Your best friend just got married and you want to send the blissful couple off in style to their honeymoon. There are several ideas that you can use and here are a few:

A bon voyage theme or international theme is just the thing to send them off in style.

Incorporate into the party the food, décor and name of the city and country where they will be visiting. Here are some travel themes to give you ideas:

• Casino in Monte Carlo
• African safari
• Rome, Italy
• Hawaiian Luau
• Mardi Gras in New Orleans

Activities that can be done during the party:

A scavenger hunt for items that would be found in the country that the person is going to, such as poker chips for the Casino, animal print cloth for the trip to Africa, Italian wine for Rome, a pineapple for Hawaii, and Mardi Gras Beads for New Orleans. Each one will add excitement and flavor to the party.

Having everyone at the party contribute a snapshot or written message about the couple and compiling all of the items into a scrap book is a good way to help the newly married couple to remember their bon voyage party for many years to come. This is a small gift that the couple can take away from the party and with them to build on as they experience their trip together.

Trivia games are a lot of fun too. Create trivia cards, two for each guest and have each person read off their question, give a grab bag prize to the person who has the first right answer. The trivia can be about how each person at the party met the happy couple, events that happened over the time of the engagement, even a little about how the big question was asked and where he popped the question. Imagination for the questions is the only limit everyone will have when compiling the trivia questions.

Play music from the country that will be visited and ask your guests to come in the costume of that country or a country they have visited. Have someone learn a couple of the traditional dances from that area and teach others the steps at the party. The themes of each party idea can be pulled into this activity and add loads of fun or everyone. If the budget allows, hire a band that specializes in the sort of music that the couple likes or will hear on their trip. If they are stopping at several ports, it is better to go with the genre they both enjoy. Having a musical chairs dance is very fun and a way to get everyone up and moving on the dance floor. The winner could have the privilege of walking the happy couple up the center aisle of the dance floor and presenting the bride to the groom for their very first dance together as a married couple.

Once you have the theme, the food, the guests, music and games, you have all the right ingredients for a great party. Of course, the most important tip for great parties is to have fun as you create memories that will last a lifetime for your friends.