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Bachelorette Party Etiquette

I am browsing over invitations and am wondering if I put the restaurant where we are meeting if it would be implied that we somehow (the bridal party) are paying for it.

The bride will be taken care of, but everyone else is on their own.

Thoughts.

Re: Bachelorette Party Etiquette

  • I don't know the wording used, but I remember a few invites I had received (that started with dinner before the "paaarty") specifically noted that guests would not be covered. 
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  • I am going to keep on googling to see what I can find.
  • The ones I get just say something like this:

    "Guests are responsible for their own appetites"

     

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  • I've never assumed the bridal party was paying for dinner when attending a bachelorette party. I always figured paying your way was customary in a situation like that.
  • imageNear_miss:
    I've never assumed the bridal party was paying for dinner when attending a bachelorette party. I always figured paying your way was customary in a situation like that.

    This.

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  • Hmm, I have never gone to a B party where I assumed anything would be paid for. IE: Limo, dinner etc...

    I do wonder though, how you will split the tab? Are there going to be people that don't drink and feel slighted for having to split everything? Obviously this isn't an issue if everyone drinks. 

  • imageJennifer0807:

    Hmm, I have never gone to a B party where I assumed anything would be paid for. IE: Limo, dinner etc...

    I do wonder though, how you will split the tab? Are there going to be people that don't drink and feel slighted for having to split everything? Obviously this isn't an issue if everyone drinks. 

    The place where we are going is very cool with splitting tabs if we need to.  It is where we did my little dinner prior to the drink-fest also.

  • imageerin0709:

    The ones I get just say something like this:

    "Guests are responsible for their own appetites"

     

    I've never expected the hostesses to pay for my meal/drinks. ^^^This sounds appropriate though.

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  • imageStellarStaylor:

    imageNear_miss:
    I've never assumed the bridal party was paying for dinner when attending a bachelorette party. I always figured paying your way was customary in a situation like that.

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    Same here.

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  • imageNear_miss:
    I've never assumed the bridal party was paying for dinner when attending a bachelorette party. I always figured paying your way was customary in a situation like that.

    Same here. Erin's suggestion sounds nice if you want to include something on the invite.

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  • Well. . . 

    When I was a bridesmaid we paid for our meals and split the cost of the bachelorette's meal so that we all paid for it.

    And, we paid for her drinks so she was pretty messed up.

    Ah, I love bachelorette parties. Others as well as my own. 

  • If you are inviting people to a shower, you should expect to cover their meal/food. Seriously. "Come buy your own food and bring a gift too"?  This is not hospitality.

    Have the party at your house, have crudites, iced tea and homemade cake if that's all you can afford, but don't invite people to buy their own lunch.

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  • I"M INSANE. PAY NO ATTENTION TO ME.

    I thought this was about a shower, not a bachelorette party. I'm a putz.

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  • imageSue_sue:

    I"M INSANE. PAY NO ATTENTION TO ME.

    I thought this was about a shower, not a bachelorette party. I'm a putz.

    Ha, ha!  No biggie!  No, the shower is at a restaurant and we will be serving lots of food and drinks on us.

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