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Which girls trip era is your group right now?
A few common kinds of girls trip, and the questions that tell you which one your group is living right now. The easiest place to begin.
Girls trip inspo, ideas and planning help
Everything we know about getting the girls away. And making it worth the wait.
The 40th, the 50th, the 60th and the 70th. Mumcations, fresh starts and switch off weekends. The friendships worth marking, and how a girls trip finally gets booked. Read it, send it to the girls, set the date.
My Ultimate has been creating unforgettable girls weekends since 2011, so we know a thing or two about bringing the girls together.
The only rule
Less “we should”. More “we are”.
The short version
My Ultimate Girls Trip is where the group chat finally becomes a weekend. Complete girls weekends in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and the Gold Coast, designed so every one of you gets to arrive, laugh too loud and be one of the girls. We're part of My Ultimate, female founded by Nyree and taking the girls away since 2011.
The guides below are what we have learned along the way: what each kind of girls trip needs, the birthdays and friendships worth marking properly, and how to get your trip out of the chat and into the calendar.
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Kinds of girls trips
Here are some of the common things a girls trip can be. Which one is yours?
The eras of you might change, but the magic of girlhood never does. Each kind of weekend asks for something different, and these guides say exactly what.
Girls Weekend
What is a girls weekend, really?
No birthday, no occasion, no reason needed. Just the girls, finally in the same place, and why that is plenty.
Milestone Celebration
What counts as a milestone? More than you've been told
Birthdays from 30 to 75, retirements, friendship anniversaries. If you're wondering whether it counts, it does.
Mumcation
What is a mumcation? The 2026 guide for Australian mums
A weekend away for mums, with the women who already get it. What it is, what happens, and how to go without the guilt.
Fresh Start
What is a fresh start girls trip?
After the breakup, the divorce or the big change. Not a consolation prize. The first weekend of what comes next.
Switch Off
What is a switch off girls trip?
Not a spa day. A softer kind of girls weekend for when life has been a lot, with the people you never have to perform for.
There is a whole folder in our chat called GIRLS TRIP with links dating back to 2023.
None of those trips happened.
This one did.
Isabella Marino, 27
Milestone birthdays
The birthdays that deserve more than dinner.
A restaurant booking marks the date. A weekend with the girls marks the woman. Here's how to get each big one right.
Milestone Celebration
What counts as a milestone? More than you've been told
Birthdays from 30 to 75, retirements, friendship anniversaries. If you're wondering whether it counts, it does.
40th
The 40th birthday girls trip: why this one deserves everything
The birthday that changes the register. What makes a 40th land, and how to organise it without carrying it alone.
50th
Your 50th birthday girls trip
For the woman who has kept the fuss small for decades. The celebration that finally matches who she is.
60th
The 60th birthday girls trip
She has spent forty years making everything lovely for everyone else. This weekend is hers.
70th
The 70th birthday girls trip
Fifty years of friendship and one weekend worthy of it. The pace, the plans and how to give it as a gift.
Girls weekend packing list
Comfy shoes.
Good wine.
My favourite people.
A girls trip isn't a luxury, it's a necessity.
A girls trip is not the prize for finally getting everything else done, it's the reason everything else gets done, because the energy we get from a girls weekend is unmatched.
That's the magic of girlhood.
Friendships worth marking
Some of the great loves of your life are your girls.
The friend who knew you first. The group that has outlasted jobs, houses and whole chapters. These are the friendships worth a weekend.
Female friendship
Not every soulmate is a husband
The women who hold the original version of you, why those friendships drift, and why they're worth protecting.
Older girlhood
Older girlhood is elite
Same soul, better hotels. What girlhood becomes after 35, and why it might be the best version yet.
20, 30, 40 years
The friendship anniversary trip
School friends, uni friends and the mothers' group. Twenty, thirty, forty years of chosen family, finally marked.
Old friends
The long-standing friendship trip
For the group that has said "we should" for twenty years. How to make this the year it actually happens.
Essential, not optional
Your girls trip isn't a luxury
Food. Water. Time with my girls. Why the weekend with your oldest friends belongs in the calendar, not on the wish list.
We're mums. We're wives. We're single. We're divorced. We're executives. We're exhausted. We're not exhausted. We're all completely different.
But we're still the girls who have known each other for 20 years.
Jade C., 45
New chapters
Sixty, seventy, starting over. Every chapter counts.
Women over 60
Girlhood doesn't come with an expiry date. For the women planning a 60th birthday girls trip or a 70th birthday weekend, and the friendships forty years in the making.
Over 60
Girls trips for women over 60
She's been talking about this trip for twenty years. Why your sixties might be the best chapter yet for a weekend with the girls.
Over 60
Women over 60 are reinventing group travel
What women in their sixties and seventies are booking now, and what they want from a weekend away together.
Fresh starts
When one chapter ends, the girls book the next one. Start with what a fresh start girls trip is, then read how other women are marking it.
Fresh start
The breakup trip is having a moment
Why more women are skipping the careful consolation dinner and booking a weekend with the girls instead.
Fresh start
The divorce party trip: she made it, now she celebrates it
How to mark the beginning properly, with the women who were there for all of it.
Planning it
How a girls trip actually gets booked. And who gets to enjoy it.
Everyone already wants to go. These guides are about the bit in between: the dates, the decisions and the woman who usually ends up holding them.
“Normally on trips I'm the person carrying around all the booking confirmations and announcing when we need to leave. This time I got to be in the photos. That probably says everything.”
Danielle I., 38
Planning
The reason your girls trip never gets booked
Everyone wants to go. That was never the problem. What's really holding the date up, and what changes it.
Planning
Why your girls trip lives in the group chat
Voice notes in February, still no dates in October. Why trips stall, and the one move that makes yours real.
For the organiser
How to organise the girls trip without becoming the group's unpaid travel agent
For the woman who always ends up organising. Where group plans really come undone, and how to arrive as a guest.
Planning
DIY girls trip vs a curated package
The honest comparison. When planning it yourself works, when it doesn't, and what a designed weekend changes.
Already know where?
Four cities. A weekend in every one of them.
You bring the girls. We've got the weekend sorted.
Who is behind the trip
Since 2011, we've been getting the girls out of the group chat and into the weekend.
- 2011Female founded and still founder-led
- Thousandsof My Ultimate celebrations every year
- 4.7on Google, in the girls' own words
- IATAregistered and accredited under TIDS
So much has changed over the years, but what has not changed is the essence of it all: the laughter, the sparkle, the connection, and that iconic moment to stop and celebrate the friendships that raise and define us.
NyreeFounder, to news.com.au on My Ultimate’s 15th anniversary
About us
Who we are
The team behind My Ultimate Girls Trip, and what we believe a girls trip should be.
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Share the Dignity
Why we give back
We're a proud major corporate sponsor. That's our logo on their van.
Good questions
The things everyone asks before the first booking.
Quick answers to the questions we hear most, with the full guide linked when you want more.
How do you plan a girls trip in Australia?
Start with the girls, not the bookings: who is coming, what you are marking (if anything) and roughly when. Then choose a trip that is already designed around that kind of weekend, so the good bits add up instead of sitting next to each other.
With My Ultimate Girls Trip you pick a complete girls weekend package in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane or the Gold Coast, check your dates with our team, and we help you choose the one that fits your girls. Our guide for the organiser walks through it.
What is a girls trip package, and is it worth it?
A girls trip package is a whole weekend designed before you see it: somewhere to stay, the experiences, and the order they happen in. You are not piecing it together from a list of options.
Whether it's worth it comes down to your group. Our honest comparison of planning it yourself versus a curated package sets out when each one works.
What are the different kinds of girls trips?
Generally, a girls trip is one of five things: a Girls Weekend (no reason needed), a Milestone Celebration, a Mumcation, a Fresh Start or a Switch Off weekend. Each one asks for something slightly different from the weekend.
Not sure which one your group is in right now? Our era guide helps you find it in a few questions.
What is a mumcation?
A mumcation is a weekend away for mums, without the kids or partners, with the women who already understand what their everyday lives look like. Not a night off or a quick catch-up: a proper weekend that is about them.
Our mumcation guide covers what happens, how long to go for and how to book it without the guilt.
What counts as a milestone girls trip?
More than most people think. Birthdays from the 30th to the 75th, retirements, friendship anniversaries and any chapter worth marking properly. If you are wondering whether your occasion counts, it does.
What are good girls trip ideas for a 40th, 50th or 60th birthday?
Each one asks for something different. A 40th usually wants the full celebration. A 50th is often the first time she lets anyone make a proper fuss. A 60th is about the women who have been there the whole way. We have written a guide for each, and for the 70th too.
The 40th birthday guide · The 50th birthday guide · The 60th birthday guide
Are girls trips for women over 60?
Absolutely. Girlhood doesn't expire, and some of our favourite reviews come from women in their sixties. Plenty of groups over 60 have been friends for forty years or more, and a weekend away is the best way we know to mark that.
Where does My Ultimate Girls Trip run girls weekends?
Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
How many people do you need for a girls trip package?
Our packages start at a minimum of six guests, and every package shows its minimum on its page. Fewer than that? Tell us how many of you there are. We cater for groups of many sizes and will help you find what suits yours.
Is My Ultimate Girls Trip a travel agent?
No. We don't hand you a list of bookings to piece together. Each package is a girls weekend we have already designed: what you do, in what order and where you stay, so it works for a group of women together. You know your girls. We know our packages.
Set the date
The best girls trip is the one that actually happens.
Pick your city, find the weekend that sounds exactly like your girls, and check your dates. Rough dates and rough numbers are plenty to start.
Or call or chat with us on 1300 339 734.