How to Plan a Bachelorette in Austin, Texas

When planning a bachelorette, a few things come into consideration. How many people? What is the budget? What will we do? Most importantly, where does the bride want to go? When it came time to plan my best friend’s bachelorette, she knew exactly where she wanted to go. I just had to make it happen and now you can too! This is a full detailed guide on how we planned the BEST bachelorette in Austin, Texas.

Austin, Texas

There are plenty of cool areas to stay in Austin. From my research and personal experience, I would recommend Rainey Street, Downtown, or off of 6th Street. We had 22 girls staying with us on this bachelorette in Austin, Texas and needed a very large place so we could all be together. After searching for houses large enough for our group, we found Inn Cahoots which is a boutique event space/hotel.

Unique Things to Do:

You can scroll down to read our itinerary below but I wanted to highly some of the very fun and unique things we did.

First being, Twisted Texas Tours which is a bus tour of Austin in a very unique way. We chose to do the “Live Music Bus Tour” but they also specialize in a food tour, beer tours, and a city tour. You can either buy seats on a bus for a tour time or rent out the whole bus if you have a large enough party! This is something I would highly recommend to anyone going to Austin. It was a great time and I can’t wait to go back again!

Obviously staying cool is one thing many want to do when they visit Austin so most people rent a boat on Lake Travis or go tubing down the San Marcos, Comal, or Guadalupe rivers. We had too large of a group for that but we did find an awesome alternative, Barton Springs! Barton Springs is a set of four natural water springs located at Barton Creek. Tickets $9 for an adult (unless you are a Texas resident). We strongly encourage you to purchase these ahead of time as the line to get in can be long.

Last, the most random and yet totally memorable event from the bachelorette was when we attended “Chicken Sh*t Bingo”. Yup, you read that right. At The Little Longhorn Saloon, this event happens every Sunday from 4-8pm. Austin, Texas is known to make weird being cool and this experience was just that!

Austin, Texas Bachelorette Itinerary:

Day 1 | Friday:

1pm: Land at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and head to Costco to pick up food and alcohol for the weekend.
4pm: Check into Inn Cahoots and decorate while you wait for the other girls to arrive.
6pm: Everyone has arrived and we get ready to go out.
7-10pm: Arrive at Twisted Texas Tours
10pm: Head home for a jam packed Saturday.

Day 2 | Saturday:

10am: Breakfast at the house and get ready for the day.
11am: Head to Barton Springs with your pre-purchased tickets.
1pm: Stop and get Blacks BBQ on our way back to the house.
2-5pm: Hang out at the pool at the house and start to get ready for the night.
6pm: Dinner arrives from Torchy’s Tacos.
7pm-10pm: Rent a Karaoke room from The Highball.
10pm: Continue the evening out on 6th Street.

Day 3 | Sunday:

11am-2pm: Brunch at Revelry Kitchen + Bar
2pm: Nap & freshen up. Some of our large group stayed home and continued to rest for the evening.
4-6pm: Little Longhorn Saloon for Chicken Sh*t Bingo
8pm: Head over to Rainey Street and spend the rest of the evening there. Below is a list of some of the best bars on Rainey Street to help you plan out your trip. I personally recommend Container Bar and Banger’s.
- Banger’s
- Bungalow
- Bar 96
- Clive
- Container
- Craft Pride
- Half Step
- Icenhauer’s
- Lucille Lounge
- Placeholder Tiki Bar
- The Parlor Room
- Unbarlievable

Day 4 | Monday:

11am: Check out
12pm: Grab donuts at Gourdough’s Big. Fat. Donuts. and make your way over to the airport.

Decorations:

This Austin, Texas bachelorette was around the 4th of July and the theme was “Red, White, & Bec” – our bride’s name being Becca. Below are affiliate links where I do receive a small commission if you were to purchase. The items range from typical bachelorette decorations to something you might see at a kid’s cowboy party. Trust me, they all went together!