Please give me the rundown on a wedding rehearsal

I haven't had my rehearsal yet; coming up on Friday!
I believe the rehearsal should be free. Ours will take place at our venue at 12pm. The coordinators told us to give ourselves 1-1.5hrs for rehearsal.
The rehearsal dinner is what costs; if you should have one.
We're not going the traditional route. After rehearsal, everyone will go down to my parents house and we'll have a day party by the pool with food and drinks! The guys will leave at some point and go do their bachelor party activities.

The rehearsal typically takes place at your venue. You could rehearse somewhere else, but it kind of defeats the purpose since you're trying to come up with the logistics of having the ceremony at your venue. Practicing in your living room or at a park wouldn't be the same. Usually you would invite your bridal party and anyone else involved in the ceremony like your parents or officiant. You'll run through the ceremony once or twice. After the rehearsal, you should host a meal for those in attendance. The rest of the immediate family is usually invited to the dinner. Some people invite out of town guests as well, but that's not a necessity. The dinner can be as formal or as casual as you'd like. It can be a 4 course plated meal at a restaurant or pizza and beer at someone's home. Sometimes speeches are given at the dinner as well.

It totally depends on your venue, what your ceremony's going to be like, and what your officiant recommends. Our venue isn't really open late enough to swing doing a rehearsal there, so we're paying a small fee to rent a place near the restaurant we're having the rehearsal dinner. Since we're hiring an officiant, we didn't want to pay her extra to come to the rehearsal, so she's going to send us a detailed script, and our coordinator will walk everyone through what to do. Our ceremony is going to be really quick and simple, so the rehearsal will probably focus mainly on how to walk in and where to stand. We're inviting immediate family, the wedding party, and significant others, and we'll all walk down the block to the rehearsal dinner afterwards. Money-wise, renting the space was $50, having our officiant come was $150 (which we opted out of), and the rehearsal dinner came out to something like $40 or $45 a head, which includes a 3 course meal and a few bottles of wine to share.

In our particular case we get a complimentary rehearsal time with the venue so you can always verify if that’s something you’ll have. You’ll pretty much just want to run through the bridal party coming in, verify where everyone will be standing, and run through the ceremony once or twice. We will have to pay our officiant an extra $80 to be there at the rehearsal but it’s just something I want her to be there for, but that’s your choice. Then generally a dinner is provided or lunch depending on the time of day you rehearse. The dinner does not need to be fancy and expensive, you can always invite them back to your place for pizza and drinks. Whatever is in your budget and your style.
congrats on your engagement!

You typically do this at the venue. The whole point of it is to have everyone who takes a part in the ceremony to know where, when and how to walk lol.
You may want to have the music you picked on someones phone so you can play it along.
My venue will let us do this without charge the day before, as long as she doesnt have a wedding booked. (Which she doesnt right nowt at 3 months out) We also get to drop off stuff at that time.

For us it is the following:
- ALL of Bridal Party, including the officiant/clergy
- Any out of town guests( sadly this is almost all as it is a destination wedding for us)
- Your Family, ie: parents and grandparents and any children you have( FH has 2 and I one- adult kids)
it is nice restaurant kind of event. You can have the meals paid for and an open bar if it’s small enough group- or a set amount and anything over then makes it a cash bar.
Grooms larents usually pay for this and invites are sent to those who are coming, unless, of course you are in MY situation.

I agree with Sara on the availability of the venue. We are are unable to rehearse on the weekend of our wedding because of weddings already booked. We are renting a conference room at one of our hotels that we have room blocks at. We will have the officiant there and will do several run throughs with the music. Afterwards, we will have a catered dinner for the wedding party, parents, siblings and spouses. The rehearsal dinner can be informal or formal. It's about the type of vibe you want.

Our actual rehearsal cost $50 to rehearse at our church. We were given a 1 hour time slot. They lined everyone up and we went through the basic flow of the day from the processional, seating of the parents/grandparents, when to move up the stairs to the platform, when to go to the alter to do our unity ceremony, recessional. It was the night before our wedding at 6 pm.

Our rehearsal dinner cost about $2,000 for 35 people. That included a private room at a restaurant, table-side ordering for a predetermined menu (2 salad choices, 3 entree choices, 2 dessert choices), and an open bar. It immediately followed the rehearsal and we had dinner, we mingled, my FIL gave a speech/toast, and we gave our parents and wedding party gifts.

Unless you have a complicated ceremony, several members of your wedding party, or your venue requires it, a professional rehearsal is not typically needed and often costs additional. However, it is not a bad idea to get together with your friends so they are aware of their cues and what may be expected of them on the day. The rehearsal shouldn't take much longer than an hour and usually is done at the venue. When you discuss the possibility of a rehearsal with vendors, be sure to ask if there is an additional fee. (I am an officiant and I do, which is why I often tell my couples not to bother unless they feel strongly or need it for the venue) The best part of a rehearsal is the dinner that follows but again, extra cost.

We plan to practice the processionals with our music the night before since we will be on site, but that is really all we need.

I’ve only been to one rehearsal and it was my sister’s. We just ran through the events of the ceremony really quickly. Then, my sister took us out for dinner and after that we went back to our hotel rooms so we could rest because the bridal party had to be up at 7AM for hair and make-up.

My rehearsal was pretty much my favorite part. The rehearsal itself happened at my venue and didn't cost anything (some venues charge for use of the space the night before but not all) it was a bit chaotic but my DOC ran the whole thing and pretty much walked us through what we needed to do.

After the rehearsal, our immediate family and wedding party (their dates were invited but no one brought their date) went out to dinner at a pizza buffet restaurant. Our pastor, his wife, our DOC, and her husband all joined us and DH and I paid for everyone (about $350 with tip)

It was an absolute blast just hanging out and talking with everyone. The rehearsal really help release stress and wedding jitters.

Someone posted this link in another thread. It gives a lot of good detail of what to expect at a wedding rehearsal and a lot of good tips for things I haven't even thought about.

https://ceremonyofficiants.com/wedding-ceremony-rehearsal-guide/

It should take place where you're having your wedding at. It's basically a run thru of the whole ceremony so everyone can be familiar with the venue and how it flows