ST. PETERSBURG - Women stormed into Ferg’s as a blur of sequins, slicing through the crowd of sweaty T-shirts in their rented white dresses. Down the street at Dirty Laundry, another party sprinted to the dance floor like a color-coordinated herd of gazelles at the opening notes of “Gasolina.” Over at The One Night Stand, others contemplated a mechanical bull ride.
The bachelorette parties have taken over St. Petersburg.
The bride tribes come from Louisville and Cleveland, Rhode Island and Washington, D.C. They fly in for the beaches, the chartered tiki boats, the picturesque downtown bars with neon signs and silk flower walls. Reporters from the Tampa Bay Times spotted at least 13 bachelorette parties during one recent Friday night out in downtown St. Pete. Of the six groups that were interviewed, all but one cited TikTok as an inspiration.
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