Who to invite to rehearsal dinner?

We won't be inviting OOT guests. That would be over 100 people.

The celebrant, your parents, his parents, your bridal party, and any SO they have. If you have a ton of OOT guests that could be like a reception. I think any of your vendors (Photo and Video) if you are requiring them to be there then you need to feed them as well. When unsure ask Celia.

OOT do not get invited to the rehearsal.

Wedding party, their SO's, (if single, a plus one), immediate family, officiant, and grandparents (I think).

@gymratt my OG grandparents eat at like 430 in the afternoon.

I'm doing wedding party and OOT guests and their SO.

I had my VIPs and their partners (or plus 1s), my parents, my in laws, and my grandmother in law. We had 12 people because two of my VIPs couldn't make it.

At ours we will have:

FH and I.

Both sets of parents

Bridal party & their SO'S

& siblings.

Our officiant, our bridal party plus significant others and our parents

OOT guests do not get invited. this isn't a "party"; it's a rehearsal with a thank you. Once you get into OOT's with their partners, the count and the costs skyrocket, and you are spending another night entertaining when the entire wedding day is going to be stressful (good stress, but still) and timestamps. By the day before the wedding, you'll be relishing every hour you have to yourself.

ETD; I forgot parents, lol!

You invite your BP and their SO's as a thank you for taking the time to rehearse, which no one needs anyway. You invite your officiant if they are running the rehearsal and your DOC if they are coming to the rehearsal.

We are personally including OOT guests for our RD but it is not required. My FIL's preferred it that way.

Your officiant, the parents, bridal party, and their significant others should be invited. I have also seen it where grandparents are included since they are usually considered wedding VIP's.

I've never been to a rehearsal where OOT guests or +1s were invited. Only those who will actually be "rehearsing" for the wedding

All significant others must be invited, whether they're in the wedding party or not. If your wedding party members are single, then yes, you should extend them a plus one.

OOT guest don't have to be invited.

You don't have to invite OOT guests. The RD is meant for rehearsing the actual wedding and then you provide dinner afterward. The only people who have to be at the dinner are the people participating in the rehearsal and their SO.

Significant others of the wedding party are a must. OOT guests are not (they can be included and some do include them, but not a requirement).

The people that have to be invited to the RD are those that are participating in the rehearsal and their SOs, as well as your immediate families (and their SOs). This would look like: your WP and their SOs, the FG and RB and their parents, your officiant and his/her SO, your parents, your grandparents, your siblings.

You don't need to invite OOT guests. But, if you would really like your RD to be larger, you can expand the guest list to include them or include more of your extended family. We decided to include our extended families in ours, but we did not have to.

While etiquette says you should invite SO's of the WP, it is also considered courteous to invite OOT guests. My immediate family will be attending a family wedding out of state later this year and we are invited to the RD.

Simplest option: Skip the rehearsal, and don't have a rehearsal dinner. That's who must be invited. And honestly, a rehearsal is unnecessary--your officiant can cover it all in the 10 minutes before the wedding, anyway.

If you have a rehearsal, you need to invite anyone in the wedding party and their SOs. Some people invite OOT guests, but that's just because they want to see more of people they don't get a chance to see very often. It's not mandatory.