Relaxing Rehearsal Dinner
Try to plan rehearsal dinner to be something pleasant and casual: a barbeque, clambake, pasta supper. This evening has to be relaxing for you and your guests. If possible, have your dinner two nights ahead instead of the night before the wedding. You’ll have more quiet wedding eve, so you can rest more before the big day.

Hosting the Dinner
Nowadays the couple themselves can host the rehearsal dinner. Though, traditionally the groom’s family did it. Today it is possible also for the bride’s family to conduct this event.

What You Do There
First, make it clear that the rehearsal dinner is an informal meeting though traditional. Here the families have more time to get to know one another, if they have not spent much time together. At a rehearsal dinner, family and friends toast the couple, the bride and groom can give thank-you gifts to their attendants.

Who’s Invited
You can invite anyone you want, it’s your wedding. The obligatory list is: your and your beloved’s immediate families and your wedding party. You can also invited out of town guests who have arrived for the wedding.

Rehearsal Dinner Invites
Invitations for rehearsal dinner must be sent only to out of town guests, if any. Since your basic guests are your families and wedding party, it’s not difficult to count how many people to expect. If you invite somebody outside that basic group, a good idea is to send RSVPs to help you know how many people to expect and how much food/space you’ll need.

Keeping It Small
If you do not really like the idea of inviting out of town guests to your rehearsal dinner, you may set the time for your rehearsal dinner two days before your wedding. Be sure, no guests will have arrived, and you won’t feel guilty for not inviting them.

Have a wedding rehearsal dinner
A rehearsal dinner is something different from wedding. Wedding is very formal, since it is a very important event in your life. If you have the time, it’s always fun to have a theme for the wedding rehearsal dinners. Try a cookout or a clambake for the rehearsal dinner to have a good time.