Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. To learn more about ’em, click here. The first date that my husband and I ever did from The Dating Divas was The Passport to Love! We fell in love with these travel-themed date nights and we were so excited to try out more Around the World Date Nights. On these date nights, we traveled to China, Italy, Greece, Jamaica and more. We decided it was high time we share our love for these travel-themed dates with a progressive dinner date with friends! With the help of Carisa from Messes to Memories we’ve created a fun printable pack to help you plan and host your own travel-themed Progressive Dinner Party!
Progressive Dinner Party Organization
A progressive dinner is a special outing where you enjoy different courses of a meal in different locations. For our date night, we invited 2 other couples to participate and I worked together with the wives to coordinate all the logistics. Each couple was assigned appetizers, dinner or dessert, and a country. Now we were ready for a fun WORLD TRAVELING date night. You may want to discuss with the other couples how they want to put this fun group date night together, you’ll definitely need to work out the logistics for your own unique situation. Here are a few different options for logistics:
Option 1: Each couple can use one of the five country ideas included with these printables OR choose their own country. Option 2: Each course can be served in three different homes and after each course, you can travel to a different home. If you choose to do this, then couples will need to decorate and prep as much food as possible before date night so that when serving time comes around there isn’t a long prep period. Option 3: Come together for date night and cook in the same kitchen. This could get really messy, but you’ll be able to enjoy everyone’s company while you work! The second option will need a little intermission after each course so you can clean up a bit and decorate for your next stop. Option 4: Turn this progressive dinner into a month of travel-themed dinner parties with your spouse and visit one country a week. You could even make this into a family date night activity and learn about different countries together!
Around the World Date Invitation
Every great date includes an adorable invitation to build anticipation! So we’ve created a fun invite that one spouse can present to their date (since you’ll be planning this date with the other couples, one spouse will already know the details). The invite includes space for you to share all the details about your Around the World Dinner Party.
Now you’re ready to travel the world.
Around the World Dinner Party Ideas
We wanted to make this date as easy as possible for everyone involved so we brainstormed unique, traditional and fun dinner ideas for 5 different countries, including dinner menu ideas, recipes, activities, decor and other ways to set the mood.
If your friends choose one of the prepped countries, you’ll want to send them the two coordinating country pages included in the printable pack. The pages include:
Appetizer, dinner and dessert suggestions and ideas Ideas for decorating based on the culture Activities for each country (so that you can organize a little entertainment while you’re waiting for the next course!) 3 recipes for each country, one appetizer, main dish and dessert!
If you choose to do one of the recipes included, you’ll be set!! But don’t feel like you have to choose one of the given recipes. Part of the fun of experiencing different cultures is getting to learn a bit about them, so do a little pre-date research with your spouse and decide what you want to do!
Progressive Dinner Party Ideas
When date night comes around, everyone should be prepped and ready to go! After you enjoy each course, you’ll open an envelope that will reveal your next destination. We have cards for Thailand, Japan, Canada, Switzerland, and Morocco! These countries are some of the best places to visit around the world.
Of course, you’ll have to choose just 3 countries to visit – one per course. Unless you want to do all 5 and eat double appetizers or dessert, we won’t tell anyone! Our first stop was Morocco! We learned the most about this country and its brilliant colors and patterns. The food was so delicious we’ve been hooked. We’ll definitely be revisiting Morocco again soon!
For our main course, we zipped on over to Japan where we enjoyed Ginger Pork and Spring Rolls!! MMMMMmmmm.
And for dessert, we finished up in Switzerland! When you think of Switzerland your mind jumps to fondue, doesn’t it? We decided to keep it classic and had a delicious chocolate fondue bar! What a way to end the night!
Enjoy your own Around the World Progressive Dinner Date and travel the world with some of your friends!
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