Hello! I must admit I have been doing more reading on this board than posting, but I wanted to get some opinions from the lovely CFL Knotties. I am the maid of honor for my bff, and I have been going back & forth about ideas for her bachelorette party. It's going to be a group of no more than 10 (most likely closer to 5 ladies), so not a large group, and we are all in CFL for the most part (the bride's sister, who is matron of honor, will be in town already from out of state). The bride's main request is that it isn't such a huge group so she will feel more comfortable to let loose and have fun. (she already told me exactly who to invite, lol.) Ideally I would like to do a one-night overnight party somewhere that we won't have to worry about transportation. I thought to book a room for the night at the Grand Bohemian and partying downtown, but a recent wedding I was in already did that (same group of ladies). Then I thought maybe Hard Rock/City Walk area, or Hard Rock in Tampa, but I was afraid that might be too pricey for some. Then I thought maybe Ybor City - we had partied there once before, and I know the bride-to-be had fun, and this time we would actually stay in the area, so we could (in theory) just walk down the street to the nightlife. I figured that would be fun and different, less expensive than Hard Rock, and not too inconvenient to get to, as we could carpool over. I mentioned the idea to some of the other ladies who would attend and they seemed to be on board too (they were all pretty excited about the overnight idea). My basic plan is to check into the hotel in the afternoon, then relax while everyone shows up, perhaps squeeze in some pampering or activity time. Then dinner and partying until the wee hours. I would arrange for late check out and have a group meal before leaving for home in the afternoon. Sounds simple enough but a fun night away from the boys. Only thing is, one of my guy friends said Ybor was "awful" and was also concerned about our safety (he meant well), and recommended that I not do it in Ybor. I had only been to Ybor once and remembered it as being fun and not too packed (I went during Gasparilla weekend a couple years back - the night before the big parade). Any thoughts? Is Ybor really that bad? Has anyone been to a bachelorette party in Ybor? I figure if Ybor is really that awful I can perhaps just have the bachelorette party at Citywalk after all... I haven't been to a lot of them here in CFL though, what have you all done/been to near/around CFL? Sorry for the rambling, lol... but thanks in advance for your thoughts/advice!