Posts Tagged With: bridesmaids

At this time last year, B and I went on a P&O cruise to Fraser Island. It was a lovely experience (although he said never again as he felt mildly nauseous for a lot of it) but was very much a “couples” experience. We had couples massages, read in the lounge, slept in, ate in the nice (pricey) restaurants and avoided any party/dancing stuff as that’s not really his vibe. It was really nice, but the focus was definitely on spending quality couple time together.

This time around it’s my bridesmaid cruise!

The backstory: When we do eventually settle on a wedding date and location it’s likely to be a private, personal thing. We are both pretty private people when it comes to all that romantic stuff. We both also have family drama we want to avoid. But I still wanted a way to celebrate with my awesome girlfriends and say “hey, you would totes have been my BMs if we were having a big-ass wedding because you are wonderful” Once I started looking into visiting them all in Perth (I’m in Canberra), airfares in the school holidays, finding dates that worked for us all, ensuring babysitters or partners were available….well, it got complicated fast.

So I said fuck it, let’s go on a cruise! I paid the cruise cost, they paid their airfares to Sydney + spending money. The cruise cost for a 4 person mid range cabin was $3k which is not far off what I would have spent going to Perth! As a bonus, I was also able to pay it off slowly between January and October after putting down a $1 deposit.

Our cruise group consists of myself, Jess, Lana and Tracey. I’ve known Tracey and Jess for around 15 years (yikes!!) and Lana I’ve known for about 8 years now – she also happens to be my nephew’s mama. I’m child-free while the others have children ranging in age from 3 to 22 so they are REALLY looking forward to this!

So – can you guess what our vibe is going to be?

PAAAAAARTY!!! With some relaxation thrown in.

We all have outfits purchased and packed for Gatsby night, the White Party night and another party night. We also have dolphin feeding and wreck snorkelling booked as shore tours on Moreton Island. It’s going to be epic!

After suggestions from supporters and a final participant vote, the official cruise hashtag will be #nomorechoosingmelsgonecruising with #bridesmaidsgonecruising coming in a close second.

Let the celebrations begin!