Sunday, August 23, 2009

Affordable Stag and Hen Events In A Recession

By Mariko Conisuellian

As the current economic crisis deepens, debt is piling up, unemployment is rising rapidly and household bills are skyrocketing, engaged couples are finding that they must make their wedding plans on a tight budget.

In the last ten years or so, stag weekends or even weeks have become commonplace, although in the last 6 months, people have started to go old-school in that respect. Due to the recession, people are obviously having to clamp down on their spending and so are having to shorten or cut out unessential luxuries all together.

Day or weekend breaks in the UK are now becoming popular, mainly because of how much cheaper they are compared to trips abroad and in many cases, they end up just as memorable. You will usually be able to find a place that will run a full day of high quality activities for around 70.

Another main advantage that UK stag parties have is that you will find more people are able to participate as the financial prospect of going abroad may put many people off, and so with more people taking part, the event is sure to be more memorable than it may have been otherwise.

Activities like karting, golf, indoor sky diving, indoor skiing, off road driving, quad bikes, archery and clay pigeon shooting are ideal for an eventful stag day / weekend. A good venue will organise all of the events for you, usually as well as a place to stay, removing a lot of pressure from the shoulders of the best man, while appearing as though he has put in an enormous amount of effort.

When picking activities, you want to try to have a broad selection that lots of people will like. In addition, if you choose Golf just because the Groom and Best Man play twice a week you will possibly deter many non golf players from attending. The key is to make the stag party as inclusive as possible so that you please the masses. This is why having several different activities works so well, everyone should enjoy at least one of the activities throughout the day.

If you make the day into a competition with some small prizes for winners and losers you will also make the day more memorable and enjoyable.

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