you're not quite sure where to start because you've never planned one before. Hi, I'm Jessica
Meiczinger, and I'm going to talk about how to plan a rehearsal dinner for an upcoming
wedding. First of all, usually it's the groom's parent's responsibility to plan the rehearsal
dinner for the wedding. You want to take into consideration the guest list.
Figure out who
you want to invite to the rehearsal dinner. Typically it's the bridal party, the bride's
parents, immediate family. But other times if you're having a destination wedding or
you have a lot of people coming in from out of town, you invite those people to the rehearsal
dinner as well. Second of all, you want to pick a location and typically if you're having
the wedding at the hotel, I would go ahead and have the rehearsal dinner in the same
location or somewhere nearby so people don't have to travel too far to get to the rehearsal
dinner spot.
If you're looking to do something fun, you could do something casual poolside.
You could have a bar-b-que. You could do something out on the beach. If you want something to
be an ice breaker and get people mingling and talking and having a good time, do something
fun like go bowling or go sailing or a dinner cruise, just kind of a nice ice breaker to
start off the wedding weekend. Also you want to take into consideration if you're doing
a theme, plan your menu around that.
If you're doing like a Mexican Fiesta, go ahead and
do you know Mexican theme dinner items or appetizers. If you're doing something poolside,
maybe do a Caribbean theme menu or seafood, especially if you're getting married in Florida
or along the coast. Another idea for the food is that you don't want it to overshadow the
wedding reception's menu. So you don't if you're doing a plated dinner for the wedding
reception, do something different for the rehearsal dinner whether it be a different
entree or maybe doing a buffet, having something a little less casual.
Also things to consider
when you're doing a rehearsal dinner, you don't necessarily have to have a full bar.
You can just offer a cash bar to your guest or you can just do it keep it simple with
some nice coffees and teas and beer and wine and and call it a day. So those are just some
ideas on how to plan your rehearsal dinner for your upcoming wedding. Again I'm Jessica
Meiczinger and happy planning..
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