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How to Have the Best Summer Ever (Whatever Your Plans Are!)

Think of this as your moodboard-meets-survival-guide.

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Girlboss Media
June 21, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes

Three women laughing and having a picnic in a field.

The Girlboss Guide to Having Your Best Summer Ever

This is your official PSA to romanticize the hell out of the next three months. Whether you’re spending your summer hiking and camping through your favorite national park, sipping wine in Sicily, or binge-watching Love Island in the A/C, we’ve got the product picks, itinerary, and editor-approved book, TV show, and movie recommendations to match your summer vibe. Think of this as your moodboard-meets-survival-kit for the hottest—and best—season yet.

A woman in Europe, sitting on top of a hill, overlooking at a city.

✈️ The One Who’s Having a European Girl Summer

You spend more time at the airport than you do in your apartment, and you always have the next trip booked (Porto? Paris? Pisa? Yes to all). 

  • What to do: Make a wish at an iconic European landmark à la Lizzie McGuire.

  • What to buy: Plane tickets for up to 90% off? Don’t mind if we do.*

  • What to read: Women Who Travel, a newsletter from Condé Nast Traveler

  • What to watch: Mamma Mia!, Letters to Juliet, Cheetah Girls 2

  • Who to follow: Danica Nelson, who took a sabbatical to travel the world.

A woman wearing a face mask with her hair in a towel, looking at her phone on the bed.

🛌 The One Who’s Happily Staying Home, Next to the A/C

Your days are spent scrolling on Pinterest, binge-watching reality TV, and indulging in the most OTT self-care routine (it’s summer glow-up season, after all)—without an ounce of FOMO.

  • What to do: Rewatch your comfort rom-com for the 47th time.

  • What to buy: This $10 glow-boosting body wash for summer-ready skin.*

  • What to read: The Compound by Aisling Rawle, a suspenseful, dystopian story about a woman who finds herself on a popular reality show where the line between playing the game and surviving begins to blur.*

  • What to watch: Love Island USA, One of Them Days, Overcompensating

  • Who to follow: Cozy Games for all the best cute and cozy video game recs.

A woman picking flowers from a stand.

🍸 The One Who’s in Her Martha Stewart Hosting Era

Nothing brings you more joy than seeing your loved ones gathered around a gorgeously set dining table that’s fully laden with all your signature dishes.

  • What to do: Go thrifting for vintage servingware.

  • What to buy: These colorful coupes will be the prettiest addition to your bar cart.

  • What to read: Kristina Cho’s Substack, Have You Eaten Yet?

  • What to watch: Eva Longoria: Searching for Spain

  • Who to follow: Isabelle Heikens for the best dinner party inspo.

This is just a sneak peek—we’ve got three more summer personas left (hint: 💋🌊🌲) and plenty more recommendations where that came from. 👇

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