Girls Trips Have The Ability To Make Or Break Your Friendships, So Use These Etiquette Tips To Make Traveling Go Smoothly
What comes to mind when I say “girls trip?”
Do you picture yourself and your girlfriends living your best life in an Airbnb somewhere or perhaps on a fun road trip with your female relatives?
Regardless, a girl’s trip, no matter what form it takes, has the potential to be extremely fun and life-changing.
However, if the girls in your group don’t know much about group trip etiquette and have bad manners, your girl’s trip can go downhill very quickly.
If you’re vacationing with close friends or family, you may think there aren’t any rules or etiquette you should follow, but there certainly are! If you want to keep the peace within your group, at least.
Whether you’re about to embark on a fun girls’ trip or planning one for the future, here are some essential girls’ trip etiquette tips to keep in mind!
Spread the planning responsibilities
Every friend group or family has two to three people who pride themselves on being the ‘planners.’ However, when it comes to a girls’ trip, to avoid stress or putting too much on someone’s plate, your group should try and split the planning responsibilities.
Let one person book the accommodations, have one person drive, let another go grocery shopping, have one person make reservations, etc.
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Be open-minded when creating an itinerary
After booking your location, flights, and hotels, allow all the girls to speak their minds and chime in regarding your plans. For instance, let everyone look at restaurants to go to and bring potential day or night activities to the table.
While you likely won’t be able to do everything proposed, you don’t want anyone to feel like they didn’t get to do what they wanted on the trip. Try to accommodate all guests if possible and consider alternative plans to suggest if there are certain activities some girls don’t want to do.
Avoid a room battle in a rental home
One of my favorite parts about watching some of the “Real Housewives” shows on TV is watching the women get into petty fights about which rooms they want on their girls’ trip. Anyone who’s been on a less organized girls’ trip has likely been in a room war, where everyone races and fights to get the best room on arrival.
Avoid tension and resentment regarding rooms by making a plan before getting to your rental home. A good system to follow is to number each room, write the numbers on pieces of paper, shuffle the papers in a bucket, and have each girl choose a number from the bucket at random. Whichever number each girl pulls is the room they get.
Take breaks when needed
This is especially important for longer trips that last a week or more. While you may love your girls, being in the same living space as them for a long time may feel emotionally exhausting. And hey, that’s okay! You’re only human; you can love your friends without wanting to be near them 24/7.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed or need some space for a moment, take it. Stay home and take a nap during one of the trip activities, step outside to make a call and do some breathing, or go on a little walk around the block.
Again, girls’ trips can be a life-changing experience if you prepare well and know how to be respectful during your trip. If anything goes awry, remember why you wanted to go on a girls’ trip in the first place – to spend time and have fun with your loved ones! Don’t let anything petty get in the way of that, and have fun.
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