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The bachelorette party: it's the last hurrah before your BFF gets hitched. What better way to celebrate her transition from miss to matrimony than a rite of passage involving all her girlfriends from kindergarten to college? As such, the top honor of standing beside her at the alter comes with the great responsibility of planning the ultimate girls' night out.

While a pilgrimage to Vegas tends to be the likely contender—squeezing into skimpy bodycons, wearing hot pink sashes emblazoned with your bridal party title, unabashed hollering with ten other groups of ladies—LA also has its own rager-ready spots and much more, all sans the epic road trip or expedition to LAX. After the jump, we've rounded out 11 unique bachelorette party ideas for toasting the bride-to-be's last days of singledom.—Additional reporting by Jennifer Astin.

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