{"id":58581,"date":"2017-07-22T14:47:36","date_gmt":"2017-07-22T13:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/blog\/?p=58581"},"modified":"2017-08-28T11:25:32","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T10:25:32","slug":"four-reasons-hold-rehearsal-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/four-reasons-hold-rehearsal-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Reasons To Hold A Rehearsal Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everything you need to plan\u00a0your pre-wedding soiree&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Meet &amp; Greet<\/h2>\n<p>The rehearsal dinner is the perfect occasion to meet all your friends, family members and in-laws before the wedding. It&#8217;s also a great time to catch up with your loved one&#8217;s and give them a tour of the venue before the festivities commence.<\/p>\n<h2>Gift Swap<\/h2>\n<p>This is the ideal time to shower your bridal party with gifts and support. Gifts for parents and in-laws can also be given at the rehearsal dinner as one last send off before the big celebrations.<\/p>\n<h2>Toasting Time<\/h2>\n<p>Traditionally, once guests have indulged their sweeth tooth, toasting time begins. The groom&#8217;s father begins his heartfelt speech, \u00a0toasting his future daughter in-law and her relatives. The groom follows closely behind toasting his new bride-to-be, guests and hosts.<\/p>\n<h2>Quick\u00a0Reminders<\/h2>\n<p>What about those last minute refreshers? This is the best opportunity to remind guests where to go the next day, what they&#8217;re supposed to bring and when to get ready beforehand. A bigger audience, should definitely be reminded of any activities for the next day, as well as times, locations and transportation to and from the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit via\u00a0Otho&#8217;s Table Photography<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Everything you need to plan\u00a0your pre-wedding soiree&#8230; Meet &amp; Greet The rehearsal dinner is the perfect occasion to meet all your friends, family members and in-laws before the wedding. It&#8217;s also a great time to catch up with your loved one&#8217;s and give them a tour of the venue before the festivities commence. Gift Swap This is the ideal time to shower your bridal party with gifts and support. Gifts for parents and in-laws can also be given at the [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":58587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[3054],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wedding-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58581"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58599,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58581\/revisions\/58599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}