Contrary to what we know as a “conventional” bachelorette party, not all single ladies’ parties are held at night. It all depends on what kind of mood the soon-to-be-married single girl wants to create. For a girl who has already had her share of night outs and clubbing, a special day-time party for her close friends is a good respite.

So what types of parties can you throw during the day. Considering it’s summer, the next best thing to going to the tropics is to enjoy a nice bathing suit party with your friends, either on the beach or in your backyard (if you own a pool).

But to make this idea work, there has to be a theme… I’m calling it ‘Summer Shawl Party’ for bachelorettes.

Theme Details

Every girl brings a swimsuit and a shawl and that’s what she’s going to wear for the party. Wide-brimmed hats are optional, and they can bring as many flowers to adorn their hair with as they can. Big, superstar sunglasses are a must, and suntan lotion (besides the shawl and the bathing suit) is a requirement for entry.

The shawl part is for everyone to feel comfortable without feeling so exposed (especially if the party is on the beach). The shawl may also prevent girls from feeling self-conscious (like when they have pimples or they’ve just used some of the stuff mentioned in pronexin reviews).

Food

In the spirit of Cinco de Mayo, your food choices can be tex-mex. This means tacos, chicken fingers, tossed salad and lots of watermelon. For drinks, you can hire a bartender to mix tequila sunrise, mai tai and mint julep for you and your friends.

Activities

Talk, talk and more talk! The objective is to spend a relaxing afternoon out in the sun with close friends so you can talk about memories of your single life and the future.

Some bachelorette’s would rather travel than hold a party. What are the pros and cons of holding your bachelorette party in an unfamiliar but exciting city?

Pros: It’s an adventure and you can really have the time of your life visiting landmarks with a few close friends.
Cons: You can only bring a few friends (and most of them will have to bring their own pocket money), and you need to go budget everything!

The first budget tip for travelling with your friends is to join a travel group that’s looking for more members. Package tours are a lot cheaper than the ordinary plans, and there are a lot of ads in classified sections looking for new recruits to their package tours. Here are some of the things that you should consider when travelling with a group:

• Are the other members easy to get along with or will they shush you all the time when you excitedly exclaim your delight at travelling to a new location?
• Are the travel arrangements flexible? The operators of group tours will be the ones to find the best accommodations and fares for you, but this fact will make it a bit difficult to stray off the group to do some adventuring on your own.

If you decide to go at it alone without a travel group, the things you need to take note of are accommodations and transportation.

For example, in a huge city like New York, it’s pretty difficult to find a budget hotel to stay in if you don’t plan ahead. And, if you use your money on too many cab rides to travel around just looking for a place to stay, you might spend all your pocket money on just transporation. There are a lot of budget types that are modern and filed with state-of-the-art amenities like private baths and cable television.

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One particularly fun way to celebrate a birthday and a bridal shower is to be completely sentimental about the celebrant and the experiences she went through until she reached that age or that event in her life.

Besides speeches and last dances, birthday getting-to-know-you games bring out the mushiness in people, so that a party planner won’t even have to ask anyone for a speech or a short song for the celebrant, everyone will be jumping in to contribute their trips to memory lane.

Nostalgia works!

A simple sentence starting with “Do you remember the time…” will make the guests and the celebrants feel the occasion. A must-do during speech time is to choose the person in the group who knows the celebrant best. One way to do this is to survey the people using these questionnaires called It’s All About the Birthday Star. It asks the guests what they know about the birthday girl or bride-to-be and you and the celebrant can decide which guest should do the toast.

One can even do a trivia game based on the answers to the questionnaires.

Handling a big group is one of the challenges of a party planner who goes the extra mile and helps a client enjoy an out-of-town trip. One of the most daunting scenarios I can think of is traveling with a group of party goers (e.g. a bridal shower group) around New York City. A party planner who does her homework will get around the potential disasters by simply planning ahead and learning the ropes of NY travel by contacting travel agents and tour guides. Timely booking and proper logistics knowledge are the keys to a wonderful NY adventure.

So, what’s the worst that could happen? Well, you all could get lost, for starters. Bear in mind that the client’s time in a location is limited and every hour in the strange new place counts. Getting lost in the jungle of buildings trying to find a particular hotel will eat up time, and will give you a bad reputation.

Learn about airport shuttles and how to arrange for group trips early to avoid the rush. One such shuttle service provider is an advertiser, JFK Airport Shuttle. When you got the logistics arranged, the fun will follow. The whole group will soon be comfortable in the hotel, and the only things to think about are the activities for the weekend that you are there; where to eat and where to party.

They say that party planners never get rattled or tense? They do. They just don’t show it.
Have a nice trip!