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KatieMBY
VIP January 2018

Do you HAVE to have a Rehearsal Dinner?

KatieMBY, on June 29, 2017 at 9:57 AM

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Okay, so the title really says it all, but I'll elaborate. I was previously in a wedding that had a rehearsal dinner the night before, but no actual rehearsal, due to the venue being unavailable that night. I'm attending a wedding this weekend that also has the same situation, but they will be doing...

Okay, so the title really says it all, but I'll elaborate.

I was previously in a wedding that had a rehearsal dinner the night before, but no actual rehearsal, due to the venue being unavailable that night. I'm attending a wedding this weekend that also has the same situation, but they will be doing a rehearsal mid day instead of the night before.

My question: do you have to have a rehearsal dinner if the rehearsal isn't going to happen, due to scheduling at the venue? IMO, it's a big thank you to the bridal party to have the rehearsal dinner, but I'd like to see what y'all think.

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  • SuYa
    Master April 2017
    SuYa ·
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    Not mandatory.

    We had one in our suite the evening before. DH and his BM just moved all the furniture and we were good to go. Our wedding planner was present and went over the timeline for the wedding day with us, our WP. my mom and dad. We did 2 walk throughs and we were done within 30 min. After we treated our WP out to dinner at the Pizza Hut restaurant in Shanghai. It was interesting. I found out it was my sisters bf birthday on our wedding day. He kept the secret from us, he didn't want it to take any attention away from us. So after the rehearsal dinner we sang him happy birthday with the cake my sister provided. It was really cute!



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  • KatieMBY
    VIP January 2018
    KatieMBY ·
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    @SuYa your story is super sweet! That was very nice of y'all.

    Thanks everyone for your help! I'm not as worried as I was now.

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  • Viviana
    Beginner September 2018
    Viviana ·
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    I was wondering the same thing since we may have our rehearsal the day of.
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