Bachelorette party games: fun dares without the cringe
A quiz about the bride, team challenges and a scavenger hunt through the city: bachelorette party games everyone enjoys, the bride included.
Games are the heart of a successful bachelorette party, but they're also where things most often go wrong. The line between a dare that has everyone laughing and one that makes the bride uncomfortable is thin, and it depends on who she is, who's in the group and how well everyone knows each other.
Here are the games that work with almost every group, organised by moment of the day, with a few tips for adapting them to your bride and an idea for tying them together into a single adventure.
The golden rule: play with the bride, not against her
Before choosing any game, ask yourself: would the bride laugh telling this story in ten years? If the answer is yes, the game is fine. If there are relatives, colleagues or friends meeting for the first time, go for dares built on closeness and shared memories rather than embarrassment.
A good trick is to talk to the maid of honour or the bride's closest friend first: she knows what will make the bride laugh and what's best avoided.
Icebreaker games
- How well do you know the bride? A quiz with questions about her life, her tastes and her story with the groom. Collect the answers beforehand, perhaps asking the groom himself.
- Who said it? The bride's most famous lines written on cards: the group has to guess which occasion they refer to.
- Night-out bingo. Everyone gets a card with situations that might happen during the evening: the first to complete a row wins a small prize.
Team challenges
When the group is bigger than ten people it pays to split into teams: everyone plays more, waits less and even those who don't know anyone find a role straight away.
- Themed photos. A list of photos to take around the city within a time limit: a pose with a friendly stranger, a re-creation of the couple's first date, a group shot at a landmark.
- Name that tune. Songs tied to the couple's story, played for a few seconds: the first team to recognise them wins.
- The clue hunt. Clues hidden along a route that leads to a final surprise for the bride. It's the game that holds all the others together.
The finale: the bride's moment
Every bachelorette party needs a finale: a video with messages from loved ones, a letter read by the maid of honour, a toast in a venue with a detail prepared especially for her. It's the moment the bride will remember most, so it's worth planning it first and building the games around it.
All the games in a single adventure
If you'd rather not spend the night coordinating dares, photos and getting around, you can put everything into a game trail through the streets of Turin: puzzles with references to the bride, team challenges, stops at San Salvario partner venues and a surprise finale prepared by the bridesmaids. It's built in the app, works from 10 people up and usually lasts two to three hours, before the night carries on.
You'll find how it works on the page dedicated to the bachelorette party in Turin.
Mistakes to avoid
- Too many dares in a row. Alternate games and breaks: a night made only of challenges tires out even the most energetic group.
- Games that exclude people. Jokes only two people get leave the rest of the group out.
- No plan B. If a dare isn't working, move on to the next one without insisting.
- Forgetting the pace. Put the most energetic games at the start and the emotional moment at the end.
