β‘ Key Takeaways
- You should hold the leaving party shortly before departure but allow enough time for the guest of honour to pack their belongings.
- Consider hiring a food vendor that serves cuisine from their destination country to give them a taste of what awaits them abroad.
- Keep your guest list intimate and focused on people the departing friend knows well so they can have meaningful individual goodbyes.
- Arrange a speech or toast during the party and give your friend advance notice so they can prepare their own words to share.
- A well-planned leaving party with good food, close friends, and heartfelt farewells is a thoughtful way to send someone off on their travels.
Say goodbye by throwing a leaving party
Itβs never easy saying goodbye. However, you can at least do it in style by throwing someone a bon voyage party. If youβve got a friend or relative thatβs heading overseas for a long period of time, the bash could be the perfect way to say βau revoirβ. The soiree wonβt actually take much hard work on your behalf as long as you plan the basics β such as what food will be served and whoβll be in attendance. Here are just a few tips to help you get started.
Give them time to pack
Ideally, the party will be held just before the person departs. However, you donβt want to make it too close to the leaving date or it might cause them problems with packing. Obviously if itβs not a surprise party youβll be able to get the guest of honourβs input on what day works best for them.
Street food from their new home
There are two routes you could go down when it comes to the food. First, you could turn to fish and chip van hire so that your friend has a βbest of Britishβ send-off. Secondly, you could arrange a more continental option so that itβs a taste of whatβs in store. For example, you could hire a Greek souvlaki hut from us if theyβre off to Greece.
Keep it personal to keep the price down
It would be nice if everyone got a chance to say goodbye. Sadly though, this isnβt always practical. Itβs advisable that you try and get as many people in attendance as possible while making sure that you donβt overload the venue or invite people who the person whoβs leaving doesnβt know very well, the less people the more intimate the send off which allows the person leaving to get their chance to say their own personal goodbye to each person.
Say Farewell – literally Say It
Whatever you do, donβt let your friend head off on their travels without making some sort of speech. You could give them advance notice on this so that theyβve got some words prepared, and you could even arrange for a microphone so that everyone can hear whatβs being said.
Bon voyage parties are a nice way to let someone know that you care they are leaving. To make the bash a success, just follow these tips and you should be onto a winner.
