Rehearsal dinner and day after brunch.. Who pays?

None of those are mandatory events. If you wish to host them you and your FS will pay.

The rehearsal dinner will be anyone who attends the rehearsal (BP, family, and SOs of the BP). The brunch could be anyone. We didn't host a formal brunch we just went to brunch the next day and a few people who were staying at the same hotel asked where we were going and went with us.

Mini events before and after are completely fun if they are within your budget.

Whoever hosts the events pays for the event. A day after brunch is definitely not needed. A rehearsal may not be needed, however, some churches require a rehearsal. If you do have a rehearsal and dinner, you can do low key. Pizza and beer. Burgers. Everyone in the wedding is invited to a RD as well as their SOs. We also invited parents, grandparents, siblings and their SOs. Word of mouth, text, e-mail is fine.

Im really like whatever with the morning after brunch but i just dont want to spend MORE money on a rehearsal dinner.. Im leaning more towards beer and bbq at my place after the rehearsal. something less formal as me and my hubby are extremely conservative.

These are not mandatory, although common.

If you have a rehearsal dinner, then you host. Unless someone else offers to host.

Brunch is not expected the day after, but again, if you are offering it, you host unless someone else offers. If your in a tight budget, forego them all and can just notify hotel guests that breakfast if available at the hotel at an additional cost, but not required.

We aren't hosting a brunch but I think a rehearsal dinner is necessary if you're actually hosting a rehearsal. Feed the people who are coming out to help you. It doesn't have to be an event! We're having a BBQ at my FFIL's house.

They are not mandatory. Tradition says for rehearsal dinner the grooms parents pay and those invited are parents, grand parents, bridal party and there SO, and out of town guest. This you should send formal invitations for.

You dont need an invite for RD. No one is expected to pay for it except the couple.

We are doing both. FH families' (his parents are divorced) are hosting the RD (they are inviting the OOT guests), all of us are chipping in for the wedding, and my side (bride's) is hosting the Day-After Brunch.

We are paying for our rehearsal dinner.

We are doing a cook out at his mom's house.

Sunday lunch we are also paying for. probably will have the same thing. Everyone loves meat at in our family.

We’re doing a rehearsal lunch limited to just the bridal party and their dates. Our wedding is NYE which is a Monday this year so we have our rehearsal planned for Sunday. We found a hotel with hot breakfast included because I was not paying for yet another thing lol