Do people send seperate invitations for the rehearsal dinner?

I've seen it done both ways.

Sometimes when I was in the bridal party, I was invited verbally.

At other times, I received a rehearsal dinner invitation. And yes, it was mailed separately . . . not included with the wedding invitation.

Technically, all out of town guests along with those in the wedding party are invited to the rehearsal dinner. For example, if your best friend is traveling from out of state to attend the wedding and they will be there the night of the rehearsal dinner, they should be invited. Therefore, separate invitations should be sent. However, if there are no out of town guests -- you could just simply spread the info through word of mouth since the only people attending the dinner will actually be at the rehearsal itself. But definitely do not send the invitation to the rehearsal dinner along with the formal invitation to the ceremony... the rehearsal dinner is a less formal thing

It's really up to you. It's common to do send a separate invitation or add an additional card with the rehearsal dinner info on it to your wedding invitation. If your Rehearsal Dinner is really casual, you can also just send out an Evite. I would definitely send some sort of invitation and not rely on word-of-mouth though. People can be confused if they are really invited or not if you don't officially invite them. Also, the Rehearsal Dinner often includes people who don't go to the rehearsal too, such as your ushers, Gift Attendant, and anyone who will help out at your wedding but don't need to attend the rehearsal. You might also want to consider inviting any guests who will be coming from out-of-town.

Truthfully, this should be a separate invitation. Oftentimes, the persons hosting the rehearsal dinner (usually groom's parents) are not the same persons hosting the wedding (usually bride's parents). By sending the rehearsal dinner invitation with the ceremony invitation, the assumption is that the same persons are hosting both, which ultimately would be a slight on those hosting the rehearsal dinner.

The persons hosting should send out the invitations (usually informal or casual) to the appropriate people and limiting to an attendee count within their budget.

While it is frequently the case that the groom's family hosts the rehearsal and the rehearsal dinner, this is not required, it is voluntary. Since they were so thoughtful as to relieve the bride's family of this social duty and financial burden, the bride's family should be expressing gratitude, rather than feeling "really ticked off" about it. So long as the rehearsal went reasonably well and the dinner was pleasant, what harm was done by issuing written invitations?

the rehearsal is usually more of a word-of-mouth thing. if you do decide to send written invites, don't send them with the invitations since only the parents & wedding party attend the rehearsal. besides, you may not have ironed out the details for the rehearsal by the time you send the regular invites.

The rehearsal dinner is a final "get together and go over the plan" meeting for members of the wedding party, and perhaps for the parents of bride and/or groom. Since all these people are presumably in frequent communication, the usual call to attend is usually more in the form of "All hands on deck at 1800 hours!" that of "The pleasure of your company is requested ... "

So yes, word of mouth. No offence, but you seem a little at sea here. May I recommend the works of Judith Martin aka Miss Manners? She has great advice for brides, grooms, and anyone else involved in a wedding given in the form of funny, funny questions from readers with funny, funny pictures to match. She is informative and lovable.

Congrats and best wishes.

Wedding Rehersals are usually word-of-mouth. I just told the bridal and groom party when the rehersal was either by phone or e-mail and of course sent out a wedding invatation in the mail. If you want to send out a seprate invatation, I've seen people do that too. Good luck and congrats.

You can do word of mouth or send a separate invite. The invite doesn't need to be fancy. It is nice to have because not everyone is sure who is invited and who isn't. This way they will know what, when and where.

it can be done any way..

since my parents are paying for the wedding.. and my fiance's parents are paying for the rehersal dinner.. two different invitations went out.. but we had enclosed a card that said "rehearsal dinner to be held by blahblah invitations to follow" in the actual invitation