A bachelorette or bachelor party (a hen do or stag do, if you prefer) usually means one person paying up front and booking everything: the train tickets, the accommodation, Saturday’s activity, the restaurant. And it is that same person who stands in the station on Friday, handing out QR codes one by one.
What makes these weekends tricky
- A lot of people: eight to twelve guests, who do not all know each other.
- Several sellers: the train in one place, the activity in another, the accommodation somewhere else. So several emails, in several formats.
- A surprise to protect: the destination or the activity must not leak into the group chat.
- Last-minute changes: someone drops out, someone steps in, a train gets rescheduled.
Step 1: one place for every booking
Create a trip in Travel Wallet and add the guests by first and last name, exactly as they appear on the tickets. Then forward each confirmation email to the trip’s address. If someone else booked the activity, give them the address: they forward their confirmation themselves.
You end up with the full plan, sorted by day: outbound journey, accommodation, activity, dinner, journey home.
Step 2: each ticket to its traveler
Tickets with a name on them are assigned automatically from the printed name. For tickets with no name (a theme park entry, a concert ticket), you decide who gets what.
Share the invite link in the group chat. Everyone who joins the trip sees their tickets arrive on their phone, and only what you have put in the trip.
Step 3: departure day
Everyone opens their ticket full screen, brightness at maximum, even with no signal in the station hall. Those who want to can add it to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet. A reminder goes out before each departure.
A word on budget
No need to add a subscription to the cost of the weekend: the free version takes the whole group, and your first trip has no limit on tickets.