Bachelorette Party, Girls only

How to plan a Bachelorette Party for the bride to be and make 0 mistakes in 5 steps

This is an article for all the girls who has been chosen to be the Maids of Honors or the Bridesmaids at your BFF’s wedding.

A real full-time job, not that I want to freak you out… 😉

As you probably noticed, this is sometimes difficult and you have to deal with serious problems: She can’t find THE perfect dress, hesitates on ivory and cream napkins for the reception, can’t decide if she should hand write  the addresses on the invitations’s envelopes or print them, checks the weather 11 month before the D-day, stops sleeping because she has nightmares about her in a toilet paper dress, can’t make up her mind between Louboutin or Jimmy Choo for her bridal shoes and I could go on..
So… take a deep breath, we are here to help you and make this job a bit easier for you (because we can’t confine her illegally until the wedding)

One of your main responsibly is to plan her Bachelorette Party, avoid mistakes, to trip, to invite the right girls and not forget someone you never heard about before BUT she is important (apparently..) make the reservations, find activities, and more things to come.

Follow these steps and you will be ready to rock the hell out, impress everyone by your organization and planning skills.

Step 1: Identify her wishes and expectations

You have been chosen and there are of course many reasons for it.
Beside the fact that you are her BFF, you know her by heart, you have seen her grow up and becoming an adult, a woman and now an engaged girl!
As a result, you know her personality, what she likes, what she hates, what are her dreams, even the one she never mentioned.
For the ones who can’t follow me, feel lost and can’t answer more than 3 of these questions, well…

Step 2: Define the budget

Girls, this step is crucial.
Why? Well, first because even if you already know what you want to organize based on what she always dreamed about, like a champagne bath, a caviar facial mask in a luxury spa in Paris, you won’t be able to grant her wishes if you didn’t talk about the budget before and realize you can’t afford this…
Au revoir Paris.

So define a budget with the rest of the girls, and how much each of you can spend on the Bachelorette party.
Keep in mind that you will probably need to adjust your total budget expectation if some girls have not the same budget and can’t spend the same amount, not everyone have the same earnings.

Step 3: What kind of Bachelorette Party

According to your budget, you can now find out what kind of Bachelorette Party you can organize.
Is it a Bachelorette Day, Afternoon, Night, Week end ?

The Bachelorette Day

This is a great option if you realized that you are too much girls and your budget can’t allow you all to leave for a whole weekend in the countryside.
You will have plenty of time to plan activities, surprise her, pamp her, make her laugh and of course make this day memorable for you all!

The Afternoon Party

Begin the day a bit later than usual for the sleepy ones, or if your bride to be has Pilates class on Saturday morning and she hates to miss it… well go for an afternoon party, spa with the full-service that offers massages from head to toes, and then…tea time anyone?

Night Party

Having troubles finding a common date with everyone? Busy girls…Well this is the option you need, try to begin the night around 7 pm with a nice “before party” and no excuses girls, the party will definitely end a least at 6 am, nobody has actual plans in the middle of the night.
Cocktail bar, fancy restaurant, karaoke, musical, night club, wine bar, so many great things to do at night.

Weekend Party

Lucky her, you have found the budget and the time to plan a whole weekend with the girls.
This is certainly a investment but think about it, this is not only for her, you will enjoy it as much as she will, consider this as a week end you would probably plan a few month after with a friend or boyfriend.
Several options here :
– Leave the country, book something in a city she loves or never been before, where you will find activities, parties and fun. You can either book an hotel or an apartment for all of you.
– -Leave the country, book something near the beach, where you will relax, swim, and enjoy the sea, s** and sun !!
– Leave the town, one of you has a family house in the countryside and you can all go there for 2 days! Lucky you, less expensive and so much fun to come!

Step 4: Create a real program

I m not saying you should do the teacher for everyone but, a good planning will definitely help you.
Plan each activities, the times and places and how you will get there.
It will avoid rushes or, on the contrary, free periods where you will not know what to do, stress about it and accordingly, stress everyone!
This is not the goal; you have to enjoy the day as much as all the girls.

Make sure you have though about everything before the B-day (Bachelorette day), make a list, ask your friends to help you and divide the tasks.
Everybody can play a role in this organization.
Put her fiancé in the secret, he will help you with the “surprise” thing, her planning, her meetings to cancel, her suitcase to make if you have plan a weekend etc…
Don’t be afraid to ask for help, you are not alone and I am sure your girlfriends will be happy to participate and help.

Step 5: Plan funny (but not silly) games

Ok so this is clearly a tradition that we sometimes want to skip, so try to avoid awkward and embarrassing moments for the bride, play nice girls, elaborate something funny but not “too much”.
You know her, so try to figure it out until what point you can go…
A nice example if you are running out of idea:
Write down questions that each of you will ask her (during dinner or drinks), create themes, questions about:
Her past, her present, her future
Funny way to learn things about her and her past she have hide from you all this years!!!
Embarrassing crush? Fail date? Secret lover? Hidden romance?

Are you finally reassured? You can plan a great bachelorette party whiteout all these creepy activities with strangers, you can absolutely forget the Covent you had considered for a few sec.
And you have all the tools to create a fabulous, unforgettable and perfect bachelorette party without stress or fear!!

Let’s get to work girls,

Love,

xx