Traditionally, the planning of the stag night is the responsibility of the best man – but these days the planning of the day tasks and the groom gifts can just as easily fall to friends and family of the groom. The stag night is all about celebrating that all-important last night (days, months or weeks) of freedom and giving of a great groom to be gift – so, if you’re given the job of planning a stag night or left with buying the
groom gifts, let your imagination run wild...
Who is going to be invited? You’ll need numbers before you can organise the ‘where’ – smaller stag parties lend themselves to more intimate venues, while a group of thirty or more needs careful planning.
When? Usually the groom will give the best man a list of possible stag guests. It’s a good idea to grade these invitees into ‘must-haves’ and ‘possibles’ – you’ll want to check the availability of the must-haves before you settle on a date.
Where are you going to go – and what are you going to do there? Once you have the ‘who’ you can think about the ‘where’. This will be dictated by the number of guests, the budget, and the groom’s own personal favourite locations. There are many popular stag night venues and activities: cities such as London, Brighton or Nottingham for a meal and a club; horse racing or dog racing weekends; or activity weekends for sports as diverse as horse riding and karting. One idea for a groom gift is for the other guests to club together to pay for part of the stag experience. Whatever you do, try to think of somewhere really memorable – your friends will be talking about it for years.
Check out the budget of the stag guests – it’s unfair to organised a weekend trip to Amsterdam if some of the stags are stony broke. The stag night is also a chance for friends and family to give the groom gifts – if there are a couple of stag guests who are strapped for cash, consider how they will be catered for if the stag night involves a lot of expense. One idea for budget personalised groom gifts is an engraved Zippo lighter, or even an engraved pen.
Groom Gifts
How else are you going to help the stag remember his stag night after all the alcohol consumption? Why not give him one of our
engraved pens? These personalised engraved pens vary in price, so are perfect if the members of the stag party are a little strapped for cash! Give an engraved pen with a memorable message, something that he can use once he is married to remembers his friends and the memories he made (or forgot!) on his stag night.
The Fine Details
As the best man you’ll want to make the event really special, and it’s your job to think of those all-important details for a night to remember. How about getting matching T-shirts for the stag-guests, printed with a photo of the groom as a child? Or clubbing together to get an extra-special groom gift, such as one of our
engraved pens?
Date posted: 30/06/2010
