Bachelorette Party Planning Tips
Tip One: When friends are planning a bachelorette for a bride-to-be, they should keep the personality of the bride in mind. If she is the type of gal who is up for anything, a wild and crazy night hitting bars, clubs, and even Chippendale’s might be right up her alley. Without a doubt, some brides can rival their grooms for rowdy pre-wedding bashes! On the other hand, if the bride-to-be is a more reserved type of woman, she might be genuinely appalled to find a pair of breakaway pants tossed at her head by a greased up man on a stage. For her a more low-key party in a restaurant or friend’s home would be a good bachelorette party.
Tip Two: Plan ahead! While the bachelorette party should be a freewheeling good time, it never hurts to make some plans in advance. You wouldn’t want to get to a club and find it closed for a private event. Even more importantly, you don’t want anyone drinking and driving. Hire a limo to be your transportation for the evening. Not only will it get the gang from pub to pub in style, but it ensures everyone gets home safely.
Tip Three: Make an event of it. This is not just any ordinary night out with the girls after all, it is a once-in-a-lifetime party. For the bride, this might mean getting a great new outfit to be worn with a fabulous pair of crystal earrings. Some groups like to wear shirts which proclaim their role in the wedding, like bride or bridesmaid, printed or emblazoned in crystals. A pair of crystal earrings is a cute touch with the crystal t-shirts. And what would a bachelorette party be without a cheap veil to pop on the head of the bride-to-be in the bar or club?
Tip Four: Keep budget in mind. If all the girls in the wedding party can afford to jet off to Vegas for a bachelorette weekend, great! But if the price of the trip would leave a lot of the bride’s friends out of the party, scrap the destination celebration and have a bachelorette party closer to home (or in a big city within driving distance). After all, what makes a bachelorette really fun is having all of the bride’s best friends together to celebrate.
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Does a bachelorette party have to be rauchy? No! For that matter, neither does a bachelor party. The idea is to get together with your friends for one last night of fun before your wedding, and if Chippendale dancers and suggestively shaped lollipops are not your idea of a good time, then by all means skip the naughty stuff. A girls’ night out at your favorite pub or hitting the dance floor at the hottest nightclub in town are also fun and memorable, and you won’t spend the night feeling embarrassed.
Who pays for the bachelorette party? The bachelorette party is most often organized by the maid of honor and the bridesmaids (one more reason they deserve really awesome bridesmaid gifts!). If the party is one night at a local bar, they will usually split the costs between them. It may be that any upfront costs are evenly divided and that each person pays for her own drinks and chips in extra to make sure the bride’s bar tab is covered at the end of the night. However, if the bachelorette party is going to be held over a weekend away at a spa or a party town like Las Vegas, the bride should be expected to pay for many of her own expenses. And no, the bridesmaids do not have to cover her gambling losses at the casino!
Who should be invited? Certainly, all of the bridesmaids and the maid of honor. Unless you are opting for a spa day or some other G-rated activity, the younger members of the bridal party should sit this one out. When the bachelorette party is held locally, feel free to invite the bride’s other friends who are not in the wedding, her co-workers, and so on. Who to leave out? The mothers and grandmothers of the bride and groom! Also don’t plan on inviting an extended entourage if you are taking the party on the road; it is just too expensive for most people.
Can it be co-ed? Sure! Just as bridal showers are now sometimes “Jack and Jill” events, so too can there be a co-ed bachelor/bachelorette party. Assemble the whole gang for a wild adventure at a favorite watering hole or club. At least this way, the bride and groom will not have to wonder what the other one did at their party!
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