Bachelorette Weekend Itinerary: What Goes on It, With a Worked Two-Night Example

A bachelorette itinerary is one page or message that tells every guest where to be, when, what it costs them and what to bring. Put these on it:

• The stay: address, check-in and check-out times, how to get in, the Wi-Fi.
• Arrival: when to arrive and where to meet if people come at different times.
• Each plan: time, what it is, the place, the meeting point and how you get there.
• Cost per person for each plan, with optional plans marked as optional.
• Bring or wear for each plan: swimsuit, closed shoes, an outfit color.
• Money: the total each person owes, who to pay and the pay-by date.
• Who to ask: the host's number and a backup.

Below is a worked two-night example with every field filled in, then how to make your own free.

A worked two-night itinerary (illustrative)

Every time, place and dollar figure in this section is invented to show the format. Swap in your own.

The weekend: Friday 4 pm to Sunday 11 am, a rented house for eight guests. The stay: address and door code in the group chat on Thursday; check-in 4 pm Friday, check-out 11 am Sunday; Wi-Fi details on the fridge. Total per person: $310: a $135 share of the house plus $175 for the plans below, with the bride's share already split into those numbers. Optional plans are extra. Pay to: the maid of honor, by the 1st of the month before the trip. Questions: the maid of honor, or the second host as backup.

Friday (illustrative)

Saturday (illustrative)

Sunday (illustrative)

Two things make this example work. Each plan has a meeting point, so nobody waits in a lobby wondering where the group went. And downtime is in the schedule, not squeezed out of it.

How long the weekend should be

There is no fixed length. WeddingWire describes the party as a weekend or a single night, as schedules allow. Two nights, Friday to Sunday, keeps time off work to one day at most for most guests. A third night makes sense when most of the group is flying in; a single night suits a local party or a tight budget.

How to build your own free in a shared doc

You do not need an app. A shared doc, a notes page or a spreadsheet will do.

1. Start with the stay. The Knot's itinerary guide quotes a planner who recommends starting with accommodations, because where you sleep drives the rest of the plan. Write the address, check-in and check-out, and how to get in at the top.
2. Make one table per day with five columns: time, plan, where and meeting point, cost each, bring or wear.
3. Fill in the fixed bookings first (class, dinner, check-out), then the travel between them. A planner quoted by The Knot suggests a 15-minute buffer when an activity is half an hour away.
4. Leave downtime on purpose. The same Knot guide warns against an overpacked itinerary; a free afternoon block gives people time to rest and get ready.
5. Add up the cost each. Total the fixed plans per person, keep optional plans separate, and put the total, who to pay and the pay-by date in the header.
6. Add what to bring to each row, and a short packing list at the end.
7. Share it a month out. The Knot's checklist puts sharing the itinerary at one month before, with the hotel or rental home address, transportation details and anything guests need to pack. Pin it in the group chat as a link or screenshot.

Template sites also offer ready itinerary pages. The Craft template that leads the search results describes covering everything from contact information to activity schedules. Whichever you use, check that it has a cost-each line and a meeting point for every plan; guests will ask about both.

A printable version

If you would rather fill in a ready layout, the Bachelorette Weekend Itinerary has a cover page for the weekend facts (where, dates, the stay with address, check-in and check-out, door code and Wi-Fi, arrival, what it costs with the total per person, who to pay and by when, and who to ask) and four day pages, each with nine two-line plans: time, what, where and $ each with an Optional box, then bring or wear. Its personalise.html, an offline page, labels each day from one start date, adds up the total per person with optional plans kept apart, prints Letter or A4 and saves 1080 × 1920 JPG phone images for the group chat. The PDFs are print-and-pen pages; on the blank pages you write the weekday and date yourself.

Planning the rest of the weekend? See how to plan a bachelorette party for the timeline and the money conversation, and bachelorette party activities for things to put in the empty rows.