{"id":1622,"date":"2015-02-10T11:24:04","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T15:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesnerinn.wordpress.com\/?p=1622"},"modified":"2015-02-10T11:24:04","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T15:24:04","slug":"rehearsal-dinners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesnerinn.com\/blog\/rehearsal-dinners\/","title":{"rendered":"Rehearsal Dinners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your <a href=\"https:\/\/lesnerinn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rehearsal dinner<\/a> is another chance for you to gather with friends &amp; family and celebrate the bride &amp; groom\u2019s unity before the wedding. Similarly to your wedding, there are no rules on how to throw a rehearsal dinner. But here are some tidbits to know about the so-called-norms of throwing a rehearsal dinner.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Typically, the parents of the groom pay for it, however, nowadays, there are many ways to go about splitting the entire wedding.<\/li>\n<li>The invited mostly consists of family, out-of-town guests &amp; your bridal party.<\/li>\n<li>The groom (with the bride, if she\u2019d like) should make a toast thanking everyone for joining them in their celebration. Because the groom\u2019s parents are throwing the party, it\u2019s proper etiquette for the thank you to come from the groom.<\/li>\n<li>The best men, parents of the bride\/groom, &amp; friends should coordinate who will be toasting at the wedding &amp; who will be toasting at the rehearsal dinner.<\/li>\n<li>Unless your rehearsal dinner will be as big &amp; formal as your wedding, then you don\u2019t need to send out wedding invitations.<\/li>\n<li>Vendors like a photographer, videographer, DJ\/music, planner\u2026etc. aren\u2019t necessary, but can be included for additional costs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/lesnerinn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Lesner Inn<\/a>, our Waterside Deck is a perfect space for your rehearsal dinner. If you have already booked your wedding with The Lesner Inn, then <a href=\"https:\/\/lesnerinn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bubba&#8217;s <\/a>is the perfect space for your rehearsal dinner &#8211; &amp; they will give you 5<span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><strong>% off<\/strong><\/span> your bill for booking with us! In either case, you will be in close proximity from where your rehearsal will take place, AND you &amp; your guests will enjoy the breathtaking views of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lesnerinn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lynnhaven River<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lesnerinn.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/02\/sb1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1623 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/lesnerinn.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/02\/sb1.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"sb1\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your rehearsal dinner is another chance for you to gather with friends &amp; family and celebrate the bride &amp; groom\u2019s unity before the wedding. Similarly to your wedding, there are no rules on how to throw a rehearsal dinner. But here are some tidbits to know about the so-called-norms of throwing a rehearsal dinner. Typically, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,42,55],"tags":[95,133,177,182,222,259],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesnerinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1622"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesnerinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesnerinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesnerinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesnerinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lesnerinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesnerinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesnerinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesnerinn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}