A Comprehensive Checklist for Busy Women Needing a Getaway with Their Best Girlfriends!
You know women and their to-do lists! We wouldn’t imagine planning a girlfriend getaway without a list. Whether this is your first getaway or your twenty-first, the following steps will ensure that this special trip with your favorite people goes off without a hitch.
- Visit Triporama.com and create a New Group Trip Account. It’s easy and it’s free. Once you start a Group Trip Planner, you can add all your trip participants, poll them to find out possible dates for your girlfriend getaway, assign planning tasks, invite others in on the fun, etc.
- Have a discussion on budgets. Whether it be via email, phone or in person over dinner or drinks, talk about what everyone can comfortably afford to participate in this getaway. Remember the important thing is that you are all together, not that you are all together in a five star resort! Consider a budget getaway for the first year and continue saving for a splurge-getaway for the following year.
- Assign a banker and a secretary. The banker will be in charge of opening a group vacation fun (see next item) and monthly deposits. The secretary is in charge of communication with the banker and the other members to keep everyone informed of monthly balances, etc. Nothing formal – just a sort of ‘checks and balances’ system.
- Open up a group vacation fund. For those of you who want to participate, open up a high interest savings account (for example an ING Direct) and agree upon a comfortable monthly deposit for each person. Note: this does not have to be the only funds used for this vacation, but it could give everyone a comfortable base. ...
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Author: Valerie McDermott