Hen Party Planning, help! Options

[BadStrad]

I'd always thought you were a guy. BadStrad too! (your name reminds me of Brad I guess haha). Finding out I'm wrong about a forumite's gender always shakes up my world view (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

I was a best "(wo)man" at a wedding once.

[CJB]

One of the nicest hen nights I've been to was the one I organised for a friend a few years ago. We were all broke so had a very low budget. We had afternoon tea at her house followed by a girly makeup/pampering session then out for a meal at a local restaurant. Everyone got chance to get to know each other and we spent less than ?30 each. Most importantly it suited the bride perfectly.

[BarbaraR]

My daughter was married last summer and for her hen day a group of friends, her fiance's mum and I set off in the morning for a day of luxury in a health suite/spa of a nearby country hotel. Included coffee break & lunch (fun presents for the bride at lunch) as well as 2 beauty treatments each and the use of the pool. We had a great day with lots of fun, then returned home to an evening meal in a local bistro.
After this, those who wished headed off to a night club -although not the 2 mums who'd had a smashing time but were now quite happy to head off home to bed!

[Misti]

Thanks for the ideas. We're planning to head to Bath for the day with an overnight stay, as since we finished uni, all the main invitees do a lot of travelling, and live nowhere near each other anymore!

So I'm thinking of a trip to the spa, maybe tea at the Pump Room (or somewhere cheaper seeing how budgets go). Currently looking into self-catering accomodation, as I'm thinking we could head back "home" in the evening to have something of an evening party in. There is also a group based in Bath that do a hen party life drawing class with "attractive male model" which sounds hysterically funny to me...

The Taming of the Shrew is also on at the theatre, which strikes me as perfect, but I know not everyone has the same passion for Shakespeare that I do. Not sure the bride-to-be would forgive me either...!

So starting to have lots of ideas. Just need to decide what is reasonable in one day, what is most up my friend's street. I know what I'd enjoy, but its harder to account for other people's interests and budgets!

[viola-mad]

(Eep...! At some point before 2015 I'm going to have to actually think about this. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) Anyway...).

Ooooooh, a forum wedding?

Thanks for the ideas. We're planning to head to Bath for the day with an overnight stay, as since we finished uni, all the main invitees do a lot of travelling, and live nowhere near each other anymore!

So I'm thinking of a trip to the spa, maybe tea at the Pump Room

Bath - wow, the ultimate spa destination! It would be rude not to!

There is also a group based in Bath that do a hen party life drawing class with "attractive male model" which sounds hysterically funny to me...

That sounds really good fun! It would be a hen event to remember, and would certainly give any hens that didn't previously know each other something to talk about in the evening.

I've no idea if it's what you're looking for, but there is a pretty good youth hostel in Bath. It's less than a mile from the town centre, you can book small rooms (so it's not all dorms) and they do a decent breakfast.