A bride went on a solo bachelorette trip, and it saved her money and stress

10.08.2024 - 10:52 / insider.com

When Priscilla (Prissy) Torres got engaged, she assumed she would have a big bachelorette party.

Torres, a 30-year-old Miami-based content creator and the founder of Mood House, is getting married on September 14.

The bride-to-be is tying the knot at a time when extended bachelorette parties have become the norm for many. It's common for large groups to travel out of state for destination celebrations, which can be both time-consuming and costly.

"I started planning a very traditional bachelorette with about nine girls," Torres told Business Insider. The group was made up of friends and close family members, and they planned to go to Palm Springs, California, for the trip.

But as time went on, Torres realized a bachelorette would be more difficult to pull off than she anticipated — so she decided to go on a solo trip instead.

Torres told BI that she and her friends were excited about the trip, but as the event loomed closer, it became more difficult for people to commit to a vacation due to work and family conflicts.

She also felt uncomfortable about how much the trip would cost her friends, as bachelorette trips can often be expensive for attendees.

"There were girls in that trip that financially couldn't commit to spending or chipping in $800 to $1,000 on just an Airbnb," Torres said. "You have to add in food, activities, and travel."

"As a friend, I didn't want to put that pressure on my friends," she added, particularly because several of her friends will be traveling from out of town for her wedding.

"I feel like the greatest gift that I could get is my friends attending my wedding, and that's all I want," she said.

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Torres had also opted not to have a bridal party, so she didn't have a maid or matron of honor planning the trip. She told BI that the bachelorette came to feel like an additional stressor on top of wedding planning rather than a way to relax ahead of her nuptials.

"I told myself, 'Oh my God, I don't think I'm even happy doing this plan anymore, and I gotta figure out what I really want to do. Because at this point, I'm just catering to everybody else, and I'm not catering to what the actual point of having a bachelorette is about,'" she said.

About two months before the trip was supposed to take place, Torres decided to call off the big bachelorette in favor of a solo adventure.

Instead of traveling to California, Torres went to Palm Beach, around an hour and a half from Miami, for a long weekend at the end of July.

"I love Palm Beach in general," she said. "It's so curated. It's cute. It's aesthetic, and it really screams me as the general vibe."

She stayed at the Colony Palm Beach, which she selected because of its all-pink aesthetic.

Torres treated herself