Updated on: Feb 24, 2024
A rehearsal for the bride and groom is used to practice the wedding ceremony in the next few days. After rehearsals, there will most likely be a rehearsal dinner where the groom, bride, and guests can chat and have fun before the day of the event. Even though the rehearsal dinner is more of an informal event, there still needs to be planning so that everything goes perfectly. Our rehearsal dinner checklist template can help you organize your ideas to ensure that your rehearsal dinner can build excitement for your wedding ceremony.
Below, we have created a guide on how to plan a Rehearsal Dinner party with the checklist template provided. In the checklist guide, there are also some ideas that can be used to customize the template provided to fit your circumstances. After finishing your custom rehearsal dinner checklist, we hope it helps you budget your time so you don’t have to stress over the planning phase!
5 Reasons to Love Our Rehearsal Dinner Checklist
1. Automatic Timeline
How long does it take to plan a rehearsal dinner, you ask? We believe that there is no fixed time frame that will work for everyone. Since, everyone has their own specific situations and timeframes we created a checklist that will help you countdown the days till the wedding reception. Just add the day you started planning your rehearsal dinner, along with what day you’ll be holding it, and each task included in the worksheet will get an assigned due date! This will help you plan and make sure you have everything taken care of in time for the big day.
2. Visuals
Our template is formatted to help you easily see what tasks need to get done, and which should have higher priority.
- Find the perfect rehearsal dinner venue? Check the box in the row for choosing a venue, and it will turn green. This helps you visually spot which tasks are still outstanding.
- Did you get caught up with your busy schedule? If you start to approach a due date, it will turn yellow. If it passes without completion, it will turn red. This will help you prioritize tasks.
3. Shareable!
Are you planning your rehearsal dinner with friends or family members? We got you covered because our checklist template can be shared with whomever you wish via Google Drive. Everyone will be on the same page, in real time! Multiple people can edit the checklist at the same time which marks collaborations much less stressful.
4. Helpful Links
The template doesn’t just help you plan your time, it connects you with great resources in a single click.
- Want to survey your friends or family to find the best time to hold the rehearsal dinner? Links to useful websites and apps are included.
- Want to find the best florist? Easily find every service - from venues and caterers to DJs and decorators - you need in one place.
- Budgeting is a huge part of party planning. It doesn’t need to be difficult, though! Just use our budget worksheet, created just for your rehearsal dinner! A link to this sheet will be included in the checklist.
- Need to order supplies? We’ve got you covered. Just click!
- Want to get the creative juices flowing with some fun party tips and ideas? We’ll link right to the articles you need.
5. Customizable Rehearsal Dinner Checklist
This is no generic planning guideline that will result in an amazing rehearsal dinner. So instead we provided some suggestions for tasks that will help you create your customized rehearsal dinner checklist.
How to Use Our Rehearsal Dinner Checklist
Simply click the download button below to get started. We have created a step-by-step guide to take you through using our checklists: how to share your checklists with fellow planners, how to add/edit/delete tasks, how to sort/filter/reorder tasks and more.
Rehearsal Dinner Checklist: Conclusion
Easy Event Planning believes that planning your rehearsal dinner should be fun and easy! Our customizable template will help make your rehearsal dinner checklist. The personalized checklist will ensure all your plans are in order before the rehearsal dinner. We hope that our guide and checklist template, helps you plan an exciting rehearsal dinner! If you enjoy using this checklist, you’ll love our planning tools for other events, too!
Written by Bryk Li; Contributor: Jack Leduc