18 reasons why you need a girls-only getaway


Okay, so the planning can feel like playing Go Fish with schedules. But whether it’s a quick weekend away or a week-long blowout in the tropics, there’s nothing better than a holiday with your best girlfriends. Here are 18 reasons to lock yours in.

1. The fun starts before you leave home. The wild plans, the excited group chats, the ever-growing list of things to eat, drink, see, and do. Not a lot of things are fun to organise, but holidays – especially with friends – sure are.

2. You’ll laugh so hard your sides ache and your face is sore for days.

4 young women sitting at a swim up poolbar

3. All the late-night deep-and-meaningfuls you just don’t have time for in real life. You’ll get into all of life’s highs and lows, safe in the knowledge that it’s getting locked in the vault.

4. Friends let friends take naps, especially on holiday. Poolside naps. After-lunch naps. Pre-dinner naps.

5. Holiday snaps! You’ll take hundreds of pics with people you know would never post a bad photo of you.

6. Call it self-care or reconnecting if you want, but holidays with friends are basically just grown-up slumber parties. Staying up all night with your girls, chatting and laughing – you’ll feel like a kid again.

7. Group spa days. Feel fancy and ✨ relaxed ✨ together

3 mature women in robes with a glass of wine, relaxing by the pool

8. But also wine and chocolate. ‘Cause time with friends isn’t all clean living 😉

9. Brunch is the most important meal of the day, every day. And with your whole friend crew in attendance, you’ll have plenty of people to share dishes with. That means you can have savoury AND sweet 😋

10. You don’t have to go far to have an amazing time. When you’re with your friends, just two nights in a luxe stay in your own city can feel like a total escape.

11. Getting ready together. Remember when this was the best part of going out? You’d all go to someone’s house and have drinks while you mucked around with your hair, mused over accessories, and spilled all the tea. Well, when you holiday together, those nights are back with a vengeance!

12. Poolside relaxation. Lying next to each other for three hours without exchanging a single word. That’s togetherness.

13. Learning to love You as much as your friends do. Your girls know you’re awesome – and they’re not going to let you forget it.

14. You won’t need to buy anyone gifts, ‘cause all your favourite people will already be there with you 😉

3 women walking along the beach

15. Your ride-or-die would never question or judge your need to souvenir all the toiletries. If anything, they’ll look for extras you’ve missed.

16. Travelling in a group means there’s usually at least one person who’s keen to do the same thing as you, no matter how niche. Indoor skydiving, anyone?

17. Dessert after EVERY meal. Even if you’re feeling full, ‘cause you’ve always got someone to share with.

18. IT’S A HOLIDAY! Whatever your real life looks like, you’ll leave it all behind when you’re kicking back with your friends.

Are you overdue for a girls’ trip? Get that group chat happening! We promise it’ll be worth it 😁

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