Boat cruise girls trips, the group chat has left the shore

This group has been making itself the same promise for years: one day we’ll do it properly. Sunshine, somewhere on the water and nobody watching the clock. A cocktail cruise in Melbourne or a private yacht on the Gold Coast, dinner by the water, and somewhere to stay for all of you.

See the boat cruise weekends Pick your city

Where: Melbourne and the Gold Coast
Group size: From six of you
Price: From $449 per person, somewhere to stay included
On board: A cocktail cruise or a private yacht

Four friends cheering with cocktails on a boat cruise past the city skyline

Why the girls keep picking a boat cruise

It’s been ’one day’ for quite a while now.

There are girls weekend suggestions that get a polite little heart reaction in the group chat, and then there are the ones that have everyone checking dates immediately. A cocktail cruise through Melbourne tends to fall into the second category.

On the water, the whole group finally ends up in the same place at the same time: sun hats on, drinks in hand, the skyline sliding past on one side and open water on the other. Somebody starts dancing earlier than expected.

The sweet life was never about grandeur. It’s unhurried time with the women who make any view better, and a life without it is missing something.

By the time you dock, getting off the boat feels deeply unreasonable.

What happens on a boat cruise girls weekend

On the water first, then the whole night.

A boat cruise girls trip with My Ultimate is a cocktail cruise in Melbourne or a private yacht on the Gold Coast, built into a whole girls weekend with somewhere to stay, dinner by the water and drinks.

Everyone getting ready at once.
In Melbourne the getting ready comes first. The playlist goes on and somebody has brought enough makeup for a small department store. Eventually, against all odds, everyone is ready. Excellent, because you have a boat to catch. On the Gold Coast it starts on the water and the getting ready comes after.
Boarding call.
In Melbourne, two hours of music, cocktails and city views on a cocktail cruise. On the Gold Coast, a private yacht with the whole deck to yourselves, welcome bubbly, BYO drinks on ice and your own playlist.
Back on dry land, then dinner.
In Melbourne a waterfront restaurant is a stroll from the dock. On the Gold Coast the apartment comes first, then a long dinner nobody rushes by the water. The cruise gets an immediate debrief, retold despite the fact everyone was there.
One more glass, overlooking it all.
A bottle of bubbly at a bar overlooking the city and river in Melbourne; one last glass on the deck of a rooftop beach club on the Gold Coast.
Everyone home to the same place.
No logistical committee meeting at the end of the night. The whole group heads back to the same apartment, still a little salty and very happy.

Two ways to do a boat cruise girls trip

Pick your city, pick your boat.

Each one is a whole girls weekend with the time on the water built in: somewhere to stay, the food, the drinks and where to next, already in an order that works. Each city’s page has it alongside every other girls weekend there.

Prices are from, per person, for a minimum of six. Accommodation can cost more on busy dates such as school holidays, so we confirm the price for your exact dates.

Two friends laughing with glasses of white wine at a sunny outdoor bar

Melbourne

Consider this your boarding call

Get In Loser, We’re Going Cruising

Two hours on a cocktail cruise through Melbourne with a drinks package, then a waterfront dinner a stroll away and a bottle of bubbly overlooking the city.

From $449 per person, minimum of six

What’s included

Overnight accommodation in a city apartment
A two hour cocktail river cruise on a party boat
A drinks package on board
Riverside dinner with bubbles on arrival and share plates
Reserved seating and a bottle of bubbly overlooking the city

See every detail of Get In Loser, We’re Going Cruising Compare every Melbourne weekend side by side

See Melbourne girls weekends

Three friends hugging with drinks in the apartment

Gold Coast

Sweet life, salt air

La Dolce Vita Weekend

A private yacht for the afternoon with welcome bubbly, your own drinks on ice and your own playlist, then dinner by the water and one more glass on a rooftop.

From $599 per person, minimum of six

What’s included

Overnight accommodation in a chic coastal apartment
A private yacht cruise with bubbles on arrival
BYO drinks welcome, with an esky and ice provided
Your own playlist on board
Waterfront dinner with share plates
Drinks at a rooftop beach club

See every detail of La Dolce Vita Weekend

See the Gold Coast girls weekends

What kind of girls group a boat cruise suits

Give her a deck and a sunset.

It works for the friend who packs three sun hats, and for the one who’s been saying ’one day we’ll do it properly’ for years.

Three friends in summer dresses sipping wine in a bright, airy dining room

The group that keeps saying ’one day’.

This is the day it stops being one day.

The party boat crowd.

Music up, cocktails flowing and somebody dancing earlier than expected.

The slow afternoon people.

A private deck, your own playlist and nobody watching the clock.

A milestone birthday.

A toast on the water, then a long dinner nobody rushes.

Every age at the table.

From the twenty somethings to the friends who’ve been to every birthday since school.

Friends from different chapters.

School friends, work friends and somebody’s sister, all on the same deck.

What pairs well with a boat cruise

The rest of the weekend, sorted around the water.

Every boat cruise weekend already works on its own. These are the things that sit beautifully beside it, and a few of them can be added to the weekends above.

A rooftop

One last glass up high. Already in the Gold Coast weekend.

Brunch the morning after

Mimosas, still a little salty. An extra on both weekends.

A VIP nightclub booth

For when getting off the boat feels unreasonable. An extra on both weekends.

Cocktail making

Learn to make what they poured on board. An extra on the Melbourne weekend.

Axe throwing

Something a bit louder on dry land. An extra on the Melbourne weekend.

Grazing at the apartment

For the sun kissed couch debrief. An extra on the Gold Coast weekend.

A day spa session

Salt air, then robes. An extra on the Gold Coast weekend.

Tarot readings

What the stars say about the next trip. An extra on the Gold Coast weekend.

Jet boating

The faster way onto the water. Its own weekend in Sydney and on the Gold Coast.

Good to know before your boat cruise

The small things the girls will ask about.

Drinks

In Melbourne a drinks package is included on board. On the Gold Coast it’s BYO, with an esky and ice provided.

Music

The Melbourne cruise has the music up. On the Gold Coast yacht your own playlist comes along.

What to wear

Something for the deck and a sun hat, then the outfit for dinner.

Photos

Somebody will insist on a group photo while everyone still looks respectable. What goes on socials is the group’s call.

Boat cruise girls trips with My Ultimate, at a glance

What it is: A cocktail cruise in Melbourne or a private yacht on the Gold Coast, inside a whole girls weekend with somewhere to stay.
Where: Melbourne and the Gold Coast.
Group size: From six of you. Fewer? Tell us how many when you check your dates.
Price: From $449 per person in Melbourne and $599 on the Gold Coast, with somewhere to stay included. Accommodation can cost more on busy dates.
Who runs it: My Ultimate Girls Trip, part of My Ultimate, female founded in 2011.

Real girls trip reviews

In their own words, exactly as written.

Three women larking about by a resort pool — Kate, 41

Three women in pyjamas hugging and laughing in a hotel room — Rebecca W., 35

Booking a boat, or a whole girls weekend

Same water, a very different weekend.

Plenty of groups book a boat and have a brilliant afternoon. Then everyone steps off onto the wharf, and the best part of the day dissolves into a logistical committee meeting about dinner and lifts home.

A boat cruise girls weekend with My Ultimate has the apartment, dinner by the water and the drinks after already lined up, so stepping off the boat is the start of the night, not the end of it.

Somewhere to stay, already in it.One living room for getting ready and the debrief.

One front door at the end of the night.Everyone heads home to the same place, still a little salty.

You’re in the photo.Drink raised on deck with the girls, not booking dinner from the boat.

Meet Nyree, who started My Ultimate in 2011

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Girls trip idea: a boat weekend. A cocktail cruise or a private yacht, then dinner by the water, with somewhere to stay for all of us.

Melbourne from $449pp, Gold Coast from $599pp. Who’s in?

https://www.myultimate-girls-trip.com.au/boat-cruise-girls-trip

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Where you can do a boat cruise girls trip

Where are we going?

Pick your city to see its boat weekend beside every other girls weekend there, prices and all. Found the one? Check your dates.

Four friends sipping rosé in a vineyard at dusk

MelbourneMelbourne girls weekends

Four friends on the bow of a boat raising glasses towards the Sydney Harbour Bridge

SydneyNo boat cruise weekend yetSee every Sydney girls weekend

A city skyline and river at golden hour, boats moored below

BrisbaneA boat out to an island insteadSee every Brisbane girls weekend

Four friends laughing over drinks on an oceanfront deck at sunset

Gold CoastGold Coast girls weekends

In Brisbane there isn’t a cruise yet, but three weekends start with a return boat across to an island: Beach Please, Salty Behaviour and Quad Squad Weekend. In Sydney the water comes faster: see jet boating.

Know what the girls want? Start a Melbourne girls trip wishlist, or check available dates for your group or call or chat with us on 1300 339 734.

Boat cruise girls trip questions

Asked a lot, answered here.

Still deciding? See what pairs well with a boat cruise, or pick your city and see the weekends.

What’s included on the boat?

In Melbourne, a two hour cocktail cruise through the city on a party boat, with a drinks package. On the Gold Coast, a private yacht cruise for your group with welcome bubbly, BYO drinks with an esky and ice provided, and your own playlist on board.

How much does a boat cruise girls trip cost?

The two boat weekends start from $449 per person in Melbourne and $599 on the Gold Coast, for a minimum of six, with somewhere to stay included. Accommodation can cost more on busy dates such as school holidays, so we confirm the price for your exact weekend when you check availability.

Is the boat private?

On the Gold Coast, yes: the whole yacht deck is yours for the afternoon. In Melbourne it’s a cocktail cruise with the music up.

Can we bring our own drinks?

On the Gold Coast yacht, yes, with an esky and ice provided. In Melbourne a drinks package is included on board.

What else is in the weekend?

Your own apartment, then dinner by the water and more drinks: a bottle of bubbly overlooking the city and river in Melbourne, and a rooftop beach club on the Gold Coast.

Is there a boat weekend in Sydney or Brisbane?

Sydney has jet boating on the harbour. In Brisbane, three weekends start with a return boat across to an island. Every weekend is on the Sydney and Brisbane pages.

Can we just book the cruise?

A boat cruise with My Ultimate comes inside a whole girls weekend, with somewhere to stay. Pick your city to see the weekends in Melbourne and on the Gold Coast.

How many of us do we need?

Six for each weekend. Fewer than that? Let us know how many of you there are. We cater for groups of many sizes.

Is a boat cruise a good idea for a birthday?

A beautiful one. A toast on the water, then a dinner nobody rushes.