Rehearsal: Necessary or Not?

I wanted one, but venue wants to charge us and so does the officiant! Apparently its not "the norm" if its an unreligious ceremony says the officiant.

Yes we are going to do a rehearsal for sure...I need to know what is going to happen/when/etc otherwise I will be even more stress on the actual day! The officiant won't be there but the venue coordinator will and she will tell us where to start, where to end up, etc

Plus it will be the first time my immediate family is meeting my FH's immediate family...he grew up in Calgary and his parents and siblings all still live out there. We figured the rehersal/rehersal dinner would be a great time for this to happen

I’m definitely going to be doing one, to make sure we know how it’s gonna play out, also gives us another opportunity to celebrate together

Yes. As a theatre nerd, rehearsal is key and I believe in the superstition "bad rehearsal, good show" #itsnotweirdifitworks

Necessary. I want to make sure the ceremony goes smoothly, so rehearsal is a must.

100% necessary. None of parents (minus my mom) or the bridal party (all 10 of them, minus one of my sisters), have ever even seen the venue, let alone been told what they are doing, or what's expected of them... haha. Or some haven't even met each other!!

We are also utilizing the rehearsal visit to drop off all of the decor and favours the night before, and even put up a few items that we are allowed to do that evening.

I've never met our officiant either, so my mom said it was definitely necessary to have her be at our rehearsal, which I had not originally included. So I emailed her the other day to ask her to be there.

Necessary. It was nice to know exactly what to expect the next day.

Not necessary at all.

Necessary, but we're skipping the dinner after. We want to spend the evening together with our immediate families.

Still deciding on this. Our officiant is charging us to do a rehearsal so it will depend on if we want to spend the money closer to the date. We will be having a dinner after so I am sure if we didn't do the official rehearsal with the officiant we can do a mini one.

We are definitely doing it, but it will be quick and to the point. After, we will be having a bbq with about 20 of our guests

Skipping it, we will have dinner with our wedding party the night before. That will be it, even our officiant said it wasn't necessary we can easily do a run through without her.

Skipping it!
We don’t have a wedding party so it’s not necessary.

This one is necessary. I think it makes things a lot smoother on the day of, and there’s far less issues!

Not necessary

I think necessary. if a wedding party member can't make it. totally understandable. as long as some are there and can guide who cant.

for us....since 2 of our wedding party members live in the States, and 2 bridesmaids live in other cities. it will be a good way for us to all be together. and some of them meet for the 1st time. haha plus I think its just a nice way to hopefully calm any nerves myself or FH may have.

I think it is. Let's everyone get onto the same page about what to do! I don't want to mess up

I think we could live without it, but we’re doing it for sure! less room for error that way

Not necessary for us.

Necessary! Since we live so far from everyone the rehearsal will make sure everyone knows what they are doing and whatnot. Much easier in person so do that.

Necessary!! Good to go through everything at least once before the big day!

Definitely necessary! Even with a smaller wedding party, it helps people figure out where they need to be, how fast to walk, etc. Our wedding party is all over the place so this is the only time where everyone will be in the same spot so will also act as a meet and greet lol.

Necessary if the couple has a large wedding party, unnecessary if they don't. My fiancé and I aren't having a rehearsal dinner because we don't have a bridal party.

Necessary, especially for someone like myself who is very visual! It was a great way for everyone to know where the needed to be to start and where they needed to go.

Necessary - I've been to a wedding that hadn't rehearsed and it was awkward. Nobody knew where and what they were supposed to do. Thankfully, it was a super intimate ceremony, so we laughed it off!

Yes yes yes! Absolutely a must. Especially with last minute nerves, or being tired - it's always best to have a rehearsal.

I think for me personally, it’s necessary because I’m type A and I need to “see” things to get a feel for what’s going on. So I think for me it’s necessary but I don’t think it’s necessary as a rule!

I think it depends on the size of your wedding party, the types of people in your wedding party, and the complexity of your ceremony. If any of your wedding party members have a job other than just walking down the aisle and standing there then I think it's good to do a rehearsal. I also want a rehearsal to help with the timing of our music for the ceremony.

Depends on the wedding party... lol If there are a lot of people in the party or just disorganized people then this is a must. But for the most part it's just walking down the aisle and signing a paper....