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Hour-by-hour bachelorette plan from Friday arrival through Sunday brunch. Real schedule, real restaurants, real bars.
Below is a 3-day Nashville bachelorette itinerary built for a group of 6 to 10 women. Times are loose and assume you arrive Friday afternoon and depart Sunday afternoon. Pair this with the step-by-step planning guide and the complete bachelorette guide, then open the Howdy Nash app on Friday to coordinate the whole group via live location share, save spots, and split costs.
The trip starts before the trip. Most Nashville bachelorette weekends succeed or fail in the booking window 4 to 6 weeks before arrival. Use this checklist.
Most of the group flies in Friday afternoon. Lower expectations. Friday is for setting the tone, not pushing through to 3am.
BNA is 9 miles from downtown. Uber, Lyft, or a Welcome Pickups pre-booked SUV ($75-100 for 6 people). If you fly Southwest, baggage claim is at carousels 11-12 in Concourse C.
If your check-in is at 4pm, do not arrive at 2:55pm. Hosts are flipping the property. Drop bags at a Bounce or LuggageHero location ($6/bag/day) if you arrive early.
Everyone changes into matching tanks or sashes. Pop champagne. Take group photos in the Airbnb. Make sure everyone has the Howdy Nash group share code so you can find each other tonight.
Pick a place 2-3 weeks ahead. Recommended for groups of 6-10: Adele's (The Gulch, modern Southern), Husk Nashville (Rutledge Hill, historic mansion), Rolf and Daughters (Germantown, Italian), or Pinewood Social (SoBro, restaurant plus bowling). Budget $80-120/person with drinks.
Walk Broadway from 1st to 5th Avenue. Start at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge (pink building, original honky tonk). Move to Robert's Western World (try the $6 Recession Special if you skipped dinner). Then Legends Corner for less of a tourist crowd. End at Acme Feed and Seed rooftop for skyline views.
Cover charges: zero. Tip bands $5 every couple of songs. See the honky tonk guide for the full bar plan.
If group still has energy: Honky Tonk Central or Luke's 32 Bridge stay packed until 3am. If not: Uber back to Airbnb, set alarm for brunch.
The hero day. Brunch, photo walk, pedal tavern, dinner, rooftops, honky tonks. Pad time between every block because Saturday on Broadway is slow.
Book mobile glam for hair and makeup to come to your Airbnb. Two stylists can do 6 people in 2 hours. Hair $80-130/person, makeup $80-150/person, lashes $40-80/person.
While glam happens, send one person to grab Five Daughters donuts or Frothy Monkey coffee for the group.
Reservations are key. Adele's, The Hampton Social (rosé all day, Instagram-friendly), Marsh House (SoBro buffet), or The Mockingbird (Germantown patio). Budget $25-40/person.
Walk-in options if you skip reservations: Pancake Pantry (Hillsboro Village, 60-90 min wait), Biscuit Love (The Gulch, similar wait), Loveless Cafe (Bellevue, 20-min drive, iconic). See the brunch guide for the full list.
Plan an hour and a half. Drive between spots or Uber.
See the photo spots guide for the full Nashville photo route.
Book this 4+ weeks ahead. Companies: Nashville Pedal Tavern, Bach Bus, Sprocket Rocket, Joyride. BYOB. Group rate typically $40-60/person for 90 minutes. Route hits Broadway and the Gulch with bar stops.
Bring cash for tipping the guide ($20-40 from the group).
Most of the group will need 30-45 minutes to shower, change, recharge phones, and rehydrate. This is also when the Howdy Nash group share saves you - one person inevitably gets lost in the Gulch and needs the live map to find their way back.
Reservation booked 3+ weeks ahead. Husk Nashville, City House (Sunday Suppa is legendary, but they do Saturday too), Henrietta Red, or Marsh House. Budget $80-150/person with cocktails.
If you want to add pre-dinner cocktails: Patterson House (Midtown speakeasy), Old Glory (Edgehill converted boiler room), Pinewood Social (cocktails plus bowling).
Pick one or two rooftops before hitting honky tonks. L.A. Jackson (The Gulch, Thompson Hotel) for cocktails plus skyline. White Limozeen (Midtown, Graduate Hotel) for pink Dolly Parton energy. Skydeck on Broadway for massive rooftop with multiple bands. See the rooftop bars guide for the full ranking.
Saturday is peak Broadway chaos. Luke's 32 Bridge, Honky Tonk Central, and Whiskey Row (Dierks Bentley's) stay packed until 3am. Use Howdy Nash group share so no one gets lost across the 6 floors of Luke's.
Most Broadway bars close at 3am. Howdy Nash's Last Call Alarm shows a countdown badge on each bar starting 90 minutes before close.
Most groups have early-afternoon flights. Build the day around recovery and one final brunch.
Book the day before. Group rate at 4+ people typically $150-220/person. Reset IV, Drip Hydration, Mobile IV Medics all serve Nashville. Tech arrives, sets up in the living room, hangs bags. Takes about 45 minutes total.
Do not skip this. Two nights of honky tonks plus rooftops plus champagne breakfast catches up.
Multitask. Order DoorDash to the Airbnb if the group wants pastries and coffee before heading out. Frothy Monkey, Five Daughters, or Cafe Roze all deliver.
Pick a slow sit-down place, not Pancake Pantry. Cafe Roze (East Nashville), The Mockingbird (Germantown), or Loveless Cafe (Bellevue, if you have an extra hour). The Sunday brunch at Margot Cafe in East Nashville is legendary if you can get a table.
Optional. Hatch Show Print (Lower Broadway, vintage letterpress posters), Goo Goo Cluster Shop (SoBro, the original Nashville candy), Ernest Tubb Record Shop (Broadway, country vinyl).
Allow 90 minutes for security at BNA on Sunday. Most flights out leave between 3 and 6pm. Uber from downtown to BNA runs $25-35.
Maid of honor opens Howdy Nash Split Costs and taps Send to group. Everyone gets an email with their share of the trip and one-tap Venmo, Cash App, or PayPal links. No chasing money. No spreadsheets.
The maid of honor runs the trip from arrival through Sunday brunch. These tips keep the weekend on track.
Compare downtown Nashville hotels for the whole group. Free cancellation on most rooms.
Howdy Nash is the free Nashville bachelorette planner. Live location share, split costs, Nashville Bingo, AI concierge.
Nashville bachelorette weekends rain about 30 percent of the time. Adjust:
Three places in Nashville do walk-in care without an ER bill:
Cancel the rooftop, head back to the Airbnb, deliver food via DoorDash, push the IV therapy from Sunday 9am to Sunday 8am if possible. Most providers can accommodate same-day urgent requests for an upcharge.
BNA is a Southwest hub. Storms in Dallas or Chicago push delays. Pre-load Hopper to track flights, and confirm the bride's Sunday flight first. If a single person misses connections, Welcome Pickups and Lyft both run BNA pickups 24/7.
Backup picks within 1 mile of every neighborhood: Husk falls back to Adele's. Adele's falls back to The Mockingbird. City House falls back to Rolf and Daughters. Always have a backup reservation 30 minutes later at a second restaurant just in case.
The bachelorette weekend packing list comes down to layers, footwear, and matching gear. Pack carry-on if possible (BNA baggage claim can run 45 minutes on Friday evenings).
MOH-to-MOH. We book it, you show up. Three tiers:
Pedal taverns, party buses, brunch experiences, photo shoots, mural tours. Pre-book the experiences from this itinerary. Free cancellation on most bookings.
Howdy Nash coordinates the whole group. Live location share. Split Costs tracking. Save your favorite stops. Nashville Bingo as a bonus. Free.
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