I asked a question regarding wedding invites and it got me wondering...are you supposed to send invitations for the rehearsal dinner? I don't think I have ever gotten one for the rehearsal dinner nor do I remember my husband's mom sending them out. My brother is getting married about 3 hours away and he wants any out of town guest invited. Are formal invitations important?
The wedding invitation does not include any hotel or travel information so I am assuming that they are telling their friends about where to stay. My parents are paying (as customary) and my brother and his fiancee have picked out the menu. It is being held at the resort they will be getting married at.
I didn't think they were and my mother-in-law threw a fit. She wanted her name to be on the inviations and have I guess her glory. I only did them to keep the peace. I guess I should have know she was going to be trouble then! lol
It is common practice in my family to send out rehearsal dinner invites. I think they are a nice touch.
Since there will be out of town guests, you may want to send out an invite or include a note on any map/hotel info, etc. as attending might affect their travel plans.
M.
When I hosted a rehearsal dinner for my cousin, I sent out invites. (Both of my cousins parents are deceased. My mom & I are his closest family).
Personally, I think to many potential guests take the RD too lightly and think it isn't a big deal if they drop in. Well, its still a party for dozens of people and it isn't intended to be a second party for the entire (wedding) guest list. For us, it was for family and members of the bridal party (and their spouses) only. We didn't want a 'free-for-all', which very possibly could have happened :)
I don't think it's necessary. I didn't. I think it's just assumed and normal wedding ettiquitte that all family and out of town guests are invited.
I think these days an "e-vite" or a post card "reminder note" is a good option to go.
I did not have formal invites for our rehearsal, but I sent out emails to the wedding party and family invited.
Nope, never did that. Most of the time the rehearsal is close family and friends. At least in our family out of town guests are invited who come into town for the rehearsal regardless if they have a part in the wedding.
We included rehearsal invite cards in the wedding invitation envelopes for those who were invited to the rehearsal. We had a specific # of rehearsal invites made to coordinate with the wedding invitations.
Yes, they need to send some kind of invite otherwise people will not know where to go, what time, what to wear, etc.
Any time I have been in a wedding (including ours) there was an invite for the rehearsal dinner for those included. If they are getting married at a resort there is no need to send info about hotels. We got married out-of-state for most of our guests, so we had welcome baskets ready when they checked in (bottles of water, snacks, gum, wine, etc) which also included a list of easily-accessible restaurants and things to do! We just got the info from the local tourism board. They gave us boxes of pamphlets!
My brother didn't send out formal invites for the rehearsal dinner for his wedding. We were all just told word of mouth.
Well it depends. Is it being held at a restaurant? Who is paying for it? Will you be paying your own way? These are questions to ask. I would personally never expect to be going to a rehearsal dinner unless I was either in the wedding party or actually invited (even by an e-mail).
We sent them for ours.
