Rehearsal Dinner Invites- Yes or no?

Www.evite.com for the rehearsal dinner! Nice and free. :-)

It's certainly not necessary to send formal invitations for the rehearsal dinner, and I think this is one of those situations where the evite is perfectly acceptable.

We just had inserts in our wedding suite that communicated information to guests invited to the rehearsal dinner. They did not RSVP as it was assumed they'd all be attending. One of my bridesmaids' husband could not make it and she just let me know via text.

Evite or paperlesspost is another site to use. I think when you signup you get free invites to send (at least when I did years ago it worked that way). Otherwise I'd text them all or send even an email with some word art, but wouldn't spend money on formal invites. For us we just called/texted our RD guests

Or you can start a private Facebook group just for members of the wedding party. You can add them to the group and post any communications they need to stay on top of. This is great, because in a private group, Facebook allows you to see each member who viewed the post.

I did them. 8 got them from vista print pretty cheap

You could also have a wedding weekend timeline that you give your bridal party and other VIPs so they know where they need to be and what time.

Since fil's are hosting, I am leaving that to them. there is enough on your plate. if you are worried about them forgetting someone, maybe provide them a guest list of the people you would like in attendence? maybe they will prefer you to take the reins and you can do the invites/rsvp like you want. ultimately, do what you want

Just like Honeybee said, I will start a private Facebook event or messenger group for all the bridal party as a back up plan. Because "word of mouth" sometimes may not get to all the people in the party or message got lost in from one person to another. Also if they have questions, it is a easy way to get answers by someone in the party and don't have to go through you or your FH when you two are already busy with the final touch for your wedding.

I agree, OP! I bought cute ones of Vista Print.

"Word of mouth" is a dangerous game when someone is expected to pay the whole tab!

I admit this now: I'm extra.

I'm sending magnets with a cute cartoon on it within their invites. Totally up to you, you can even design your own and print it on cardstock.

I'm leaving this up to my FILs since they're hosting, but would prefer it if they just let me spread the info by word of mouth/text/email since, even though they'd pay for it, I don't feel like ordering another paper product.

Thanks guys, I will at least do evites probably. We have a couple out of town friends who we are extending an invite too who wouldn't know the details otherwise so I think I should at least send something. Plus the ones on vista print are so cute and less than a dollar a piece

We are sending invites mainly because people will need directions. Lots of out of state people are in our party. Plus, actual invitations make expectations clear.

E-mail and facebook are common options.

It's absolutely unnecessary to send RD invites IF you're sticking to VIPs and honor attendants only -- and when it comes to RDs, they're the only people who should be honored at a private dinner. All of these people are in your inner circle, and all of them will be told where to show up for the rehearsal. From there, it's just a caravan to the dinner location. I don't know what you're referring to when you say that you're having another dinner later on. Why? One dinner is fine

@rachel I'm not having 2 dinners not sure where you thought I said that. We are inviting some out of town people who are staying with us but other than that it's just VIPs

My bad, Johanna, and my apologies...I read, "I would like to send rehearsal dinner invitations to everyone invited to the rehearsal itself and dinner later on." For some reason, to me it read one rehearsal dinner invitation and a dinner later on. My mistake.

No worries @rachel

We sent RD invites and I have gotten one to every RD I have attended. Our RD invites are some of my favorite things about our wedding. If you want to send them, go for it. If your in-laws are hosting (paying) you don't really have a say though.

I would definitely make sure guests who know is (and to a degree, not) invited. It makes it easier and less awkward for your guests if they know ahead of time.