Event Planning Tips, Ideas & Local Guides

A Scottsdale girls trip doesn't need a bride, a theme, or a matching sash. It needs your favorite people, a pool, and someone willing to make the reservations so the group chat doesn't spiral. We've planned 2,000+ events in Scottsdale since 2018, and plenty of them were just friends who wanted a great weekend together. Here's how we'd plan yours: when to go, where to stay, what to do, and the little moves that make a weekend feel easy instead of exhausting. Want someone else

Football is back this week, which in Scottsdale means one thing: pick your bar wisely or spend three quarters standing behind someone's shoulder trying to see the screen. We've spent a lot of Sundays, and Thursdays, and the occasional Monday night, in these places while building guys trips and watch parties around town, so we know which ones actually deliver. Here are the best sports bars in Scottsdale this season, ranked on the stuff that matters: screens you can actually se

Arizona's heat is no joke, but with that comes the opportunity to throw the best pool party of the summer. A normal pool party might have some floaties and a cooler with drinks outside, but with Girl About Town you can take your pool party to the next level, creating an event your friends will still be talking about next summer! Why settle for a cooler of White Claws when you can have a bartender crafting summer specialty drinks? Why use paper plates and Solo Cups when you ca

You're planning a guys trip to Scottsdale. Maybe it's a bachelor party, a guys' weekend with the crew, or just an excuse to escape. The internet's full of generic "10 things to do" lists that miss the point: you want an itinerary that actually flows, venues that won't bore you, and a plan that doesn't fall apart by Friday night. We've planned hundreds of guys trips in Scottsdale (and New Orleans). Here's what we've learned works, what doesn't, and how to actually pull off a w

Girl About Town × Skin Charm Lounge A fully styled, photo-worthy private wellness lounge for birthdays, showers, corporate days, and any group of 6 or fewer who wants to glow. A Real Private Spa Party, Not a Group Reservation Booking a Scottsdale private spa party usually means showing up to a chain medspa, getting your group split across two rooms, and leaving with photos that look like everyone else's.The space is sterile. There's nothing personal about it. We built somethi

Girl About Town × Skin Charm Private A fully styled, photo-worthy private wellness lounge built for bridal parties who want to recover, glow, and look incredible in every photo. Why Most Scottsdale Bachelorette Spa Days Miss If you've ever planned a bachelorette in Scottsdale, you know the second day is the hardest. Day one is rooftop pools and dinner reservations. Day two is everyone hiding behind sunglasses, ordering room service, and pretending they're fine. The standard f

We've planned 150+ bachelorette weekends, birthdays, and girls trips across Scottsdale, which means we've spent a suspicious amount of time "researching" the best margaritas in Scottsdale on behalf of our clients. Someone has to. Most roundups hand you 40 restaurants and call it a guide. That's not a recommendation, that's a phone book. So here are three we actually order from, again and again, when we're out with a group or scouting a spot for a client. One spicy, one custom

Old Town Scottsdale gets a reputation for bottle service and rooftop clubs, but the real soul of the city lives in its dive bars. Cheap drinks. Cash registers that still ding. Bartenders who've worked the same shift for fifteen years. Crowds that feel like a slice of the entire valley walked in at once. We've planned hundreds of bachelorette weekends, guys trips, and birthday celebrations in Scottsdale, and dive bars come up on almost every itinerary. The reason? They break u

Picture this: you land in Scottsdale at 10am, the sun is out, and your group is ready to go. One problem. Your Airbnb won't let you check in until 4pm, you have lunch reservations at The Montauk, and there are eight suitcases sitting on the curb. Crap. Now what? Enter Girl About Town, your favorite party planner and concierge. We pick up your bags in Old Town, hold onto them, and drop them at your rental so your trip starts the second you land. Yep, you read that right. How O

The espresso martini stopped being a trend years ago. It is now the closing drink at every Old Town dinner, the pre-game cocktail at every bachelorette weekend, and the menu item Scottsdale bartenders compete to make better than the next bar. We plan dozens of weekends in Scottsdale every month, and the espresso martini question comes up on almost every itinerary. Where is the best one? Which spot has the most photogenic version? Where can a group of 8 actually get seated? Af

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