Five Tips for Planning a Stress-Free Girl's Trip

Happy Friday Friends! I can't begin to tell you how excited I am to share today's post- in fact I've been working on it for awhile so yay for finally getting it to you!! :) 

One of my favorite things in the world are the girl's trips that I take each year. When we graduated college, my best friends and I (there are about 12 of us total) decided to make it a yearly tradition to take a trip together. Although we now are girlfriends, wives, mothers, businesswomen, entrepreneurs, and more, each year we prioritize these trips together! To make it less-stressful each year we rotate who plans the trip- and last October it was my turn. I learned A LOT about how to plan a trip and manage your stress - because if you stress the whole time, you miss all the fun! So in the spirit of sharing my learnings, today I'm spilling 5 tips for a stress-free girl's trip!

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Travel Guide: Girl's Weekend in Nashville

Hey y'all! This post has been way too long in the making, but I've been so excited to introduce more travel to the blog that I wanted to make sure it was ready before sharing!

As I've shared with you, my girlfriends and I take a trip once a year- a tradition we've been doing for about 5 years. It's always the sweetest time of catching up, making memories, and having fun (the most important thing on any trip!) We always rotate who plans the trips, and this year was my turn! The girls voted on Nashville in late October and I was thrilled to tackle the plans for our weekend. I'd been to Nashville once for a conference, so I had a few ideas of what to do/where to go, but I had to research a TON to get all the details in place so I'm sharing all my secrets with you here to make your next trip planning easier!

PS- Scroll to the bottom of this post for an easy to reference list of all my favorites/recommendations/info!

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Weekending x 2 + Dressing Room Snaps!

Happy Monday friends! I can't believe I'm still playing catch-up from all my travels, so today I thought we could catch up together and I'll share what I've been up to lately! Just for an extra dose of Monday fun, I'm also tossing in some recent fitting room pictures (because when I travel... I shop! #souvenirs)

{HOUSTON}

I was so excited to jet off to Houston for my birthday weekend! I've never been and my gal pal Katie moved there about 4 months ago so It was about time I visited. We both got in Friday afternoon and kicked off the weekend with drinks at Julep which had the tastiest craft cocktails! Yummy!

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Travel Tuesday: Asheville, NC

I'm warning you in advance that this is going to be a picture heavy post, but I had such an amazing time in Asheville that I don't want to miss out on sharing a single detail! About two weeks ago 7 of my college girlfriends and I flew in from across the country to meet in Asheville, NC for three fun-filled days of catching up, exploring, sight-seeing, and girl time! It was truly the perfect trip and I am insanely thankful the the Lord put these women in my life, exactly when I needed them, and they continue to be such a positive force in my life. 

Now let's get to sightseeing! :) 

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Wheels Up!

I'm so excited today to head off to Asheville, NC for my annual girl's trip with my college best friends! We have such a fun itinerary planned and I can't wait to squeeze all my love bugs! Excitingly, today I'm chatting all about the trip with my girl Julie Leah in her "Let's Go There!" series; so, if you want the scoop on everything I packed and what we're doing, then check it out here! 

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Wedding Wednesday: #thegunklewedding {Rehearsal Dinner}

It's time for our next edition of "Wedding Wednesday" following the details of my sweet friend Cherysh's special weekend of nuptials. Today i'm sharing the fun of the Rehearsal dinner! Cherysh's fiance, David, is a huge Atlanta Braves fan so they had a baseball-themed rehearsal dinner and it was so much fun! It was also great to dress in our favorite sports-gear (I of course supported my Florida Gators)! 

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Wedding Wednesday: #thegunklewedding {Bachelorette Party}

As many of you saw over on Instagram, I spent some time in North Carolina recently for my sweet girlfriend Cherysh's beautiful wedding weekend. It was such a fun celebration of her love! I took so many pictures (I just got a DSLR camera and was having a blast learning how to use it!) that it's going to take time to share them all with you. So I thought a "wedding wednesday" series would be fun for the next few weeks! 

Today I am sharing some photos from Cherysh's bachelorette party! We started off the night with appetizers and drinks at her house, then took a party bus to downtown Raleigh for some fun out on the town! It was pretty dark in the bus and out in 'da club (ha!) so I'm just including pics from the start of the night. We had the best time celebrating our girl!

What are some of y'alls favorite bachelorette parties?

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