Nashville Bachelorette Party Cost

I am also going to Nashville for my Bachelorette! I'll give you all of the financial deets!

Our AirBnb is right downtown and it was around $1,500 for the weekend - it seems expensive but if you got something further from downtown, you'd have to factor in Ubers and that could add up. We split the condo between all of us. We did the 'pay half now, half later' feature they offer, so it split up the burden a little.

We are also doing a pole dancing class downtown. That costs everyone about $60 each. Other than that, the only set things that will need to paid for is food and alcohol so that's relative on what your party will want to eat/drink. We have reservations for every dinner and brunch and we all decided together what kind of restaurants we wanted to eat at, prices played a factor. We all kind of said we are banking on spending a few hundred, easily at the Bach - but that is what we were comfortable with all together!

I would try to supply as much as you can -

My MOH got everyone gifts for when we get there, wigs for one of the fun nights, and all of decorations. My mom and I supplied all of the alcohol for pregaming or just to have at the house, breakfast food for one morning, and a bottle of champagne for every girl.

I would definitely try to plan around peoples budgets so you can make sure everyone is comfortable in going! But Nashville isn't cheap, going out of town for the weekend in general isn't really cheap. So I would just make sure you talk to your girls and decide what everyone is comfortable with!

I also suggest using the Bach App. If you're wanting to do that one really fun thing (mine is the pole dancing class), they have a ton of options on the app and they tell you the pricing so you know what to tell your girls. I would say the bulk of the money is going to be for food and drinks throughout the weekend, though!

I'd think the better question is for your MOH to privately ask the wedding party and others who will be invited what they are comfortable spending, and then use whatever they tell her as the maximum budget. Once she knows that, it will be easier to figure out what the group can comfortably afford to do. As the guest of honor, a $500 weekend might seem like a reasonable splurge to you, but might be impossible for those you'd like to have attend.

Daughter was "invited" (sort of demanded...) to attend a bachelorette weekend in a drivable location. With the invitation, she was told her share of the Airbnb, planned winery tours/tastings, meals etc., would be $400-500.... She immediately said she was sorry, but she wouldn't be able to attend due to the cost and time involved. She was quickly "attacked" by some of the planners for "ruining" the bachelorette the bride wanted -- and making it more expensive for the others, since they'd have to "make up her share." No one asked for her input on expenses, but expected her to pay. Technically, she could have "afforded" to attend, but given that she and her H were prioritizing saving for a major move and then a down payment, there was no way she was willing to spend that on a friend's bachelorette. Only the people being asked to spend money can tell you what's reasonable.

Yep, this. Planning needs to *start* from the attendees' budgets, not finish there.

$500 sounds reasonable to me, but what's reasonable to some isn't necessarily reasonable to others. Start by talking to your bridesmaids to get a sense of what they're able and willing to spend, and then take the planning from there

I would recommend a party bus. They allow you to see the city while having basically a 2 hour booze cruise through Downtown Nashville. Much safer than just going to random bars esp after midnight. Try the Honky Tonk Party Express. The cost is around $600 after tax and they provide shuttles for you if needed.