Ok, admit it. You can be a bit obsessive. Hey, that’s love! It’s not your fault — it hijacks the brain! If you’re like me, you want to spend all your time with your boo. But, is that really healthy?
We all hate it when our best girlfriends go MIA after meeting a new squeeze. So why be that girl? It’s important to have your own life, your own friends, and your own interests. Besides, absence makes the heart grow fonder.
So what’s the solution? A girl’s-only getaway, of course! Here’s how to plan the perfect long-weekend away:
- Start a Facebook Group and invite your best girlfriends. Make sure it’s set to private so you don’t get randos or non-besties trying to join.
- Find a long weekend that works for all of you, to go on a trip together. Make sure everyone comments and confirms! @Tag your friends to make sure they see the most important messages.
- Pick a vacation destination. My favorite way to do this is to pick an event, festival, concert, or destination spa and base the trip around that. If you need ideas, here’s a list of the best music festivals.
What destinations, concerts, or events do you think would be perfect for a girl’s getaway?
I really want a vacation soon. I’m going to go search your previous article from your travels. You go to the best spots!?
It’s important to do this ahead of time. We all live such busy lives and we all have responsibilities.But I think it’s really important to also relax and enjoy life as it is. Being a workaholic isn’t always good, you have to learn how to have fun too or else you’re going to be burned out. Taking a vacation with your girls will really make you feel refreshed. I just think that planning ahead of time will really help all of you to save up first and plan ahead. I just hope that plans don’t get cancelled instead.
My girls would definitely love to go somewhere relaxing. A spa day would actually be great too, or 3 days spa? ?
Geez, I really do deserve a vacation with my girls. Sometimes, you just need to let loose and feel like a bachelorette again. I love my marriage but there’s nothing like a girl’s only vacation or night out.
I feel like my friends would murder me if this happens. Making a group just to bug them out of their regular lives?
The only problem is convincing my girlfriends to get out of work and go on a vacation!!
Here’s what we do when we agree on vacation: Agree on dates and a budget. Make sure each member of your group of friends blocks off time on her schedule. You don’t want your getaway plans derailed because of a child’s birthday party or spouse’s business dinner. Also, make sure everyone agrees on a budget before planning to ensure that no one feels pressured to spend over her limit.
and then there will be a friend when on the day of the trip will say “sorry guys I can’t make it. family emergency :(” and then all of you will run out of steam and say are we still gonna do this? and then say let’s reschedule. next week? and then everybody will say “I can’t (random excuse)”. and that’s how a vacation turns to dust. the end đ
THE DREADED FLAKERS. THE ONLY THING THAT RUINS A GOOD VACATION PLAN ALL THE TIME.
If youâre younger, need to count every dollar, and are considering staying with one of your friendsâ relatives in your chosen destination, find out first what thatâs going to do to your âgetawayâ dynamics. Sometimes this works great; other times itâs a real trial and strains BFF relationships.
For me: Plan waaaaay in advance: Iâm talking, a year out or more. Get the trip on the calendar and carve it in stone so it trumps the million other obligations that will definitely crop up. For the trip to succeed, it has to be sacred: The only times my friends and I have missed it are for late-stage pregnancies or just-born babies.
For me, my tip is to “take photos”: Obviously, take lots of photos! These getaways are precious and the photos will be treasured memories for years to come.