What to do with bridesmaids' dates all day??

Are you having a rehearsal dinner or Meetup the day before your wedding? That's a great place for others to meet. Then the dates can Meetup the next day and hang

**Hang before the wedding and have drinks or find something in the area to do. (Posted before I was done lol)

In the most recent wedding we attended, my fiancé was a groomsman but I wasn’t in the wedding party. I was invited to pre-wedding events to meet the other dates, so by the day of the wedding we had all kinda bonded and were able to hang out together while everyone got ready and did pics.

For our wedding, the bridal parties significant figured out stuff to do on their own. Our wedding was at a hotel so most of them just hung out at the hotel for the day or looked online for things to do. Personally, I wouldn't worry about what they are going do all as they are adults and they can entertain themselves.

Our wedding parties SO’s hung out at their cabin’s (they shared a big cabin), had some drinks, the guys napped lol, and then got ready and came to the wedding. They had all met each other beforehand at wedding event, so it as not awkward.

I assume all bridesmaids with SOs will want to spend the night with them, so I'd plan on the SO just hanging out at whatever hotel/cabin they stay at all day until the wedding.

I didn’t worry about this or plan for anything. What ended up happening is , 2 of my bridesmaids brought their SOs. They met the night before the wedding at our welcome drinks event, and the boys made plans to hang the morning of while we were getting ready. They ended up grabbing breakfast together and then headed to the venue together to hang
out and explore. Turns out they didn’t need us at all 🤣

Oh I missed the cabin part. I’d leave that up to them, and just present it as an option.

You know I'm not sure what mine did aha. My moh lives in a diff state and her partner was invited as well. Think he just hung out with her parents while she did her duties.

Yes yes yes! Please take signification others into consideration. Your bridesmaids are your closest friends, you should include or care for their loved ones! I have been both the forgotten significant other and the bridesmaid with a terrible bored significant other stuck in a hotel room all weekend (after we paid a fair about of money to fly somewhere). Most importantly, please don't make the significant others stay somewhere else! It sucks for both the person in your wedding party and the significant other.

For my wedding, ALL of our wedding party is traveling because neither of us are from where we currently live and are having the wedding. We are including the significant others in everything (riding to the venue, meals, etc.).

One of my friends is having her wedding in a similar setting like yours and she is having her bridesmaids and their significant others stay in cabins together! I am so happy about it. I honestly don't think I would have brought my FH if I had to have him stay somewhere else far away and by himself.

Thank y'all so much for the responses! I think I was just being a little bit silly, I'm sure they can entertain themselves and I will have bigger things to think about that day..!!

View Quoted Comment Nah, you were being kind and considerate, which is never a bad thing.