Night before dinner " resheral dinner "

We did a rehearsal dinner but didn't have a bridal party. We did a run through then had dinner with the people who were doing things/had done things for us and our immediate family. (A friend who is a graphic designer and helped, our photographer who is a friend that we PAID WELL for her services, etc..) We gave them gifts and hosted the dinner. There were a few out of town guests who were here already and were on their own for that night. We had an outing the next night (night before the wedding) because I had a roller derby bout and we got tickets for all of the out of town wedding guests.

OP I would still recommend having a short rehearsal, even with no WP. At the very least, so that you, FH, and the officiant are all on the same page. Do you have people reading? Are you having any processional at all?

And if you have a "welcome dinner" it will basically be another wedding, as @Celia said. They can make their own plans for the night before. They're adults, they'll be fine.

I think the only time you need a Welcome Dinner is if more than 50% of the guests are OOT. We went to a destination wedding at a ski resort a few summers ago - the bar area was rented out for the evening for those of us that were there the night before. We all paid our own way since it wasn't really a formal invitation and not everyone was there yet.

In your case, I would skip it. Take your parents out to a nice dinner and call it a night.

We are having a RD at an italian place near the venue. We can use the back room and get a catering menu. It will probably be about 30 people including the out of towers. We're going rondo sangria and soft drinks so it shouldn't be too bad!

@Stacy, Mrs. C K is correct. The rehearsal dinner is for the wedding party not out of town guests. However, order some sandwiches, pizza, or Chipotle catering meet at someones house and tell them thank you for coming if you like. It is certainly a nice gesture.

You don't need to do anything the night before to host guests that may be coming in OOT.

A good officiant with no bridal party? There is no reason to rehearse, seriously. You collectively write it down, and it goes fine. Readers never rehearse.

Here you go;

Groom and Officiant

Parents of Groom

Parents of Bride (or mother, or no one if they are both walking you up)

All rise

Bride and escort (s)

Easy right?