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Rehearsal dinner
wording.
A smaller, warmer invitation — whose main job is making unmistakably clear that it is not the wedding.
How do you word a rehearsal dinner invitation?
Name the host — traditionally the groom's parents, in practice whoever is paying — then say plainly that it is the rehearsal dinner, name the date and place, and state the dress. Keep it warm and short. It must be visually distinct from the wedding invitation so nobody arrives at the wrong event on the wrong evening.
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The wording.
Mr and Mrs Peter Reyesinvite you to dinnerfollowing the wedding rehearsalin honour ofAmara and Daniel
"In honour of" is the conventional phrasing and quietly signals that the couple are guests here, not hosts.
The night before —dinner with the people closest to us.Amara and Daniel
Works well when the couple are hosting, and when the guest list is small enough that everyone already knows what it is.
Join us for a welcome dinneron the evening before the weddingfor everyone who has travelled to be with us
Increasingly common at destination weddings, where the dinner is larger than a traditional rehearsal and open to all out-of-town guests. Say which it is — the two have very different guest lists.
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Common questions
Who is invited?
Does it go in the wedding invitation envelope?
How formal should it be?
A weekend that reads as one event.
Rehearsal dinner, wedding and brunch each need their own piece — and they should be recognisably the same family of design. That is what a commissioned suite is for.
See what a full suite includes