Four weeks before the event and after the wedding invitation.
A: The invitations depend on your dinner. If it will be a big party with lots of out-of-town guests in a hotel banquet room or somewhere equally official, then you should send invitations. They can be either formally engraved or handwritten on cards, depending on the occasion's formality. Rehearsal dinner invitations should be mailed out 4 - 6 weeks in advance of the party. The invitation should also have a RSVP so you know how many people are attending and how many dinners to order (if you are having the dinner at a restaurant that requires a head count at least seven days in advance). In Jewish tradition, for example, it’s customary for anyone invited to the wedding to be invited to the rehearsal dinner. The feeling is that they’ve flown out, they’ve given a gift, and they need to eat. End of story. That said, you do have the right to invite who you want—or even to hold two kinds of events. Address the envelopes. You can address your rehearsal dinner invitation envelopes much like your wedding invitations—include the guests’ names on the first line (for example, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hill) followed by their address and city, state and zip code on the following lines. A: Unless your rehearsal dinner will be as big and formal as your wedding reception, you don't have to send out formal, engraved invitations. If the crowd will be small (just you two, your families, and the wedding party), you can absolutely invite everyone and give them details by word of mouth. When to Send Wedding Rehearsal Dinner Invitations. If you're sending out printed dinner invitations to a large group of people, send them out a few days after the wedding invitation goes out. If your guest list is small, invite your guests about a month before the event. It’s best to send them four weeks before the event and, of course, after the wedding invitation. You should never put the rehearsal dinner invite in with the wedding invite. Remember: Even though rehearsal dinners are a part of the wedding festivities, they really are two separate events.
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