Merri’s bachelorette party in Las Vegas was easily one of the most fun weekends of my entire life. From the moment our planes touched down on Friday morning to the moment we left on Sunday afternoon, we were go-go-go and partying it up. Oh my gosh, it was so much FUN.
Bachelorette Party: Day One
The first leg of my trip to Las Vegas began on Friday before the sun came up. I caught a flight from Jacksonville to Atlanta where I had a brief layover before I hopped on my last light to Vegas. I arrived a little before 10:30 a.m. and immediately felt grateful for the time difference since it felt like I was blessed with three bonus hours to spend with my girlfriends!
Ten of us flew out to Las Vegas for Merri’s bachelorette party and all of our flights landed before 11 a.m. so we met up at the Bud Light Lounge while we waited for everyone to arrive. (If you ever fly to Vegas and need a designated meeting spot, the Bud Light Lounge in terminal one was easy to find and worked perfectly for us!)
Everyone arrived energetic and ready to make the most of the weekend and we wasted no time putting our party faces on!
Lunch
Merri is one of the most vibrant and fun people I’ve ever met in my entire life and I knew she’d be the best bachelorette. Her energy is contagious and after she cracked us up by taking a knee and chugging a beer, we all followed suit and popped open champagne to enjoy in the party bus on our way to In-N-Out Burger – the bride-to-be’s request – for lunch.
(Yes, Merri has a twin sister!)
In-N-Out Burger was absolutely slammed but the line went quickly and we sipped on champagne while we waited.
Bachelorette party lunch of champions:
Burger cheers!
After lunch, we headed to the Aria to check in and change into our bathing suits before walking to Liquid, an outdoor club by the pool.
Four of us stayed behind and joined the group 30 minutes later after we took some time to decorate Merri’s room.
Decoration duties were divided up among the group and I was in charge of cups. (I totally felt like Phoebe Buffay on cup duty.)
I bought the red tumblers at the Dollar Store and decorated them with stick-on rhinestones that I found at Hobby Lobby and put a fun ring sticker on the back of Merri’s cup to make it extra special.
I also ordered plastic champagne flutes on Amazon and decorated them with glittery stickers.
Liquid
Once the room was bacheloretteified, we walked to Liquid and spent the rest of the afternoon partying it up by the pool.
My camera always seems to stay in my purse once the cocktails came out, so I don’t have a ton of pictures, but it was a great time! We danced like crazy (I’m pretty sure we thought the day beds were trampolines?) and before we knew it we had to head back to our rooms to quickly change so we could make our dinner reservation.
Olives
Once our dresses were on, we caught a cab to Olives, an upscale restaurant located inside of the Bellagio hotel. The Studio 54 theme we initially planned for the night came together pretty poorly (the dress I bought didn’t work out and we all felt like a hot mess), but our weird hodgepodge outfits made us laugh on more than one occasion.
I felt like such a tourist when we walked inside of the Bellagio. The hotel was beautiful and so cool! Vegas is stimulation overload and I felt like everywhere I went there was so much to look at. I am dying to go back!
When the hostess escorted us to our table at Olives, we were in awe of our view. Our table was located in a private room that one of our friends from college who works for the restaurant’s management company set up for us and it overlooked the gorgeous Bellagio fountain.
Dinner was so, so good and every single one of us raved about our food. Our meal began with bread and some fantastic olive spread.
I ordered the scallops and practically licked my plate clean.
For dessert, we shared a complimentary dessert platter and I thought the strawberry shortcake tart was the star of the show!
Hyde and Marquee
After dinner, my girlfriends and I spent a few hours drinking cocktails at Hyde and dancing it up to some solid music.
Our Vegas game plan included saying no to shots so we could pace ourselves, but somehow that went out the window within an hour.
Oops. At least the shots weren’t horrible.
After our time at Hyde, we walked down the block to the Cosmopolitan Hotel to party at Marquee for the rest of the night.
Our first day in Vegas was a success! I had SO much fun and wasn’t sure whether or not the rest of the weekend would be able to top that… but it did. More Vegas fun to come!
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WOW, I am just amazed with how much you fit into one day! From In N’ Out to the Vegas pool party, looks like you took advantage of everything! Also, love the idea for the glasses. I would never think of it, so I’ll definitely keep in the back of my mind for my next bachelorette party. Can’t wait to hear more 🙂
What an amazing bachelorette party! You girls certainly had your scheduled packed, but it looks like so much fun! Love your pink dress!
Omg what a fun bachelorette!!!!!
That looks like so much fun! I’m pretty sure I could not handle Vegas, so it’s a good thing I haven’t been!
Vegas looks like SO much fun! Making a trip out there is on my bucket list!
I LOVE that colorful dress! So Vegas! What a fun time!
Phoebe Buffay references on a Monday make me happy. Thank you for that!! Glad you had a blast, can’t wait to hear the rest!
I’m a big-time Friends fan! Glad it wasn’t lost on you! 😀
I love Friends! I make random reference to it all the time, too! Just this weekend in fact- my nephew just started playing football (he’s 8) and was showing off his uniform, including his helmet, and was telling my 7 year old daughter to hit him in the head cause it wouldn’t hurt. My response: “Ok, Joey Tribiani, enough of that. Pretty soon the baseball bat is going to come out and wew all know how that’ll end up”. Lol All the kids were like “Why’d you call him Joey?” My sister and I just cracked up 🙂
Vegas sounds like a total blast!!
Great job on the cups! Btw, you always have the best throwback clips to watch. I don’t know how you remember those things to include. But I sure enjoy them, so thanks!
Haha! So glad you enjoy!!
Omg it looks like an amazing time!!!! I can’t wait to read about the rest of your weekend.
I just cannot believe how much you guys did in one day! It sounds fantastic!
Looks like such a great time!
You gals are the cutest! Sounds like a blast! 🙂
Wowww I don’t know how you girls were able to do all that! I’d be wiped out~ haha. Looks like Meri truly enjoyed the party!
This looks like the most incredible bachlorette party! Can’t wait for the rest of the recap 🙂
so much fun! can’t wait to read about the rest of the trip!
ahh vegas is a blast! I haven’t been there since my 21st birthday but I’m dying to go back with some friends! I literally laughed out loud when I read this ‘I’m pretty sure we thought the day beds were trampolines?’. My friends and I would’ve done the exact same thing haha.
Making me jealous! Looks like you girls had so much fun! Love the trampolines! HAHA!
I can’t wait for the day that i try In and Out burger!
Looks like so much fun! I can’t believe you could have done anything to top that! Haha Those cups were adorable. Seriously, I wish you were one of my bridesmaids just for the bachelorette parties you throw!
This just looks awesome! It’s nice to have hookups at different places so you get the best views! 😉
FUN!!!! I’m so jealous- it looks like a blast!
Those pictures were all BEFORE the cocktails came out? 😉 You girls know how to do a Vegas bachelorette weekend right; I’m taking notes!
oh my gosh, I can’t even imagine how much fun that was! My friend had her 21st birthday in Vegas and I LOVED it! I can’t wait to go back for another fun event!
Very fun time! I went to Vegas for my sister’s bachelorette party and had the best time of my life! We took a limo around Vegas one night and it was something I will never forget! So much fun!
I’m heading to Vegas tomorrow and staying at the Aria as well! Unfortunately I will be going for a work conference and not a bachelorette party, but I’m still excited! Looks like you had an awesome time 🙂
wow, vegas sounded like a blast! i don’t have any friends that are currently engaged, but i’m pretty sure when i do, you should plan their bachelorette party! 😉
Bachelorette parties may be my favorite thing ever. I accept! 😉
What a fun day/night! I was in Vegas last year but my entire family was there so we didn’t go crazy. I really want to go for some dancing fun.
I love Vegas! You’re making me want to go back so bad!
I went for the first time in June and I totally know what you mean by overload. I feel like theres too much to look at and I need to go back 5 more times just to cover the basics
Sounds so fun! Vegas is great every once and a while. Hilarious that the no shots rule went out the window 🙂
This looks like SUCH a great time. I am such a party animal (perks of being 23 and in graduate school) and it looks like I would fit in really well with you and your ladies! So glad you had such a great time. Can’t wait to see what the rest of the weekend looked like!
Wow this looks like so much fun!! i can’t wait to read about the rest of your weekend! My bachelorette was SO tame compared to this 🙂 haha
You girls always know how to do it up! Every tiem I read one of your bachelorette party recaps I secretly wish I could go back in time and have something like it for mine.
This weekend we all talked about making one of us renew our vows in 10 years again or something so we can do it again! It’s never too late! And yes, I am totally inviting myself on yours. 🙂
What a fun weekend!! I went to Vegas for my bachelorette party and this post brought back so many great memories.
Whew — what a weekend! Looks like you had a fabulous time!
Awesome first day!!! Saying no to shots never works out as planned! Especially pink ones 🙂
that looks like an absolute blast!! and all of you girls are GORGEOUS!!
I’ve never been to Las Vegas, but it seems like the perfect place for a bachelorette party!! Fingers crossed one of my besties gets engaged soon 😉
I’m a few years younger than you so my life hasn’t turned into total wedding craziness yet. I am however attending my first bachelorette party this weekend and am so excited!! I haven’t seen some of these girls in year and it will be a blast. A long weekend for sure traveling from DC to Buffalo but totally worth it!
Looks like you guys had a great time, that shot rule always sounds like a good idea but never stickes : )
You will have the most amazing time!!!
FUN! I am tired just reading the recap though. haha! 😉
Wooo that looks like a blast!! I’m never been to Vegas (granted, I’m 18…) but it seems like such a crazy atmosphere!
So fun! If I could plan my dream bachelorette party, this definitely sounds like it. Hope the rest of the time was just as fun!
I want to go to Vegas so bad! Looks like so much fun!!!
I am going to Vegas for the first time in a couple of months and this post makes me so exciteddddd :):)
I LOVE Vegas!! I bet that it is SUCH a fun place for a bachelorette party!
So many weddings and bachelorette parties!!! Goodness. Haha. How many have you been in so far? Are you getting close to Heigl’s 27 dresses? Lol. 😉
Looks like a blast! I’ve always wanted to go to Vegas, and now you made me REALLY wanna go!
What a fun time!!! Looks like a blast!
Vegas is such a blast! It’s the best place to go wild with your girlfriends 🙂
Oh my gosh! It looks like you girls had so much fun 🙂 Thanks for sharing!!