Meeting with bridesmaids?

Plan? My bridesmaids were scattered around the country so there was no actual meeting at anytime. We relied on email heavily for some decisions and I only saw most of them the week leading up the wedding.

What are you hoping to discuss at the meeting? You should be able to do everything over email!

I had 1 initial meeting with everyone to go over styles of dresses beforehand and see what everyone liked. Then went over all initial details, venue, date, stuff like that and just hung out all together. The 2nd one was dress shopping, mine and theirs together. Im lucky because all of mine (all 8) are in the same area I am so everyone made it. The 3rd one will be my bridal shower, the 4th will my bachelorette party. The 5th will be at our rehearsal and the last will be wedding day. We didn't meet much but always stayed in touch over text and email.

I decided on 3 styles I wanted the BM's to try on before we went (I wanted strapless to match my dress). I created a facebook group message and we all landed on a time (had to be January when DH sister was home from college, but my brother's wife is out of state so she couldn't come). We went, ended up trying on 7 different styles and all the girls agreed on one and I liked it too. Then the next time we all "met" was shower. Other than that was group messages, about 2 weeks before wedding I sent out timeline for rehearsal day and wedding day. I made printed scheduled for each member of wedding party and put them in the gifts at rehearsal dinner.

You don't need a meeting.

Do you have a phone with a texting and calling plan? An email address? Great - no 'meeting' necessary. Because guess what, they won't want one...and honestly you don't need one.

I had them all over to help with save the dates (voluntarily of course, and I threw us a christmas party after) and we all talked about it then.

^^ agree with Emmy

First meeting with all of us will be the rehearsal. Not every one can come to shower or bachelorette. I went on several shopping trips based on when they could meet up. Some girls are out of state. I told her the color I liked and the length, then let her choose the dress. I'm not asking for any help. I don't think a meeting is really necessary. I've sent group emails to keep them updated on times of rehearsal & wedding day.

Our whole bridal party is spread between Florida and Illinois. I mainly text or call with questions or plans. We flew up to Illinois this past weekend for all of the bridal party up there to pick a dress/attire and get fitted. There's only one girl and two guys in Florida who will need to be fitted. We text them the info and have made it their responsibility to follow through. There's no real need for a "meeting" with your bridesmaids.

We never had a bridesmaid meeting. The only thing we did all of us together was bridesmaid dress shopping, and that's only because I had a small bridal party. No meetings necessary. They all had each other's numbers and emails, so we all could communicate if necessary.

Like other brides, my BMs are scattered across multiple states. We did not have a meeting, but I did set up a private FB group to keep them updated.

If your bridesmaid dress shopping will only include your two MOHs, there is no need for a bridesmaid meeting unless you're asking them what dress style they like. Everything else can be done in email.

FYI, you need to get each bridesmaid's budget privately prior to the shopping trip with your MOHs.

I haven't done anything formal. I have one BM in Illinois (I'm in Michigan) usually I just touch base about a thing or two when I happen to hang out with any of them and call it a day.

I have 3 bridesmaids. 2 of my bridesmaids are in town and know each other, and the 3rd lives out of town. The 3rd will be in town in a couple weeks for the weekend, so we are planning on getting together for drinks just so everyone can get acquainted since not everyone knows each other.

I have 4 girls and they've all agreed that they want to come for dress shopping in January. They'll all meet then and they've had each other's number since my initially asking them

I started a facebook group for big stuff, like picking out dresses (we're using Weddington Way, and I'm letting them pick whatever dress they want, as long as it's in the same color/designer/length). Otherwise, I just text them. Most of them haven't met, and I don't really care about that. A meeting seems a little bridezilla.

I didn't even see my one BM the whole planning process except at my bacheorette and shower. She couldn't care less about any of it and honestly we didn't even talk except me desperately trying to get her measurements for the dress for MONTHS. But that was my SIL who honestly I shouldn't have made a BM at all. My MOH and I just texted a lot and got together fairly regularly because we live in the same town and she was very interested in helping with things. The one thing I did to keep everyone on the same page was twice during the planning I sent an email to everyone with updates so they all had the same info. Things like what date we had to order the dresses by and when we had to do alterations and that they needed to have their shoes picked out before alterations otherwise they couldn't hem it right (I let them pick their own shoes). I usually just texted but I felt better sending emails those couple times with the big dates/deadlines on them so that I knew they had the info in hand.

My bridesmaids are scattered all over, so we are just doing a group text for the important details.

Thanks ladies! I didn't think I needed a meeting, but one of my bridesmaids keeps asking for a meeting...I think it'll cause more of a headache than be helpful!! Lol