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High tea girls trips, pinkies up, secrets out

Some stories cannot be told properly in the group chat. Too much context, too many screenshots and at least three moments where somebody needs to interrupt with ’WAIT, WHAT?’. Tiered stands, something sparkling and the full version, with somewhere to stay for all of you.

See the high tea weekendsPick your city
Where
Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane
Group size
From six of you, seven in Brisbane
Price
From $379 per person, somewhere to stay included
On the table
Tiered stands and something sparkling
Three friends smiling over a tiered high tea stand and cocktails

Why the girls keep picking high tea

The tea has been brewing for months.

Somewhere in your notes app is a list called ’tell the girls’, and it’s getting long. The work drama with three sequels, the holiday nobody has heard about properly, a haircut that needs context and an update that got as far as ’okay so’.

High tea is where it finally gets poured. A table set like it’s an occasion, because it is, tiers arriving loaded, and the first ’remind me to tell you’ cashed in before anyone has reached the top tier. No typing. No voice notes. No missing context.

Your favourite people have been politely holding your spot in the conversation for weeks. Girlhood never expired, and some stories were always meant to be told across a table.

High tea is served. The other kind is entirely up to you.

What happens on a high tea girls weekend

Tiers first, then the full story.

A high tea girls trip with My Ultimate is high tea at a reserved table for the group, built into a whole girls weekend with somewhere to stay, dinner, drinks and a night out.

  1. Four friends laughing together against pink walls and palm wallpaper

    A room almost too pretty to gossip in.

    Pink from the arches down in Brisbane, an opulent lounge in Melbourne, a cocktail lounge in Sydney. Almost too pretty to gossip in. Almost.

  2. The girls around a long table set with high tea stands

    The tiers arrive.

    Sweet and savoury, stacked tier on tier and swapped across the table like secrets. In Melbourne the cocktails come in teapots, which look perfectly respectable right up until you remember what’s inside them.

  3. Two friends cheek to cheek laughing in the apartment

    The tea goes back to steep.

    Into the apartment, bags dropped mid sentence and the kettle ignored entirely. Anyone who remembers something halfway through her mascara announces it on the spot.

  4. Two friends laughing with bubbly in the bright apartment

    Getting ready, the second sitting.

    The mirror queue three deep, earrings changing hands and the headline from high tea finally getting all the details it skipped.

  5. Three friends leaning in for a selfie over dinner

    Dinner, footnotes included.

    Share plates or a choice of main, bubbly at the table, and one story leading to another until an entirely separate incident has been reopened for discussion.

  6. Three friends holding up their cocktails at a lively bar table at night

    The last pour.

    Rooftop bubbles in Melbourne and Sydney, a bottle under the festoons in Brisbane. Somebody says ’okay, but you can’t tell anyone’, and the whole table nods.

Three ways to do a high tea girls trip

Pick your city, pick your pot.

Each one is a whole girls weekend with the high tea 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 (seven for the Brisbane weekend). Accommodation can cost more on busy dates such as school holidays, so we confirm the price for your exact dates.

Two friends laughing over dinner at a white tablecloth table with flowers

Melbourne

Pinkies up, secrets out

Spilling The Tea

High tea with cocktails served from teapots, dinner at a waterfront restaurant, then rooftop bubbles to finish. How piping the tea gets is entirely up to you.

From $449 per person, minimum of six

High tea is also an extra on three more Melbourne weekends, from $69 per person.

What’s included

  • Overnight accommodation in a city apartment
  • High tea with cocktail teapots
  • Riverside dinner with bubbly and share plates
  • Rooftop garden drinks with bubbly
  • A discounted cocktail menu

See every detail of Spilling The TeaCompare Melbourne’s food and wine weekends

See Melbourne girls weekends
Six friends in bright outfits posing together at dinner by the water

Sydney

Remind me to tell you

Absolute Tea, Tea, Tea

High tea on tiers with a glass of bubbly, dinner by the water with a choice of main, then whatever’s left of the backlog taken up to a rooftop with a bottle for the group.

From $449 per person, minimum of six

What’s included

  • Overnight accommodation in a chic city apartment
  • Tiered high tea with bubbles on arrival
  • Harbourside dinner with a choice of main
  • Rooftop drinks with a bottle of bubbly
  • A discounted cocktail menu

See every detail of Absolute Tea, Tea, Tea

See Sydney girls weekends
Two friends laughing with an arm in the air on a night out

Brisbane

The tea has been brewing for months

Spill The Tea

High tea in a pink dining room where the tea and coffee keep coming, dinner under the neon, then a bottle of bubbly under the festoons.

From $379 per person, minimum of seven

High tea is also an extra on sixteen more Brisbane weekends, from $99 per person.

What’s included

  • Overnight accommodation in a chic city apartment
  • Tiered high tea with tea and coffee
  • Bubbles on arrival and share plates at a neon dining room
  • A discounted cocktail menu
  • A bottle of bubbly at a tropical garden bar

See every detail of Spill The Tea

See Brisbane girls weekends

What kind of girls group high tea suits

Everyone with something to tell the girls.

It works for the friend who still sends handwritten thank you cards, and for the one who has been saving a story since autumn.

A big group of friends toasting drinks at a rooftop table

The group with a backlog.

The ’I’ll tell you in person’ that’s been waiting for months finally gets told.

Every age at the table.

Tiered stands suit every chapter of the friendship, from the twenty somethings to the friends who’ve been to every birthday since school.

A milestone birthday.

A table set like an occasion, because it is one.

Mums and daughters, sisters and best friends.

High tea brings every generation of the girls to the same table.

The ones who love dressing up for lunch.

The good dress gets an outing before dinner even starts.

Friends from different chapters.

School friends, work friends and somebody’s sister. Nothing breaks the ice like a shared top tier.

What pairs well with high tea

The rest of the weekend, sorted around the tiers.

Every high tea 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

The last pour, up high. Already in the Melbourne and Sydney weekends.

More on rooftop bars

Tarot readings

The tea leaves, but with cards. An extra on all three weekends.

More on tarot readings

Grazing at the apartment

For when the tiers wear off. An extra on all three weekends.

More on grazing delivered

Brunch the morning after

More tea, now with mimosas. An extra on the Melbourne and Sydney weekends.

More on bottomless brunch

A VIP nightclub booth

From pinkies up to hands up. An extra on the Brisbane weekend.

More on nightclub booths

A topless waiter

Someone else pouring the tea, and everything else. An extra on the Sydney weekend.

More on topless waiters

Axe throwing

Pinkies up, then axes. An extra on the Melbourne weekend.

More on axe throwing

A massage

A little calm before the tiers. An extra on the Brisbane weekend.

More on day spas

A winery tour

Cellar doors one day, tiered stands the next. High tea is an extra on the Brisbane winery weekend.

More on winery tours

Cake decorating

A cake by committee. Not in a My Ultimate weekend yet; high tea is the closest.

More on cake decorating

Chocolate making

Very serious quality control. Not in a My Ultimate weekend yet; high tea is the closest.

More on chocolate making

Every food and drink girls trip idea

Good to know before your high tea

The small things the girls will ask about.

What to wear

Your best lunch outfit. It’ll see you through to dinner too.

Tea or coffee

In Sydney there’s the very serious choice between a barista coffee and a tea; in Brisbane the tea and coffee keep coming.

What’s on the tiers

Sweet and savoury. Menus change, so we never promise a list.

Photos

Before anyone touches the top tier. What goes on socials is the group’s call.

High tea girls trips with My Ultimate, at a glance

What it is
High tea at a reserved table for the group, inside a whole girls weekend with somewhere to stay.
Where
Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
As an extra
High tea is an extra on more Melbourne weekends from $69 per person, and on many Brisbane weekends from $99 per person.
Group size
From six of you, seven for the Brisbane weekend. Fewer? Tell us how many when you check your dates.
Price
From $379 per person in Brisbane and $449 in Melbourne and Sydney, 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.

Four women hugging and laughing by a stone fireplace

THE LONG LUNCH.

Best part of the weekend.

No one making us leave just when we were having fun. We ordered another bottle and stayed put. Perfect.

Ashleigh Khalil, 32
Three women in sunglasses laughing with glasses of rose at a marina bar

The thing I would recommend My Ultimate for is not one particular inclusion.

It was the overall thought behind the weekend.

Everything was close enough together, there was time to actually enjoy where we were and the weekend never felt like we were ticking items off an itinerary.

It felt easy, but clearly quite a lot of thought goes into making something feel easy.

Kelly, 47

Read more girls trip reviews

My Ultimate has been creating unforgettable girls weekends since 2011, so we know a thing or two about bringing the girls together.

  • 2011Female founded and still founder-led
  • Thousandsof My Ultimate celebrations every year
  • 4.7on Google
  • IATAregistered and accredited under TIDS
  • Reserveda table for the whole group
  • Proudmajor corporate sponsor of Share the Dignity
Three friends clinking spritz cocktails in the sunshine above the city

Booking a high tea, or a whole girls weekend

Same tiers, a very different weekend.

Plenty of groups book a high tea and have a lovely afternoon. Then comes the bit after: where to next, who’s booking dinner, and everyone heading off in separate directions just as the real tea starts to spill.

A high tea girls weekend with My Ultimate has the apartment, dinner, the drinks and where to next already lined up around the tiers, so the full story gets told, footnotes included, with everyone there.

Somewhere to stay, already in it.One living room for the getting ready, the second sitting and the morning coffee.
One front door at the end of the night.Everyone heads home to the same place, still ranking the weekend’s tea.
You’re in the photo.Pinkie up with the girls, not on your phone working out where dinner is.

Meet Nyree, who started My Ultimate in 2011

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Girls trip idea: a high tea weekend. Tiered stands and something sparkling, then dinner and drinks, with somewhere to stay for all of us.

Brisbane from $379pp, Melbourne and Sydney from $449pp. Who’s in?

https://www.myultimate-girls-trip.com.au/high-tea-girls-trip

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Where you can do a high tea girls trip

Where are we going?

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

Four friends sipping rosé in a vineyard at duskMelbourneMelbourne girls weekendsFour friends on the bow of a boat raising glasses towards the Sydney Harbour BridgeSydneySydney girls weekendsA city skyline and river at golden hour, boats moored belowBrisbaneBrisbane girls weekendsFour friends laughing over drinks on an oceanfront deck at sunsetGold CoastNo high tea weekend yetSee every Gold Coast girls weekend

In Melbourne you can also compare every food and wine weekend side by side, prices and inclusions on one page.

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.

High tea girls trip questions

Asked a lot, answered here.

Still deciding? See what pairs well with high tea, or pick your city and see the weekends.

What’s included in the high tea?

A reserved table for the group and tiered stands of sweet and savoury bites. In Melbourne the cocktails come in teapots; in Sydney there’s a glass of bubbly and a barista coffee or tea; in Brisbane a round of bubbly and tea and coffee that keep coming.

How much does a high tea girls trip cost?

The three high tea weekends start from $379 per person in Brisbane (minimum seven), and $449 in Melbourne and Sydney (minimum 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.

Can we add high tea to a different weekend?

Often, yes. High tea is an extra on several Melbourne weekends from $69 per person and on many Brisbane weekends from $99 per person. Each weekend’s page shows the extras it can take.

What else is in the weekend?

Your own apartment, then dinner and drinks: a waterfront dinner and rooftop bubbles in Melbourne, dinner by the water and a rooftop bottle in Sydney, and dinner under the neon and a garden bar bottle in Brisbane.

Is it a good idea for mixed ages?

One of the best. Every generation of the girls finds something on the tiers, and the conversation does the rest.

Can we just book the high tea?

High tea with My Ultimate comes inside a whole girls weekend, with somewhere to stay. Pick your city to see the weekends in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

How many of us do we need?

Six for Melbourne and Sydney, seven for Brisbane. Fewer than that? Let us know how many of you there are. We cater for groups of many sizes.

What should we wear?

Your best lunch outfit, with something to change into for dinner if you like. Your consultant shares anything the venue asks for before the weekend.

Is high tea a good idea for a birthday?

It’s a classic. A table set like an occasion, tiers for everyone and the birthday girl toasted before the top tier is gone.