Low key bachelorette getaway ideas

Staying in town and going out to dinner/spa day? A destination bachelorette is way too much.

Where are you located? My bachelorette party is going to be in Lake Tahoe. We will hit up a couple casinos but will also go to the beach, go hiking, drink wine and go in the hot tub and just hang out Depending on where you and your bridesmaids are located there are a ton of places you can go that don't revolve around drinking!

I think once you make it a destination bachelorette it automatically becomes the opposite of low key.

Low key is going out to dinner with friends and afterwards maybe hitting up a bar for cocktails.

It's ridiculous. I would never ask my friends to spend that much money on a super special bachelorette weekend just for meeee.

We went to the beach, split payment for hotel, dinner and extras. Just walked around and went to beach. Hotel was $50 a piece, low key dinners, no one spent moore than $200. That included getting other halves and kids gifts.

For mine my girls organized to rent a lakehouse an hour away and it was super chill. One girl could only stay for one night so she left Saturday morning. We had all meals at the house and only left to go to the beach during the day and then dancing in town Saturday night. It was still super fun and very affordable.

My girls rented a cabin about an hour north of us in the mtns. We had dinner at the house the first night, hung out and did a lingerie shower, the next morning the winey across from the cabin does a guided hike followed by a tasting...we ended up staying there the whole day-and had a blast! Then went to a nice dinner that night. After dinner we ended up in a total dive bar because there were almost no late night options in the area. I think between the winery and house it came to about 150 pp. dinner and drinks the second night were additional...

there was alcohol involved- but it was super low key and relaxed, because that's how my friend group is. but almost always with wine in hand.

$500 for a bachelorette party?? i agree a weekend getaway is the opposite of low key.

If any of my friends had bach parties like that, i'd never be able to attend. Not everyone can spend that kind of money.

OP, you're in So Cal according to your profile... how far away are you looking to go?

You could go down to San Diego if you want something low key, visit Gaslamp. Or Palm Springs.

Or Disneyland.

But you shouldn't be planning your own bachelorette,

Yeah, I don't have the money to spend on destination weddings. I mean, kudos to the groups that do, but I will decline like every time.

$150 is more reasonable than $500...

Thanks for everyone's suggestions.. my MH was just asking me for my ideas of what I would typically enjoy. I thought of possibly going on a cruise, renting an air bnb and staying in and playing games or spa weekend just doing girly stuff. It's really whatever a majority of my guests would prefer and could attend. I live in socal so maybe even just relaxing with a nice view and hanging with the girls would be fun to catch up especially those that are out of town and I don't see often.

I call maaaaaajor BS on the idea that Christy couldn't even do local dinner and drinks for $150.

I travel for work and for pleasure, and I also plan FH's extensive work travel. There is nowhere that either he or I has ever gone where you have to spend $150 or more on drinks and dinner. Can you? Sure, almost anywhere. But must you? Hell no!

I live in Orlando, and the bulk of my friends were jumping at the excuse to have a beach weekend. We are going to Universal on a Thursday and then heading to the beach Friday through Sunday. We are getting a 2 bedroom suite on the beach for 2 days and everyone is splitting, it's about $200 per person. We are going to the grocery store and loading up a cooler with beach snacks and a few beers and keeping it pretty low key.

A cruise for a bach party? I'm doing that for my honeymoon..

It says you're in OC so I'd say maybe rent a cabin in Big Bear for the weekend. Quick enough drive, gorgeous in the summer. Renting a house in Palm Springs, San Diego, or even just on the beach in OC would be good options as well.

We are renting a lake house on the finger lakes (probably Seneca Lake, still not 100%) and just hanging out, probably hit up a few wineries, play board games, go to a nice dinner.. All of my friends (for the most part) are in Rochester NY so its close for them. I have no problem driving to my sister's house in Rochester and then going together to the lake. I didn't want anything where we had to fly, spend a ton of money and/or clubs aren't my scene. So I am very excited!

Wow....no way could i roll with christy's group....$80 just at dinner??

It's not just the money. It's the time and effort. Picking a place everyone likes, picking activities every one is into, coordinating free weekends, coordinating travel schedules, collecting money etc. that's a lot.

Also, obviously if you are young and have no strings attached and can easily take time off of work AND you have disposable income, sure, this would be fun.

I'm 37, work FT and have a 5 year old. My free time with her is very, very precious. I save all of my time off in case she's sick and can't go to school. I want to take my vacations with my family.

My bridesmaids are all in similar boats. I wouldn't dream of planning a weekend away (or even a night away).

So yes, this is know your crowd, but even with a willing crowd, this isn't low maintenance.

My bach was a surprise one night stay at a fancy hotel in the city most of us live in. my pals ordered in some sushi and then potlucked the rest of our snacks and treats. we didn't even leave the hotel suite, just hung out together, drank a bit of bubbly, and laughed our asses off all night. i am a total introvert so this was truly ideal for me! as others have said, know your crowd, and know what makes sense for your people...i didn't even care if i had a bach weekend or not, and this just ended up being a lovely time to catch up with some of my best friends in a very low key environment.

I've never been to a local bachelorette party, everyone in my group likes to go out of town. Fortunately we live near some cool places (SF, Paso, Vegas, Tahoe) so we have inexpensive options. The last bachelorette party I went to was in Vegas and that cost me about 1k. I didn't want to do anything extravagant for mine so my sister (MOH) planned a weekend trip to a lake in the nearby mountains. She rented a cabin and a boat and were doing a nautical/ red white and blue theme. She asked everyone's budget beforehand and was able to keep it in budget. I'm so excited to relax at the lake with everyone!