How formal do rehearsal dinner invitations need to be?
Rehearsal dinner invitations do not need to match the formality of the main wedding invitations, and digital formats or simple emails are completely acceptable. The difficulty lies in navigating the lack of clear etiquette around timing and presentation, which often leaves couples unsure whether they can deviate from paper wedding stationery.
What people tried
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- 1sending a digital graphic via text messageDid this help you?
- 2including an insert card with the traditional wedding invitationsDid this help you?
- 3sending an email invitationDid this help you?
- 4relying on word of mouth or textDid this help you?
In their words
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“Planning our rehearsal dinner and not sure how formal the invitations need to be compared to the wedding invitations.”source ↗
“Also wondering about timing and whether digital is appropriate for a rehearsal dinner even if the wedding invitations were paper”source ↗
“We just sent an email and asked people to let us know if they'd be there and that seemed to work just fine?”source ↗
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