I am a bridesmaid in one of my friends weddings coming up in November. For her bachelorette party we want to go to vegas for the weekend. Do you think the bridal party pays for EVERY expense for the bride? Airfare, hotel, food, drinks...etc....what do you think....if thats the case this could be VERY pricey.
August2003
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I have never been part of a go away party, but I don't think that the bride would expect you guys to pay for everything. Good question.
SeptemberBride03
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I haven't gone away for a bachelorette party, but my FH has gone to Vegas several times for Bachelor parties and they have always paid for the flight and hotel for the groom - flights are cheap to Vegas ($200 RT - so split that and its not a lot) and hotels are cheap plus I'm sure you'll a bunch of girls in one room, so the brides portion will be small. But, talk to her and see what she thinks. She may not let you pay. My FH isn't letting his groomsman pay for his flight but his Best Man is insisting on picking up the room and a nice dinner.
Sunny
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I think if it was me I would not expect my friends to pay so much- I wouldn't let them.
mv1003
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I think if you did pay for her flight & hotel, that could be her gift?? I know that's all I would accept. If they already got a gift- I wouldn't let them pay. My girlfriend did this and she paid her own way- didn't mind at all. & Vegas- her pictures were halarious! You ladies will have a blast!
danigirl0
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were going for mine and i do not expect them to pay for it all..i just want to go!! so if they give me ANYTHING it will be a gift!!
yabbobay
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both DH and I went away for ours...but neither of us felt comfortable having people pay for our airfare...so we did that...
so I would say that if you guys pay for air and hotel...then maybe just pick up some drinks...I don't know...its a tough one...
julybride444
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I would think if the bridesmaids plan it and suggest it the bride will assume you are paying. If the bride suggests it she may plan to pay for some herself. If she does offer to pay for her flight and room- then I'd say the food and drinks should be on the bridal parties tab.
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We went to South Beach for my friend's bachelorette party. It was her idea, but the bridal party paid for hotel and airfare for her. And she really didn't want us to do that. But we wanted to. When we were down there we paid for drinks and stuff for her but we split dinners among everyone - including the bride.
Edited to add we were a pretty big group though - 14 girls.
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Thanks for all your feedback. There are six of us in the BP and we are kind of divided on whether we should do this or not. The bride wants to badly....but for a weekend...including her and everything else (cabs, food, drinks, car service to airport etc) this would be about $800...I just think thats a lot for just a weekend.
On the other hand what a blast this would be.....
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I went to an 'away' bachelorette party last year - the bride paid her way. She's the one who wanted to go away, she paid for her airline ticket. That's way too much of an expense, IMO.
Edited to add: we were a small group - only 3 of us could actually go away that weekend, so thats another reason.
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I'm going away with 3 girls for my bachelorette party and I am paying my own way for airfare and hotel. I would never expect them to pay for it. I don't know if they will pay for dinners but I wouldn't expect that either.
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My bridal party took me to vegas for my bachelorette party. My sister paid for my airfare & spa treatment and my bridal party chipped in for my share of the hotel. They also paid for my entertainment show.
The first night they took me out to dinner & drinks but the second night, we went to another nice restaurant, I paid for the entire dinner (w/o them knowing of course).
I also made sure I bought several rounds of drinks at the pool and the clubs. Breakfast & lunch....I paid for my own as well.
