\n\tTo make things easier on yourself (the party planner) and all of your guests, it helps to be as prepared as possible so to ensure that things go well. Listed are a few tips and ideas to get you started.
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<\/p>\nSo one of your best friends (or family members) is getting married, and it\u2019s your job to plan the time-honored tradition of the Bachelorette Party. This is a tremendous honor, and also a lot of responsibility so you want to make sure that it is a success, and more importantly, that it\u2019s what the bride wants.<\/p>\n
On that note, if you\u2019re planning the bachelorette party, it\u2019s probably safe to assume that you and the bride are fairly close; i.e. you\u2019re probably either in the wedding, a family member, or a very close friend that she trusts well enough to allow to plan such a big event. So, since you know the bride, you probably have a pretty good idea of what she wants and what she wouldn\u2019t want. For example, if you know the bride is fairly conservative and not much of a partier, it would be a bad idea to plan a bar-crawl followed by a surprise performance by a male stripper.
\n\tTo make things easier on yourself (the party planner) and all of your guests, it helps to be as prepared as possible so to ensure that things go well. Listed are a few tips and ideas to get you started.
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Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n Decide Who You\u2019re Going to Invite<\/strong>: Bachelorette parties are typically pretty small; more than 20 is usually too many, 10 and under is probably ideal. Wedding Etiquette typically states that whoever is invited to the shower must be invited to the wedding, but this rule isn\u2019t necessarily true for the bachelorette party. Most of the bachelorette party guests are the bride\u2019s girl friends, who are already attending the wedding, but it\u2019s also okay to invite neighbors or co-workers who may not be invited to the wedding if it\u2019s smaller or out of town. Themes<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022\tLadies Night: One of the most popular bachelorette party themes is to take the bride to her favorite restaurant for dinner and drinks, and then out to a local hotspot. This way you can dress the bride up in obnoxious bachelorette party gear, and spend the night on the town wherever she wants!<\/p>\n \u2022\tSpa Day: Pamper the bride (and yourselves) by spending the day or weekend at a spa. You\u2019ll love getting massages, manicures, pedicures, and the works, even if you do have to give up some of the junk food and alcohol consumption that usually accompanies bachelorette parties. <\/p>\n \u2022\tScavenger hunt: The Scavenger hunt is a popular game to play at bachelorette parties where the bride and her ladies go out on the town, or can even be used at the house where the party is taking place. You can get as creative as you want with this, creating maps, clues, etc. as long as you\u2019re having fun and it is something the bride would enjoy (since it is all about her).<\/p>\n \u2022\tFondue Fun: What\u2019s not to love about melted cheese, chocolate, gossip, and giggling? A fondue party makes for a great bachelorette party at home (if you have all of the equipment), or you can even go out to a fondue restaurant if that is more convenient. <\/p>\n \u2022\tCamping: If the bride is an \u201cout-doorsie\u201d kind of gal, she might just love a camping or an outdoor adventure of some kind. Set aside a weekend for the girls to get together and go on a camping trip, hiking, canoeing, swimming, fishing, or horseback riding!<\/p>\n \u2022\tYee-Haw: Is the bride a little bit country? Then why not take her out for a night of line-dancing and have everyone dress in cowboy boots, hats, and cut-offs! <\/p>\n \u2022\tChauffeur Night: Should you choose the pool hall, the sleazy club down the street, or the dance club down town? Why pick just one when you could hire a chauffeur and arrange for a time and a place to pick everyone up and go where you please. This way, you will all be able to drink without having to worry about a DD, and feeling like a celebrity!<\/p>\n
\nPick a Date<\/strong>: In the movies, characters typically have their bachelor\/bachelorette parties the night before the wedding, which leads to mass chaos and hangovers on the big day. In \u201creal life\u201d this just simply isn\u2019t how it\u2019s done. Typically it is ideal to have the party a couple of days before the actual date, and give your guests at least 2-3 week\u2019s notice beforehand so that they can plan ahead also.
\nGetting the Word Out There<\/strong>: There are several ways to invite your bachelorette party guests. You can simply call your girls on the phone and give them the low-down if there\u2019s a manageable amount of them to call. You could also buy a set of cute party invitations, and send them out the old-fashioned way, or you can be super creative and create your own if you love to scrap-book and create that would be right up your alley!<\/p>\n