Rehearsal-dinner venue
Where the rehearsal dinner happens. Pick who's invited and the plan carries the headcount from your guest list; the date rides one night ahead of the wedding until you change it.
Also called: rehearsal dinner, welcome dinner, restaurant.
When couples book this
Usually booked about 12 months out. It moves with your date.
Your wishlist, before you talk to anyone
Questions you can answer early — they become the yardstick you compare candidates against.
What kind of place are you picturing?
The wishlist mirror of private_space (the space's own type, below) — compare the two per candidate.
Roughly how many people at the dinner?
A shopping estimate — the derived headcount below follows whichever segment you invite.
How do you want the meal to work?
What to ask each candidate
Facts that differ from one vendor to the next — worth writing down while you shop.
Who handles the food?
Restaurants cover this by default; rented spaces and backyards need the food answered separately.
How is the meal served?
What kind of space is it?
Room capacity
ADVISORY ONLY — flags, never blocks.
When do you have the space?
PUBLISHED for this event's own vendors — a photographer covering the dinner or a drop-off dessert reads this window.
Is there a hard end time?
Restaurants turn rooms for second seatings; some spaces carry a real closing time. Advisory — flags the schedule, never blocks it.
What settles once booked
The working details you and your vendor pin down together.
Who's invited to the rehearsal dinner?
Sets this instance's coverage segment — the derived headcount below reads it, so the rehearsal dinner never inherits the wedding's count.
How many people at the dinner?
DERIVED from the chosen segment — the couple is never asked what the plan already knows.
Toasts and speeches
What time do they arrive?
The time you agreed together, not an estimate worked back from the ceremony.
What time do they finish?
Who do you call on the day?
The name and cell number of whoever is on site — not the office line.
Where do they come in, and where do they park?
The load-in door or dock, where the vehicles go, and who opens up.
Do they need a meal?
Counts toward your caterer's vendor-meal number.
What balance is due on the day?
Your own figure, from your contract — what is still owed when they arrive.
What gratuity are you planning?
Your own figure. It rides beside the balance on the day-of money sheet.
Where does it move if the weather turns?
Who makes the weather call?
One name. A call two people share is a call nobody makes.
By what time is the call made?
Setup crews need the answer before they start, so this usually lands the morning of.
How it lands on your day
Rehearsal dinner
How it’s usually priced
Usually priced as one flat amount.
Lines that sometimes ride along: Food & beverage minimum, Private-room / site fee.
What your vendor reads from your plan
Book on or off Beetrothed — either way the plan assembles a brief your vendor can work from: the event, the space, food & service, schedule, contacts.
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Plan your rehearsal-dinner venue — and everything around it
These questions live as one cell of a connected plan: your budget, guest list, checklist and timeline all read from the same answers. See the whole board work, or join the waitlist and we’ll write when it’s your turn.
We will write when there is something worth telling you.