The aforementioned rehearsal and the dinner that follows typically happen on the day before the wedding; however, “be sure to put a start and end time on the invitation so that everyone can get ...

If you’re having a casual clambake, send out a seafood-themed invitation. Couples may opt to send the rehearsal-dinner invitation with the wedding invitation (which goes out two months before the date ...

The expert: Jamie Sears of Simply Chic Events in Leesburg, VA Her best rehearsal dinner advice: “Make your rehearsal dinner the complete opposite of your wedding. For example, if you’re having a ...

I always thought that the rehearsal dinner was for out-of-town guests. At a recent wedding, only the wedding party was invited to the rehearsal dinner — with no spouses. The groom’s family had ...

Just manage guests’ expectations by carefully wording the invitation. Instead of using the words “rehearsal dinner,” you might choose to call it a “rehearsal cocktail party.” ...

Dear Miss Manners: My husband and I got a Facebook invitation to attend my sister-in-law's wedding rehearsal dinner. Since our children are in the wedding, we RSVP'd that four would be attending.

I changed my mind about going at all when I learned there was no rehearsal dinner. Outside a café, a stranger and I struck up a conversation. Somehow, it turned to weddings.

“I’ve been to so many weddings where people go all out at the rehearsal dinner because they are so excited and so jazzed to celebrate,” said Ms. Marks, 32, who runs an education startup.