What parties should i plan and which to skip?

I did a bachelorette and a bridal shower. If you guys are more introverted another thing to do instead of bridal shower is just a bridal luncheon. So that’s just literally a lunch with you and your bridesmaids only.

It’s totally up to what you 2 want. My fiancé & I aren’t doing an engagement, wedding or bridal showers. We only have a honeymoon fund set up as we own our home & don’t want more stuff for it. I’m having a bachelorette party but we’re going to go make candles then go have dinner. While we’re having dessert we’re going to have a lingerie party. His bachelor party will be him, his dad, his 22 yr old son, his best man & 2 other buddies- they’re going to go have a nice dinner, drink beer, possibly go ax throwing.

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Typically, parties such as the bridal shower or bachelorette/bachelor party are hosted by other people. The bride and groom do not plan or host those (other than providing a guest list). If no one offers to host them for you, then the parties do not happen. The bridal shower and bachelorette parties are normally held around 1-3 months before the wedding. If you wanted to host something, you could do a bridal luncheon! It's a similar group to who would be invited to the bridal shower, except it is not a gift giving event, and therefore fine for the bride to host. Engagement parties are typically hosted within a few months of becoming engaged. You could host a bridal luncheon to celebrate your wedding party! Otherwise, I would wait until your wedding is a little closer before planning any events.

Didn't do engagement party, dunno if doing a bridal shower since my fiancé and I live together and we don't need a ton - my mom might throw me a small one. Probably not having a bachelorette honestly since I only have my MOH - so her and I might just do something together - she also lives out of state.

I had a bridal shower and we’re having separate bachelorette/ bachelor parties. We’re skipping the rehearsal dinner as our wedding is on a weekday.

I didn't have an engagement party because of covid, but my bridesmaids and I are taking a weekend trip for my bachelorette and my mom and sister are hosting a bridal shower for me.

I had a bridal shower and bacherlotte party. A bridal shower should be hosted by someone else rather than the bride otherwise it comes off looking like you are gift grabby. Normally, someone will offer to host the bridal shower like your MOH, bridesmaid, mother of the bride or mother of the groom, but you shouldn't ask them to unless they want to and usually the bride only helps with deciding who to invite. As for the bacherlotte party, it can be as fancy or as simple as you want. Normally, the MOH and bridesmaids will host. They generally ask if you have any ideas of what you'd like and then plan from there. I don't drink so my bacherlotte party was rather low key. We went out for dinner then bowling. We were going to go to an escape room, but two of my bridesmaids had to back out attending my bacherlotte (one her husband surprised her for their anniversary with a trip to Disney and the other was sick) so there wasn't enough of us to do the escape room.

It's up to you. Some prefer zero parties

No parties for me I have no bridal party ! Maybe bachelorette but idk

The bride does not plan any part of the shower. The others are optional and typically hosted by others.