Rehearsal dinner invitations
The night before the wedding, the people who make the day happen sit down to dinner together. Send the rehearsal dinner invitation from your phone, ask each guest’s meal choice with their RSVP, and give the restaurant a live head count.
When to send it
Send rehearsal dinner invitations after the wedding invitations, about four to six weeks before the dinner, so the two don’t get mixed up. Set the RSVP-by date about two weeks ahead, or whenever the restaurant needs the final count.
Who to invite
The wedding party, immediate family, the officiant and anyone else in the ceremony, with their partners. Many hosts add out-of-town guests too, but that’s a generous extra, not a must.
Wording to borrow
Please join us for a rehearsal dinner in honor of Sam & Alex the night before the wedding
Join the Okafor family for dinner after the rehearsal in honor of Maya & Jordan
Practice makes perfect, and then we eat Rehearsal dinner for Elena & Ray
More ideas, with your names filled in: wording ideas.
Tips
- Ask each guest’s dinner choice with the RSVP, with the menu as the choices; letsparty adds up the answers beside each name.
- Give the restaurant letsparty’s caterer link: it shows the live head count and the meal choices, with no guest names and no sign-in.
- Already sent the wedding invitations? Copy that party with its guest list and remove anyone not coming to dinner, so nobody is typed in twice.
Designs for it
All rehearsal dinner designs →
How letsparty helps
RSVPs by name, with meal choices
Each guest says who’s coming and picks a meal; kids are counted on their own, and plus-ones can be limited, turned off, or given to one guest at a time. How →
No app for your guests
Every household gets its own link, texted from your phone or emailed. It opens in any browser, greets them by name and takes their answer in a few taps. How →
A head count the venue can use
Set the room’s limit and late yeses join a waitlist; give the caterer a live link with the head count and meals, no names. How →
Every guest’s photos, together
A QR sign on each table puts everyone’s photos on one wall, with a slideshow for the reception screen. How →
For couples
One price for your whole wedding
The Wedding plan is $199. It lasts from the day you start until three months after the wedding, however long the engagement, and moves if the date does. It covers the wedding, any party you make around it, and every other party you host until then, with no limit on invites. After that it renews as a regular Host Pass at $99 a year; cancel any time before it renews.
- The wedding$199
- Engagement party, if you have oneIncluded
- Shower, if you have oneIncluded
- Bachelorette or bachelor party, if you have oneIncluded
- Rehearsal dinner, if you have oneIncluded
- Farewell brunch, if you have oneIncluded
- The wedding websiteIncluded
- Thank-you cards afterIncluded
Launch prices are being finalized.
See the Wedding planQuestions
Who hosts the rehearsal dinner?
Traditionally the groom’s parents, but today either family, both together or the couple can host.
Who is invited to the rehearsal dinner?
The wedding party, immediate family, the officiant and anyone with a role in the ceremony, plus their partners. Out-of-town guests are a generous addition, not a must.
When should rehearsal dinner invitations go out?
Four to six weeks before the dinner, after the wedding invitations, so guests don’t confuse the two. An RSVP-by date about two weeks ahead gives the restaurant time.