Day after brunch-- who is invited?

We are having a brunch the day after the wedding as well in the hotel as we are coming from out of town and it will be my Mother in laws birthday. We are honestly just inviting whoever is left staying at the hotel and my FH family as they are coming from Brazil. I would say it's more of a close family and friends celebration the next day.

I'd think oot guest and immediate family. I would say bridal party but they may want to sleep in/be over all the wedding stuff by the day after (so I'd ask). IMO it makes no sense to have one if you cant invite oot guests because everyone else can comfortably have breakfast at home, while its like an additional thank you for oot guests for traveling.

We are doing one!

Also, Natalie!! You husband is Brazilian?! That's so cool. I'm Portuguese and I love meeting/hearing about/ other Portuguese speakers.

The first time I ever heard of this was recently and they invited everyone that stayed at the hotel and their immediate families. It was a really nice thing to do as the groom's family was all OOT guests that stayed at the hotel

I didn't know this was a thing, but now I want to do it! Is your mom paying for it? Or do people just show up and order their own food?

Swin, what a small world. My FH was born in Brazil and moved to the states when he was 3 so he's very Americanized although does speak Portuguese well! We are so excited everyone will be together! I need to learn Portuguese so bad!

@Andreya, Yes, if they decide to do it, my parents were going to host it in her building's party room and hire a caterer.

My grandmother did something similar when my cousin was married and people seemed to like it. I don't really remember whether her husband's family was invited but I don't think they were. I think it was just my grandmother's children and grandchildren.

@Natalie, That's about the same as me. I came when I was six. And, FH is trying to do the same thing. My mom's English is really not that great and the family that's coming has even thicker accents and harder times speaking so he's using an app to learn some phrases and stuff! I'd totally recommend that.

I would say that crowd should be similar to the rehearsal dinner plus any OOT guests. Also any grandparents if they weren't at the RD.

@Andreya a farewell breakfast/brunch, which is what this is, should be hosted. It's not a required thing. Just an extra. In my opinion, it doesn't make sense to have one if you're not going to invite all OOT guests. As @FFW said, the local guests can eat at home. The idea of a farewell breakfast is really for those traveling, You can absolutely invite local guests too, but I would definitely invite all OOT guests (and their traveling companions, assuming they didn't come to the wedding alone), bridal party, and family.

Advise Please

We are parents of the groom. We are planning a small casual, drop in brunch the day after our sons wedding.

Was inviting both families (aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents) and the 8 guests that were on our list (all out of town)

It will be in the loft we are renting during the wedding weekend which is not a huge space.

Wanted to keep it small and intimate

Is this OK?