Do you really need a rehearsal dinner

We aren't doing a rehearsal dinner or a rehearsal the day before. Some of that is because we're getting married on a Friday so for most people it will just be a regular Thursday.

We may do a positioning rehearsal thing the day of after the first look and such.

Same here I'm getting married on a Friday and many of my guess will be from out of town

If you have a rehearsal, you have to have a dinner. But if you skip the rehearsal you don't have to do anything.

I'm doing a rehearsal, but no dinner. I have no bridal party though. Its also a Saturday morning wedding, so at most we are doing pizza at the picnic benches outside the hotel.

If you don't have a rehearsal, you don't need to have a rehearsal dinner. The RD is a thank you to the wedding party for their time.

We are going to a great pizzeria + beer and wine isn't as expensive but still a really nice restaurant! Just a suggestion!

If you have a rehearsal you have to have the dinner. But you don't. Have to have the rehearsal at all

I'm just ordering pizza and pop and having it delivered to the church. Nothing over the top because it's not really a necessary spend in my opinion.

We are going to grill at my parents house. It will be the wp, plus oot family members on both our sides. Easily 30+ people. So, hot dogs, hamburgers and potato salad it is. Affordable and will give a chance for our families to mingle and get to know eachother before we say I do!

Eta- I'm also getting married on a Friday, so people will have the option to come to RD or not

We decided not to but my family wanted to do something as our families havent yet met. My sis (MoH) is a rockstar and booked out the back tables at a pub brewery near us for a 4-6pm happy hour. It's only family.

If you don't feel you need to rehearse then skip it all together. I kind of wanted to skip but I really want to spend time with those closest to us before the super busy wedding day!

Im having one because this will be the first time I see the set up all together. We are having it on a golf course so a trolley will be taking us in waves to the hole. I'm having a destination wedding so everyone is out of town. We aren't hosting the rehearsal for OOT guests because that would be everyone. We are inviting the guests staying at my beach house ( wedding party), my parent's house (parents, brothers, aunt's family), and his parent's beach house (parents, siblings, and one aunt). My officiant is my cousin so his family is invited. We are doing pizza (they have some crazy varieties), beer, and wine for all under $450 at my beach house. I am making a bunch of desserts.

I say if that many people insist on going then the fiancé' parents should be paying for it. It's not your fault his family is big and can't handle not being included. My fiancé's guest list with friends and family is like 10 times what mine is so his mom is paying for the wedding food and drinks. My dad feels bad about it but there's no way we would be able to pay for 400 guests and it's not our fault the fiancé's family is huge.

If you can't get his side to pay then let them know "we can't afford this" or maybe do something like pizza (which is what I would love to do!! Future MIL would never go for it though lol)

Good luck!

You don't have to have a rehearsal, but if you do have a rehearsal, you have to have a rehearsal dinner. Our rehearsal is today. We are just getting pizza and beer afterwards.

I'm not doing one because of the following:

1. All places near the hotel had a$2,000 minimum not including gratuity. I couldn't understand why FH and I had to spend more money on dinner & alcohol when we are having a wedding the next day.

2. We are not able to do a rehearsal anyway because we would not have access to the yacht before hand.

Also, our DOC from the venue said they just normally tell people 5-10 mins before the ceremony what to do. Honestly, if your just fine telling your bridal party just walk in a straight line and not making them actually rehearse and meet somewhere you should be fine with not having one.

We skipped the rehearsal. I didn't see the point and it just seemed like extra money we didn't need to spend. No one missed it and everything went smooth the day of the wedding.