NOW BOARDING · GROUP TRIP: BACHELORETTE

Trip planning,
only fun this time.

A full game show to settle where the bachelorette is going. Everyone pitches, everyone scores, the bride rules in private, and the verdict arrives with awards and fireworks. It’s too much. It’s also the first night the whole group is actually together.

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The Group Trip finale on the TV, first beat: We’re going to Nashville. Pitched by Becca. The room said New Orleans. Lillian said Nashville. A Sealed Nashville stamp, with fireworks beside it.
The bride’s phone after she picks: Sealed. Binding. No take-backs. Nobody knows but you. Destination, Nashville, pitched by Becca. Activity, a sunrise hike, pitched by Rita. A Sealed stamp.

The actual point

It was never about the trip.

The trip is months away and the group chat is already tired. This is the first night everyone shows up, in one room or on one call, and by the end of it the trip has inside jokes before anyone has packed.

“Group Project started as a wildly disproportionate response. It was supposed to be a 40th birthday trip. By the time we were all pushing 42, we had five calendars, one group chat, and zero consensus.”

Read the origin story

How it works

Three weeks of group chat going in circles, replaced by one formal proceeding.

  1. 01

    Everyone checks in.

    A few questions about the trip, plus two pitches: where to go, and one activity everyone has to do. From their phone, before the night.

  2. 02

    The warm-up.

    The night opens with a few questions that have nothing to do with planning. How early do you get to the airport? Who packs in the Uber? Nobody is taking notes.

  3. 03

    Everyone scores.

    Score every pitch on your phone. The room’s top three of each go to the bride, who picks one destination and one activity, in private.

  4. 04

    Nobody finds out until the end.

    First, the awards. Then the TV announces where you’re going and what everyone has to do. Binding. No take-backs.

Becca’s phone at check-in: Where should we go for Lillian’s bachelorette, and why? One sentence. It goes on the TV with your name. Lillian picks from the top three. The trip details: about $800 a person, all in, a weekend in late May, somewhere warm. Her pitch typed in: Nashville, because everyone goes to Nashville and we are not special.

The departures board

The room votes. She rules. The TV declines to comment.

The room scores every pitch and the top three go up on the board. The bride picks the trip in private. Nobody finds out until the finale.

  1. 01

    The room votes.

    The departures board on the TV, The Pitch: Destination, top 3 of 5: New Orleans, because we need a city that has seen worse, pitched by Megan, 8.6. Nashville, because everyone goes to Nashville and we are not special, pitched by Becca, 8.0. Charleston. Bring flat shoes and strong opinions, pitched by Rita, 7.4. The room has spoken.

    New Orleans wins the room, 8.6.

  2. 02

    She rules.

    The bride’s phone: Pick the trip. One destination, one activity. They go together. Three destinations and three activities, each with who pitched it. Nashville, pitched by Becca, and A sunrise hike. Two people will show up, pitched by Rita, are checked. A Seal it button.

    She picks Nashville. In private.

  3. 03

    Nobody finds out until the end.

    The finale’s second beat on the TV: Mandatory fun: a sunrise hike. Pitched by Rita. Binding. No take-backs. Decided October 25, 2026 in front of 6 witnesses. Trip Captain: Megan. Fireworks beside a map-pin stamp.

    Then the TV says it out loud.

The awards

Every score is entered into the record.

Before the verdict, the TV hands out awards. Some the room votes on, like Most likely to get locked out of the Airbnb in a towel. Some come from how everyone scored the pitches. Nobody asked for this. Everyone will bring it up for years, especially whoever gave Cabo a 2.

The price

Cheaper than the deposit on the house.

A shorter night than the bachelorette game, priced like it. Works with everyone in one room or everyone on a video call.

$19

One trip, decided · about 20 minutes of game

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Then play the bachelorette game at the rental.

Five games built from your group’s answers about the bride, for the night you stay in. See the bachelorette game

Questions

Fine, ask us anything.

How do you pick a bachelorette destination when the group can’t agree?

Settle the budget and dates first, then let everyone pitch one place in a sentence. Score every pitch, take the top three, and let the bride make the final call. That’s this game, plus a departures board and awards so the night is worth showing up for. Our free guide to picking the destination walks through the steps, survey included.

Is this a bachelorette destination quiz?

No. A quiz asks one person about herself. This one asks the whole group, gives everyone a score to hand out, and still leaves the final call to the bride.

How long does it take?

About 20 minutes of game, plus however long the arguing takes before and after.

Does it work over video?

Yes. Everyone joins on their own phone, and whoever shares their screen puts the TV view on the call. It’s how the first one was played: a 40th birthday trip, revealed at a Zoom party.

Does the bride pitch too?

She can, or you can keep the whole thing a surprise. Either way, she makes the final pick from the room’s top three.

Does the room’s favorite have to win?

No. The room scores every pitch and the top three go up. She picks one of those three. If it isn’t the room’s favorite, the TV will say so, out loud, at the end of the night.

Is her pick really binding?

Binding. No take-backs. Legally, no. Socially, completely.

What do we need?

A TV or laptop everyone can see, or one shared screen on a video call, and a phone for each person. No apps, no logins.

Can we play the bachelorette game too?

You should. It’s a separate night: five games built from everyone’s answers about the bride, for the night you stay in at the rental. $35.

What about budget?

Set a rough budget per person when you set it up. Everyone sees it before they write their pitches, and it’s on the TV too. It’s a rough guide, not an audit: nobody checks flight prices against it. If a pitch is clearly out of range, the host can quietly pull it or deny it on the record.