At some point in our lives, most men will be asked to be someone’s best man. While this is obviously an honour, can be quite stressful. Never should the responsibility underestimated as the stag party will stay in the groom’s memory for the rest of his life. I would advise anyone wearing the best man shoes to make it memorable for all the right reasons.
By accepting the role of best man you accept several responsibilities with it. Of course you have to ensure the groom arrives at the church on time and in one dashing piece, as well as performing several witty speeches at the reception. Your other task though, is organising the grooms last night of freedom and if that ends up being quiz night at the local, you’re not going to be particularly popular among the invited guests.
There are many important elements involved in a good stag event, to start with the group have to bond with one another, an enjoyable daytime activity is best for this, this is then followed by a meal, and finally, get the drinks flowing for general evening merriment.
It can be a daunting prospect, organising what has to be a day or two of unforgettable enjoyment, especially since some guests may not be all that competent at whatever you might be planning, so they wont feel particularly inclined to come. This is the reason you’ll be better off avoiding the Grooms favourite activity, and perhaps try several activities, or something that very few people are experienced in. The main thing to keep in mind is that the activities chosen should require minimal skill in order to enjoy them.
Weekends are getting more and more popular for stag events because on the Saturday you can have fun-packed activities on the Saturday, followed by a meal and then drinks, then do something a little more sedated on the Sunday. This also makes sure that everyone will something to look forward to over the course of the weekend.
Organising an unforgettable stag party, means finding one location that provides the several activities you would like, or two/three locations within a close driving distance of one another. Some venues do provide many activities all in that one location, which can be useful, but I would recommend using a couple of separate venues and also a separate hotel for some variety.
It is important to plan your weekend so that the more high energy or skill related activities are carried out before your big night drinking. You don’t want your guests being ill mid activity on the Sunday! Many activities including driving and shooting activities need to be very careful regarding allowing you to participate if they believe you to be hungover or worse, still drunk. For that reason we would suggest you arrange these activities for the Saturday so that none of your guests end up excluded from participating.
You can still arrange plenty of activities for the Sunday including, golf, skiing, paint balling, indoor sky diving, white water rafting, etc, leaving more dangerous activities such as clay pigeon shooting, karting, off road driving, archery, rifle shooting, quad bikes etc for the Sunday. If you choose a good stag party venue, they will run a multi activity event for you with prizes so that you have a competitive element to your weekend.
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