A Wedding Planner's Tips + Tricks for your Bachelorette Weekend
All You Need is Love… and a Wedding Planner!
HI! Im Abi Littles. sis, Let me help you out!
It finally happened!! You’re engaged to your favorite person in the world but now what do you do? Where do you even start? That’s where we step in...Hi! My name is Abi Littles, the owner of Weddings by Abi & Co, a wedding planning and design business! Our goal is to help engaged couples plan their dream wedding without all of the stress that comes with planning a wedding on your own! I know what you’re thinking, why is a wedding planner giving advise about a bachelorette weekend? Well, believe it or not I’m also a part-time decorator for Bach Babes! I’m here to give a different outlook on your bachelorette weekend. The do’s and don’ts, the timeline and even the best way to do it from a wedding planners perspective!
With planning a wedding there are a lot of extra events that need to be planned like your bridal shower, rehearsal dinner, send off breakfast, and my personal favorite…the bachelorette party!! Most of the time friends and family step in and help plan these amazing over the top events, but with that comes some stress of wanting to make sure everything looks good and put together. That’s why I love Bach Babes! Bach Babes will help your Maid of Honor plan everything from full weekend itinerary planning, hiring a limo to pick you up from the airport, to the decorations in your airbnb that will truly get the party stated… they do it all! As mentioned previously, I loved Bach Babes so much I became a part time decorator!
Tips for Your Bachelorette Weekend!
Start planning your bachelorette party 3-6 months out from your wedding! This gives you enough time to find a date that works for everyone in your bridal party, plan to get time off and maybe even save enough money to help make it the best weekend for the bride!
Pick a fun party theme that reflects the bride! Something I always suggest to my brides is to pick a theme that really reflects what you like! You may love the color pink and cow print but chances are you probably aren’t having a pink cowgirl wedding but you can choose the disco cowgirl theme with Bach Babes and all of your pink cowgirl dreams will come true! Best of both worlds if you will ;). If you are truly stuck on what theme to do maybe hand this task over to your maid of honor and let her surprise you!
Pick a bachelorette party destination that works for everyone! When deciding where you want to go for your bachelorette party there are a few things to think about. Are all of your girls going to be traveling for your bachelorette party and your wedding? It’s always a good idea to be mindful of how much traveling your girls are going to be traveling for all of your wedding events and the expenses that come with that! The second thing to think about is making sure that you go to a city that caters to bachelorette parties. For example, Nashville & Austin love having bachelorette parties and have SO many fun things for you and your girls to do!
Always keep the bachelorette weekend guests informed! Speaking of travel expenses, you may be thinking how much does a bachelorette party cost? This can vary depending on how many girls are coming, where you are going, and how long your bachelorette party will last! It’s always a good idea to check with your girls and see if they are willing to split the cost of your airbnb or hotel, this keeps from one person having to carry that huge expense. Another idea is to have your girls hire Bach Babes and split the cost! This way they don’t have to worry about buying decor, mimosas, etc and trying to keep track of all of the receipts and split the cost. Also, with Bach Babes you do get discounts with their partners and this can save you a lot of money!
Pro tip: If you’re a bridesmaid reading this, suggest to the group of girls to each pitch in $50 to buy the bride a Visa gift card (or whatever your amount you’re comfortable with) so she already has her spending money for food and drinks since she is already spending so much on the wedding! This will help with splitting checks evenly, will eliminate the need for everyone to feel like they need to switch off with who buys the bride meals, and who knows, she may even grab a round of drinks for everyone!
Hire Bach Babes! I promise I'm not being biased, you won’t regret it! Just like hiring a wedding planner, hiring Bach Babes makes the planning process much easier on you and your bridal party. While also eliminating the expense of overspending, the need to pack a suitcase full of decor and get there before the bride, and trying to do everything themselves!
Have fun! Between planning a wedding and the bachelorette weekend you will already have enough on your plate so I always tell my brides to fully hand this task over to your maid of honor! This is one of those rare adult opportunities to get a bunch of your best girls together and focus on having fun with each other and of course, celebrating the bride-to-be! Between your Maid of Honor, Bridesmaids and Bach Babes you are sure to have the best bachelorette party ever!