being invited. Our guest list for the rehearsal is about 44 people including kids.

Lobsters25 · June 2012

Where are you having it? Backyard BBQ!

Who is invited? The officiant, organist, parents, bridal party, readers, and those we owe a big thank you to - about 20

Who is sending the invites? I'm sending evites, probably sometime in July. We're making our RD very, very casual

Lena2317 · June 2012

Where are you having it? Maggianos thanks to my awesome FMIL
Who is invited? about 35 people to include BP, and out of state guests
Who is sending the invites? I am:) Guess I better get to it!!!

i2012do · June 2012

Where are you having it? A Restaurant on the water in the town we are getting married in!

Who is invited? Parents, grandparents of groom, some out of town guests that came in from utah, bridal party + guests, etc. about 25 people depending on who can make it

Who is sending the invites? I am. My fiances parents offered to pay but then recanted. His parents basically got a donation from a family member to pay for it, but we are now in charge of planning the entire thing, so its just another thing on my plate- ooof.

mbatzlaff · June 2012

Where are you having it? We are planning to grill some food and do a casual BBQ type thing at a local park right on the lake.

Who is invited? Wedding party, immediate family, and the officiant and their families. I think in total thats about 30 people.

Who is sending the invites? I'm not sure. Probably we will and include the rehearsal and dinner info together.

KSParker2012 · June 2012

We are having it at a steak restaurant by the venue. We invited all the wedding party, guest book attendants, ushers, officiant, and OOT family and their plus ones. So about 30 people. And my FMIL already bought the invites, she is sending them out late July/early August.

skeppler1 · June 2012

We are having it at our new house. We are doing a BBQ but having it catered. Our guest list is about 25-30.
I will be sending invites but not sure if I should get actually invitations printed or just do an evite.

[Deleted User] · June 2012

We haven't figured ours out yet, mostly because our first choice restaurant is being a pain in the ass ("We'll call you back". Hasn't happened yet.). We're anticipating 60-70 people, because we'd like to be able to include our out-of-town family, but we'll see what happens with the venue first. We might do it at a different restaurant... I'd suggest a park or something by my FMIL is paying and she wants a restaurant. I suggested we do pizza and beer at my parent's house, but she really wants to host, and I appreciate it (:

Sunshine811 · June 2012

My FMIL is hosting the RD and we are having it at their house, which she requested due to the 14 nieces and nephews (imagine taht in a restaurant!) We will be catering in brosted chicken and making different sides. Very casual. We are inviting immediate family, WP, partents grandparents, and officiant, totally about 50 people. (We have huge families)

lclemence · June 2012

ours is at a local seafood restaurant. We're having 60 people, mainly because our wedding party is ginormous and we had to invite dates/spouses of theirs, but we also invited some out of town family members. FMIL sent out invites last week after our regular invites went out.

odustudent22 · June 2012

Where-at a park, doing a BBQ style meal. My sister works at a very nice steak house and is getting us steak at cost, which her chef FI will be cooking on a grill, along with corn grilled in the husk and grill-baked potatoes. MMMMM =D

Who's invited. 23-25 people-wedding party/reader/pianist/pastor/out of town guest (who will be firing up the grill and lighting the citronella candles while we're at rehearsal LOL)

Who's sending invites?- No one, we're not doing them. Keeping rehearsal very casual

leamide · June 2012

We are just keeping it simple. We are inviting the out of town guest that will be her Friday night and of course the wedding party. We are just having it at the same location as our reception, since we had to pay a fee to have the place Friday night too. And we are just having pizza and wings. My BM's gets a discount at a local pizza place and we are taking advantage of her offer to get the pizza and wings at her cost.

m tulli · June 2012

We are doing a BBQ in our back yard. About 23 people. This includes parents, siblings family's wedding party and their families/dates. My officiant is my sisters father in law so he and his wife are invited as well. Invites I did word of mouth

iriscarmendiaz · June 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_august-2012-weddings_share-your-rehearsal-dinner-plans?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:1fb748ee-7a4e-40eb-b4b4-e553486f4cacDiscussion:f057ded6-181f-408f-9c28-ec8f1411ba19Post:3b201704-5d0b-4bd8-8e04-9d049988d535">Share your rehearsal dinner plans!</a>:
[QUOTE]Please? ;) Where are you having it? Who is invited? Who is sending the invites?
Posted by jenjenniferf[/QUOTE]

Is it bad that I don't want to have one?

I'm not sure how necessary it really is....

I have two bridesmaids, no groomsmen. We're estimating only having 30 guests.

For the ceremony, I think we have only three things that we'll do other than our vows.

Not only that, I know how cheap and tacky it sounds, but I'm not really keen on paying for ANOTHER dinner on top of the reception.

For the rehearsal guests if I had it... I'd have the two bridesmaids, and the two moms. I'm not sure if I need to be adding in the grandparents AND my dad and brothers, since they aren't likely to do anything during the ceremony except watch. The officiant would have to drive about 60 miles each way just to get to the rehearsal and that's too much to ask of anyone.

On a scale of 1 - 10, how crazy/cheap/insane/tacky do I sound?

*braces herself for responses*

DeClue82 · June 2012

We are having ours at a family restaurant/pub (Beef O' Brady's), it's close to the venue/hotel guests will be staying at.

We are inviting the bridal party and their S.O., parents, and officiant (friend). I think total We will have 30 people.

I'll probably use evites for the invite, or Facebook. Then just let his parents and mine where and what's happening.

jjolovich · June 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_august-2012-weddings_share-your-rehearsal-dinner-plans?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:1fb748ee-7a4e-40eb-b4b4-e553486f4cacDiscussion:f057ded6-181f-408f-9c28-ec8f1411ba19Post:4e9b5616-6951-4ddd-b7d5-626141863b62">Re: Share your rehearsal dinner plans!</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Share your rehearsal dinner plans! : Is it bad that I don't want to have one? I'm not sure how necessary it really is.... I have two bridesmaids, no groomsmen. We're estimating only having 30 guests. For the ceremony, I think we have only three things that we'll do other than our vows. Not only that, I know how cheap and tacky it sounds, but I'm not really keen on paying for ANOTHER dinner on top of the reception. For the rehearsal guests if I had it... I'd have the two bridesmaids, and the two moms. I'm not sure if I need to be adding in the grandparents AND my dad and brothers, since they aren't likely to do anything during the ceremony except watch. The officiant would have to drive about 60 miles each way just to get to the rehearsal and that's too much to ask of anyone. On a scale of 1 - 10, how crazy/cheap/insane/tacky do I sound? *braces herself for responses*
Posted by iriscarmendiaz[/QUOTE]

You don't (IMO) really need to have one if you dont want to, since your WP is so small, I can see why you don't want to have one and I agree with you on having to pay for another meal, but Fi and I opted to just do a bbq as my parents are covering everything else.

manderz223 · June 2012

We are doing a Welcome Dinner instead of a traditional rehersal dinner. Our wedding is up in the mountains and everyone will be traveling so we are going to BBQ Tri-tip and salads and such. Should be fun. I added a little check box on our wedding RSVPs to rsvp for the welcome dinner. Everyone who will be in town Friday evening is invited.

saraschilling88 · June 2012

Where are you having it? Companeros (Mexican restaurant)
Who is invited? Immediate Family (and SO's), Wedding Party and SO's (officiant is included with that), flower girl/ringbearer, ushers we include in wedding party, and my 2 aunts (potentially) who are my wedding coordinators, cake baker, and now caterer!! Approximately 35-40 people
Who is sending the invites? Not sure if we are actually sending invites...

JordynLeighx3 · June 2012

Were having ours at a small banquet hall. Serving Italian food with an open bar. Anticipating 7075 people......big families.

RichNicci4211122 · June 2012

We are planning on coming back to our house and doing pizza, wings, and beer for the WP and my parents and maybe my sister and brother if the show up. Not doing formal invites, it's all just word of mouth. Just a fun get together for all of us before the big day.

rungirl12 · June 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_august-2012-weddings_share-your-rehearsal-dinner-plans?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:1fb748ee-7a4e-40eb-b4b4-e553486f4cacDiscussion:f057ded6-181f-408f-9c28-ec8f1411ba19Post:4e9b5616-6951-4ddd-b7d5-626141863b62">Re: Share your rehearsal dinner plans!</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Share your rehearsal dinner plans! : Is it bad that I don't want to have one? I'm not sure how necessary it really is....Posted by iriscarmendiaz[/QUOTE]

You definitely don't need to have one! In my opinion, the rehearsal is more for peace of mind in that everyone knows their role and how the ceremony will flow. Also, it's just another chance to hang out with the people closest to you. There is nothing wrong with foregoing this and some people even opt to rehearse the day of, prior to the ceremony. It's your wedding - do what YOU want!

msowena · June 2012

We're having it in a function room at a casual italian restraunts. Speciality pizza's, ceasar salad, & breadsticks are on the menu.

Anybody with a roll in our ceremony and their spouses are invited

My FMIL is hosting, so I assume she will send out invites or it will be by word of mouth

unicorntrees · June 2012

Because of this thread, I had a discussion with FMIL about it. The actual place is not definite yet, but I suggested a place that is local to us. We'll only be inviting the people that will be at the rehearsal, which, including +1s, will be a max of 22 people. This includes my parents, FI's parents, all GM and BM (and their +1s), the readers and their +1s, the ring bearer/flower girl, and our friend who is in charge of the ceremony music. I don't think we'll be bothering with invitations; we'll just spread the word.

megan8290 · June 2012

FMIL is hosting the RD. She already sent out the E-invite.

Our immidiate family, wedding party, the parents of the RB & FG, officiant & he's SO. 27 people are invited.

We are having our RD at a Contemporary French Restaurant.

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