PULTEVENT
Bachelorette party games: 8 for a weekend in a rental house
Friday, 7:15 p.m., a rented house in East Nashville. Ten pink cowboy hats on the kitchen island, still in their plastic. A portable speaker balanced on the fridge, a warehouse-store tray of cupcakes, a bride in a white fringe jacket, and a maid of honor who has been awake since four because she drove the rental van. There's a TV the size of a garage door on the living room wall. Nobody has touched it yet.
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Most bachelorette weekends have a gap before going out. Dinner reservations at nine, the pedal tavern tomorrow at two, and tonight a couple of hours where ten women from different chapters of the bride's life are standing around a kitchen island trying to find common ground. That's where the TV comes in.
PULTEVENT turns the rental TV into a game show. The maid of honor runs it from a laptop over HDMI, the group scans a QR code and plays in their phone browsers, no app. Phones need internet, which in a rental usually means the Wi-Fi password taped inside a kitchen cabinet. Everything below works for a group of six to twenty.
8 bachelorette games, from Friday night to Sunday brunch
1 Who's who in the bridal party
Everyone sends the maid of honor one secret fact before the trip. On the TV, each fact comes up and the group votes on whose it is: the sister, the college roommate, the coworker, the groom's sister.
How to run it. Ask for facts that are surprising, not embarrassing. Friday night is for icebreakers, not confessions.
The bride's friends from different parts of her life have a whole weekend together. This gives them a head start.
2 Never have I ever, anonymous
Statements go up on screen, each person votes I have or I never from her phone, and the TV shows the count. No names, just the number, and the room trying to work out who.
How to run it. Write two lists, a mild one and a later one. Run the mild one on Friday, the second on Saturday after dinner.
The anonymous count is funnier than the classic finger version. Everyone suspects everyone, nobody has to admit anything.
3 The dare randomizer
The task randomizer spins a dare for the bride or for whoever the guest wheel lands on: get a stranger to sing happy birthday, collect a signature on the sash, order in a fake accent.
How to run it. Write the dares with the bride's comfort level in mind. Ask her sister what's off the table.
Nobody has to decide the dare, so nobody gets blamed for it. The randomizer is the bad guy.
4 Prom photo lineup
Old prom, homecoming and middle school photos of everyone in the group, one at a time, full screen. The group guesses who it is before the reveal.
How to run it. Include the bride last. Somebody's mom will have the best one.
The early-2000s hair gets a scream every time. It's the quickest way to make a group of adults laugh at themselves.
5 Fake karaoke
The bride sings along to a backing track, happily unaware that the program is recording only her voice. Afterward you play it back through the speaker with no music.
How to run it. Pick someone who loves being the center of attention. Don't do it to anyone who hates singing.
It's the video everybody puts on their story. Probably the most repeated moment of the weekend.
6 Dance battle
Two dancers or two teams, one song each, the rest vote from their phones. The screen shows the countdown and the result.
How to run it. Put the bride in the final round, against the whole bridal party as one team.
It gets everyone moving before a night out, which is exactly the energy you want in the ride to dinner.
7 Karaoke battle for the pregame
Two teams, one song each, lyrics on the TV, voting from phones. A classic sing-along always beats a ballad.
How to run it. Read the rental's quiet hours. Many listings ban noise after ten, and neighbors do call.
It's the warm-up that turns a quiet living room into a party before you leave for dinner.
8 Sunday brunch awards
Live voting for the weekend's superlatives, then the team scoreboard ceremony: best dancer, best dare, first one asleep, the one who lost her hat. Confetti on screen.
How to run it. Make the categories during the weekend from real moments. The best awards are written on Saturday night.
Sunday morning is quiet and a little rough. A ceremony gives the group one last laugh together before the airport.
Built for the pregame
Two hours before the reservation, a few rounds on the TV get the group laughing together before anyone orders a drink out.
Anonymous where it counts
Never-have-I-ever votes are counted, not named. The screen shows how many, never who.
Dares from a randomizer
The task randomizer picks the dare, so the maid of honor doesn't have to be the villain.
A brunch finale
Sunday morning awards on the TV: the weekend's MVP, the best dancer, the one who lost her hat.
A running order for the weekend
Friday is for introductions: who's who in the bridal party, the prom photos, the mild never-have-I-ever list. Keep it short and let people drift off to get ready. Saturday is the big night: dares and karaoke before dinner, the dance battle when you get home if anyone has the legs for it. Sunday is brunch and the awards.
You won't use everything. That's fine. Pick what fits your group and let the rest go.
Rental houses, TVs and Wi-Fi
Most rentals have a big TV, and most of those have an HDMI port you can reach if you pull the stand forward. Bring your own cable, and a USB-C adapter if your laptop needs one. The phones need internet, so find the Wi-Fi details early. If the connection is weak, mobile data works as well.
If the rental's TV is locked to streaming apps and hides its inputs, the input button on the remote usually fixes it. Worst case, bring a small projector and a white wall.
Mixing the groups
The biggest risk at a bachelorette isn't boredom. It's cliques. Her college friends sit together, her coworkers sit together, the groom's sister sits alone. Build the first two games around mixing: facts about individuals, not in-jokes, and teams that split the cliques.
"Wait, you're the one who was on a reality show audition line?"
"For eleven hours. Didn't get in."
For the bridesmaids who couldn't travel
A cousin with a new baby, a friend who couldn't get the days off. Put the video call on the laptop, share the stage window, and they join from their phones with the QR code on screen. They'll miss the pedal tavern but they'll be in the brunch awards.
Before you pack
Run everything once at home in the free 3-day demo, no card required: the facts, the photos, the dares list. When the weekend arrives, it's plug in and play. The full version is a one-time license with no subscription, and you'll find the price on pultevent.ru/en.
About the author
PULTEVENT was built by Ruslan Barashkin, who has hosted weddings, birthdays and office parties since 2014: over 500 events, best host of Moscow 2024 and of Saint Petersburg 2023 at the TOP 100 Awards. He made it for his own nights first. The rest is at pultevent.ru/en.
How to run bachelorette party games on a TV
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Three weeks out, collect secret facts and old prom photos privately from each guest.
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Write the never-have-I-ever lists and a dares list the bride's sister has checked.
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Pack a long HDMI cable and any adapter your laptop needs.
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On arrival, find the Wi-Fi details, connect the laptop and put the QR code on screen.
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Play the icebreakers on Friday and the dares, karaoke and dance battle on Saturday.
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At Sunday brunch, run the superlatives vote and the awards ceremony.
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