The Joint Bachelor and Bachelorette Party Is the Best Idea Nobody Had
Somewhere in the last few years, couples quietly stopped pretending their friend groups were separate.
You have the same friends. You go to the same things. Half the people on her list were at his birthday. And yet the standard playbook still says you should split into two groups, fly to two cities, on two weekends, and spend two lots of money to have roughly the same weekend apart from each other.
More and more couples are looking at that and asking the obvious question: why are we doing it twice?
The case for doing it together
Your friends already overlap, and splitting them is awkward.
Every couple has them. The friend who knows you both equally. The couple you met as a couple. Her brother, who is closer to him. Under the two-party system, those people either pick a side, get invited to both and pay for both, or quietly skip one and feel bad about it.
A joint party solves this by refusing to make it a choice. Nobody is sorted into a team. The guest list is just the people you both want there.
It costs your friends half as much.
This is the part nobody says out loud. Two separate weekends mean two tickets, two flights, two sets of time off for anyone invited to both. For mutual friends, and for the couples in your circle, the two-party model is brutally expensive.
One weekend, one cost, one set of annual leave. You will get a higher yes rate, and you will get the people who would otherwise have had to choose.
One plan instead of two.
Somewhere right now a maid of honor and a best man are independently building two spreadsheets, booking two sets of accommodation, chasing two groups for money and negotiating two sets of dietary requirements. For the same wedding. For people who mostly know each other.
Do it once. Split the job between two people who are now on the same side instead of running parallel operations.
You actually get to be there.
Here is the argument that wins over most couples once they hear it.
The wedding itself is a day of greeting people. You will spend it being photographed, being introduced, and being pulled away from every conversation you want to have. It is wonderful and it is not relaxing.
A joint bachelor and bachelorette weekend is the one event in the entire wedding process where both of you are in the same place, with all of your favorite people, with nothing to host and nothing to run. For a lot of couples it ends up being the part they remember most.
And no, it is not tamer.
The objection is always the same: a joint party will be a polite dinner.
It will not, because the weekend is not built around your group sitting in a room together. It is built around a few hundred other adults doing the same thing, which means the energy is not your responsibility and the night does not depend on your twelve people carrying it.
More on that next.
Pick your playground
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New York Camp
The original, and still the biggest. Our flagship camp runs twice — Memorial Day and Labor Day — bookending the summer with the two loudest weekends on the calendar. More campers, more camp and always one to sell out. If you only do one, do this one.
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California Camp
West Coast is the Best Coast. Three nights in August at peak summer, cool activities, long warm evenings, and everything that makes camp work. Rustic, charming and full of Camp No Counselors energy. Trust us when we say this one is not to be missed!
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Texas Camp
The first camp of the year, and the earliest escape you’ll find. Hill Country in March, when everywhere else is still gray. Smaller, warmer, and run on a classic summer camp lakefront, this is the camp for people who refuse to wait until summer to start theirs.
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Michigan Camp
Our Midwest camp sits nicely between Chicago and Detroit and is hosted at a classic summer camp. This is the one you’ve all been asking for… and we’re excited to host it! First run back in 2027, so this crowd gets to say they were there.
Why a camp beats every other way of doing it
Once you have decided to do it together, the question is where. There are three usual answers and all three have the same problem: they were designed for one group, not two.
Vegas, or any city. Expensive before anyone has done anything, and the entire weekend is logistics. Two tables booked for different times. Half your group in a queue. Someone always in an Uber. For twenty-four people it stops being a party and becomes a transport operation, and the cost per head climbs every time somebody opens a tab.
A cabin or share house. Cheap, lovely, and completely dependent on your group to generate every single thing that happens. It is brilliant on Friday night. By Saturday afternoon the card games are done, someone has driven to a store twice, and you are quietly aware that you are responsible for the next six hours.
A resort. Comfortable and forgettable. Adults by a pool, politely, on sunbeds they paid extra for.
A summer camp fixes the specific thing all three get wrong for a joint party.
The weekend is already running. There are a few hundred other adults there, a full program from morning to late night, live music, parties, and more to do than anyone can get through. Your group does not have to be the entertainment. You get to be guests at your own party.
Everyone pays the same, and that is the whole bill. One price per person covers three nights, all meals, premium drinks, every activity and every social. Nobody is doing maths. Nobody is quietly covering the friend who is saving for a house. There is no round system, no tab, no awkward conversation on Sunday about who owes what. For a group where incomes genuinely differ, this is the thing that makes the guest list possible.
There is nothing to plan. No venue, no caterer, no itinerary, no reservations, no group spreadsheet. Everyone books their own ticket, enters the same group name at checkout, and turns up.
It is built for mixed groups. Couples, friends, people coming alone, people who know one of you and nobody else. Within an hour nobody can tell which half of the wedding they came from, because everyone is on a team with strangers anyway.
And the day splits if you want it to. Half the group on the lake, half on the courts, both groups back together for dinner and the night. You can run two bachelor and bachelorette parties inside one weekend and still be in the same place at the end of the day. That is something no city, cabin or resort can do.
What it actually costs
Tickets are $799 or $975 per person depending on the camp, all inclusive. That covers accommodation for three nights, eight buffet meals, premium drinks, snacks, every activity and every social.
The only extras are getting there, which is a $150 round trip bus if you want it, and private rooms where available.
Compare that honestly against three nights in a city. Hotel, dinners, drinks, activities and transport will clear it comfortably, and most of that money is spent waiting for things.
How to book a joint party
It is deliberately simple.
Pick your camp and weekend. Five to choose from across four locations in 2027.
Everyone books their own ticket. One price, no collecting money, no reimbursements.
Use the same group name at checkout. Agree the exact wording first, because different spellings land as different groups.
Tell us what you are celebrating. There is a field for it at checkout. Use it.
Email us your numbers. Group perks and upgrades vary by camp, and we will tell you what is available at yours.
On sleeping arrangements: accommodation is allocated by what each person selects at checkout, so a big mixed group may be spread across more than one cabin overnight. You are together for everything else, all weekend. In practice most groups find that is the right way round.
The honest summary
A joint bachelor and bachelorette weekend costs your friends less, asks less of the people planning it, gets a higher yes rate, and gives you the one part of the whole wedding process where you are both there and neither of you is hosting.
Doing it at camp means the weekend runs itself, nobody opens a wallet once they arrive, and your group gets three days of something they could not have booked on their own.
Then you go and get married, having already had the best weekend of the year.
Joint Party FAQs
Can we do a joint bachelor and bachelorette party at camp?
Absolutely, and it's one of the fastest growing parts of our camps. You book as one group, you're together all weekend, and there's nothing to organize.
Will the two groups be split up?
Only at night. Accommodation is allocated by what each person selects at checkout, so a large mixed group may be spread across more than one cabin. You're together for everything else.
If you want to keep everyone in one place, get in touch and we'll talk you through the options.
How do we book as a group?
Everyone books their own ticket and enters the same group name at checkout. Agree the exact wording first, since different spellings will land as different groups.
How many people do we need?
There's no minimum. Two people can use a group name, and we've hosted parties well into the dozens. Larger groups open up more options, so tell us your numbers early.
Is there a group discount?
Group perks and upgrades vary by camp. Email us with your numbers and we'll tell you what's available at yours.
What does it cost per person?
$799 or $975 depending on the camp, all-inclusive. That covers accommodation, all meals, premium drinks, every activity and every social. Nobody spends a dollar once they're at camp.
What if someone drops out?
It happens on every group booking. Tickets can be transferred to someone else, so nobody is stuck covering an empty spot. Full details are in our refund policy.
Can we get private rooms?
At some camps, as an add-on, subject to availability. Texas and Michigan don't offer them.
Do we have to do everything together?
No, and most groups don't. Split up during the day, do completely different things, and find each other at dinner. It's one of the best parts of doing it this way.
Can we bring people who are coming alone?
Yes, and they'll be fine. A large share of every camp arrives solo, and within an hour nobody can tell who came with whom.
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