for the 06ers..did any one NOT have a RD???.

soontobmrsn Posted: Jun 18, 2006 11:25 PM

for the 06ers..did any one NOT have a RD???.

Fh and I have recently been thinking about not having a RD...the reason being....we are seeing one another before the ceremony and will be at RH taking pictures for about 2 hours BEFORE the ceremony...our entire BP and DOC will be there so she advised we just do the small Rehersal then.....also because our wedding is the day after th 4th of july it seems some people are fine coming out the 5th but it might be difficult for some to travel and be here for the evening of the 4th when we would have RD...what do you girls think??
Im thinking whoever is here we can all just get together and go to dinner....???

citycrab705 Posted: Jun 19, 2006 12:10 AM

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i don't think its necessary if you are not doing a rehearsal beforehand, i know a lot of people that did not have a rehearsal and therefore did not have a dinner, i will only have one because fh is nervous and wants a rehearsal and i felt if i have to ask these people to come out i guess i should feed them

also good luck on your wedding, that's my b'day!

bayla Posted: Jun 19, 2006 12:42 AM

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we are not...our hall doesnt do it, so we decided to skip it all together, no one seems to mind LOL and it saves us more $$$.

R&J0806 Posted: Jun 19, 2006 09:45 AM

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i'm not having one.

Tria1110 Posted: Jun 19, 2006 10:50 AM

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I am not having a rehearsal either but I might have a dinner the night before only because I have a lot of family coming in from out of town and feel it would be nice to host them a dinner for their trouble.

soontobmrsn Posted: Jun 19, 2006 11:07 AM

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Thanks ladies, for your feedback.....I think are are leaning towards eliminating it all together.....it will save a ton of $$ and put less pressure on my OOT guests, they now dont need to get here a day earlier!!!

nov06 Posted: Jun 19, 2006 11:07 AM

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I'm not having the rehearsal part but I am having the dinner. I'll do the rehearsal about 15 minutes before the ceremony.

CLMon7906 Posted: Jun 19, 2006 11:07 AM

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we are having a very tiny BBQ for ours...just to have one. no REAL RD/rehearsal for us either...we've had the same issue with people being able to come to our wedding....it's the weekend AFTER the 4th and many took the whole week for a vacation!

MrsH1156 Posted: Jun 19, 2006 01:57 PM

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We're not having one. Everyone in our BP is either married or have been in weddings beforehand. We just don't see the need.

franksgirl323 Posted: Jun 19, 2006 03:51 PM

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Well we were planning on having one....but we are getting married at RH. I just left a message to see if we can have the rehearsal beforehand....then nix that RD and save money. I'd prefer not to have one.

EMES2006 Posted: Jun 19, 2006 05:03 PM

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We did not have a rehearsal dinner. We took pictures before the ceremony, and we all pretty much knew what we had to do. There wasn't much to rehearse.

Even though we had family come in from out of town, DH and I had too much going on to host a dinner the night before our wedding.

My MIL arranged for a breakfast the morning after the wedding for any out-of-town guests who stayed at the hotel and for our immediate family. It was a great way to re-cap the wedding and spend quality time with our family.
(And Breakfast is a lot cheaper than Dinner!)

LaurenluvsTJ Posted: Jun 19, 2006 05:28 PM

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We had our rehearsal about an hour before the ceremony. We did a dinner the night before, so technically not a RD, even though thats what we called it. I didn't really want one, but DH's parents insisted. Since they were paying, I didn't say no.

BelMal Posted: Jun 19, 2006 06:20 PM

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We aren't having a RD either. I am getting married at the reception location and the only time they can do rehearsals is on Wednesday...won't work since both me and the bridal party won't be living in the state at that time. Plan is for a team huddle right before the ceremony

Mrs. dleeny Posted: Jun 19, 2006 07:22 PM

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we didn't have one. we got married at the hall and saw no need. the Rabbi lined us up right before the cermony and everything was fine.

scappy123 Posted: Jun 19, 2006 07:52 PM

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We arent having an RD. We are only having an MOH and Best Man and ring bearer. We are also getting married at fox hollow, so there really isnt a need for an RD

alioop4282 Posted: Jun 19, 2006 07:56 PM

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We're not having one.

BKtoLI Posted: Jun 19, 2006 08:43 PM

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Posted by craigshunny

We're not having one. Everyone in our BP is either married or have been in weddings beforehand. We just don't see the need.

Same here. It's exactly why we didn't bother doing it.

However, since we got to the hall early, they did have us run through a quick rehearsal anyway.