Same day bridal shower/ bachelorette party?

I've known several girls who have had their shower and bachelorette party in the same day (usually the the girls who went to the B.P. in the evening were still in attendance at the shower). The shower usually started later in the afternoon (around 2 or 3) and once it was over the younger girls either went to someone's house, a hotel they were all sharing, or the bride's house and got ready for the night.

My shower is in May, but my bachelorette party won't be till June. I have two separate people hosting and my friend who's throwing me the B.P. thought May was to soon to throw one so that's why mine is the way it is.

I would want to be a guest at both, but would find it exhausting to go to two wedding parties in the same day. I would recommend separating the two.

@Katy that's sort of what I'm leaning towards considering even I find the idea of having two parties in one day kinda tiring but I don't want to make things complicated for my MOH. If I choose to have them on seperate days I want to be able to give her good reasons (I might be too tired doesn't sound legit to me) so it doesn't seem like I'm being selfish

My bridesmaids are doing the same thing next month for me because one of my

Maid of honors lives in California and I'm in Virginia and it's too expensive to fly in twice for parties and then again for the wedding in July. I believe their plan is to go to dinner in between and invite anyone who wants to join or people will just choose which party to attend. I think it'll be fine.

I had a friend who did both on the same day. Basically, how it worked was all the "younger girls" plus the older ladies (the mom, FMIL, aunts, grandma, etc.) all came to the shower at around 2:00 by 4:00 it was over and the older ladies left. Then the "younger girls" and the bride got cleaned up and went out to dinner before hitting the clubs. It worked for them because a lot of the guests had to come from out of town and the bride let the girls who went out for the bachelorette party crash at her house. They liked only having to make one trip. I can see where two parties in one day would be exhausting however.

I did the same thing since my MOH and BM had to travel to get to the city I'm living in and I didn't want them to have to devote too many weekends to wedding things.

My MIL and DH's aunts hosted the shower. I think it went from 2-4 p.m. Then my MOH, BM and I went back to my apartment (where they were staying for the weekend) and relaxed, got changed and head out for dinner. The 'younger ladies', my mom and MIL joined us all for dinner. Then after dinner my mom and MIL left and us ladies went to a club for drinking and dancing. It worked out great and was lots of fun. There were 2-3 ladies you could only make one event, but that was all right as I got to celebrate with them all at least at some point in the day.

Mine were both on the same day! Shower was at 2 pm and bachelorette party started at 7 pm. It worked out great!

For those of you ladies that did this how close to your wedding was it? Did most people come to both? Also what was the time gap like and how low key or wild was your bachelorette party?

I know that most of my girls won't want to go out to the clubs til at least 9pm and we'll probably get a hotel room since anywhere that has a decent night life scene is at least 45 minutes away from home.

I did this a month before the wedding. As I said before, most people came to both. About 2-3 ladies were only able to make either the shower or the bachelorette party.

The time gap was about 3 hours. The shower ended around 4 p.m. and then we meet up for dinner around 7 p.m.

The bachelorette party consisted of dinner, walking around a popular street where there are a lot of bars, clubs and restaurants and then going to a particular bar that my BM had booked us a table at. It's a great bar for dancing and partying. We drank, danced and had fun.

We did that (we are a two bride couple) and it worked great! It was a long day but only one day for people to plan for!

Where r u getting the idea that having/attending a party will be exhasting? Maybe for the person throwing the party but I think with help it wont be too bad, the party shld be relaxing... right?

A sorority sister of mine did this for her wedding. I think it worked out great!!

I was MOH for my sister and we had a brunch style shower that ended by i think 3. then we took her out for dinner drinks and dancing at like 7 or 8. everyone had an awesome time.