Thursday Rehearsal Dinner????

So everyone lives near you? Why not have the dinner near where you live?

Do them on the same day. Friday rehearsal and dinner. Keep it simple.

Yes, everyone lives near us. The plan is to have the rehearsal dinner at my in-laws for a more relaxed picnic like dinner on Thursday and then to drive up to the venue on Friday late afternoon/early evening for the rehearsal. But then that just leaves us with what to do Friday after the rehearsal?

This can go either way. I kind of like the idea of having the rehearsal dinner on Thursday if your wedding is Saturday, although technically it's a rehearsal dinner because it happens after the rehearsal. Can you bump your actual rehearsal to Thursday? Benefits to this include having the two on the same day, AND allowing everyone to get some additional rest the night before the wedding. It would also allow an opportunity for you to do just what your dad is going to do in entertaining some out of town guests.

We're in a weird situation. We're getting married on a Thursday (2 months from today WOOWHOO!) and as much as I'd love the rehearsal and dinner to happen 2 nights in advance, our Church won't let us and we have out of towners in the bridal party who won't come in until the night before. Unfortunately, we won't be spending as much time with the out of town guests as a result.

I think you can definitely plan something fun for the night before the wedding that's informal but open to everyone to join. What about mini-golf? Or ordering a bunch of pizza and socializing? Bring some card games... you'd be amazing at how easily entertained people can be with the most simple activities!

Let us know how you make out.

If everyone has to drive Friday for the rehearsal, don't you think they will stay up there overnight? I would drive 3 hours in a day just for a rehearsal. In that case, they'll already be there and then you can have the RD?

A rehearsal dinner should be after the rehearsal .. Since it "should" be for the people who came to rehearse. Is it a must you do the rehearsal at the venue ?? If everyone doesn't want to stay near the Venue, Maybe just have the rehearsal at a nearby park then have the dinner after.

We're doing our rehearsal dinner on the Thursday before our Saturday wedding but that's because Thursday was the only day we could use our venue for the rehearsal (we wanted to have a run through with the DOC and JP together). Definitely keep your dinner after your rehearsal, no sense in splitting them up.

I feel like the dinner should really be after the rehearsal. In your case, would you really expect people to drive 1.5 hours just to do a rehearsal??? rehearsals are usually very short. Can you not just skip the rehearsal, perhaps have a dinner in town, and tell everyone what they need to know? weddings are usually pretty straightforward. People will either have to drive 3 hours, or get a hotel on the Friday night just to rehearse a quick ceremony. You might want to put a little more thought into that instead of the dinner