Rehearsal dinner. Totally necessary?

If you're having a rehearsal, hosting dinner afterwards is a necessity. It can be as casual or as formal as you want, pizza at your house or at the venue would be perfectly fine.

I agree with PP. just make it something causal and fun but you need to host something I’d you have a rehearsal

View Quoted Comment Thank you! That’s what I thought. Pizza probably would be good anyways because most people like it and it’s super easy.

View Quoted Comment Okay perfect thank you!

In an effort to keep the tab low, my parent's paid for the rehearsal but I didn't want to take advantage, I had it at a casual restaurant/brewery place and kept the guests to just the bridal party and significant others, parents, and grandparents. It is optional to have out of town guests.

View Quoted Comment Wow I totally drew a blank on that. I have planning brain lol. That’s a good idea because there’s so many people!

A REHEARSAL is not totally necessary but if you DO have a rehearsal, a rehearsal dinner is essential. It’s how you thank everyone for their time . It doesn’t have to be an ordeal, but it IS important to provide for them. It can be as simple as ordered in pizza and beer.

If you have a rehearsal, you need to have a rehearsal dinner. I'd just skip the rehearsal if you don't want to pay for the dinner.

We are having our rehearsal followed by pizza at our hotel. We got permission to use the breakfast area for the pizza. We have mostly out of town guests so it’s a good way to include everyone. I called several pizza shops and found one who gives a discount for our large order and they will deliver it along with plates, napkins and flatware. They also are throwing in sodas.

very inexpensive.

I would host something. For me it felt necessary because some of our friends cut work early to rehearse with us so it felt like we should host something after rehearsal.

I felt the same way you did. With our small wedding and mostly out of town guests, we figured we would be hosting about half the guest list for the rehearsal. We are going to just do bridal party and their significant others if they want and some family. We are going to do pizza and beer at a local pizza place.

Not a necessity, you have to do what works best for your budget. I toyed with the idea but would rather have a hotel sleep over with my bridal party after and Fiancé get together with his guys after. Most everyone will want to get back to the hotel to rest as we have an early start he next day and have things we still need to take care of the night before.

We are having ours at a pizza place. Cheap and totally acceptable. Another option is hosting a spaghetti dinner if you or one of your families is local and can host a bunch of people. It doesn't have to cost a ton.

If you're having a rehearsal, you need to feed the people who will be at the rehearsal. But, you can just provide pizza and beer or something cheap! Or alternately you could probably do without the rehearsal altogether.

View Quoted Comment That’s so true!!!

View Quoted Comment Thank you! We are probably going to end up with something like pizza! I just wasn’t sure how it worked. I didn’t know if it was like all or nothing! Thanks so much!

View Quoted Comment I am thinking pizza at the venue is going to be the way to go. And like who doesn’t like pizza 😂❤️

I dont think it is a must. I've been in multiple weddings where there wasnt a rehearsal dinner. And I never felt like they bride and groom were suppose to host one. In my opinion if I'm required to provide a meal at my wedding for everyone. Everyone can be an adult and get their own dinner after the rehearsal. If they feel like they should be fed because they participated in the rehearsal they shouldn't of agreed to be in the wedding party.

We are doing a rehearsal dinner but we made it a potluck! Everyone will bring a dish and we'll provide plates and cups. It's a cheaper alternative and nobody seems to mind

If you're having a rehearsal hosting a dinner is necessary