"Stag do" ideas

brucey72

I have been set the task of organising my brothers stag do next April. There will be about 20 of us (aged 25 - 40) and I want to do something a bit different so was wondering if anyone has any suggestions.

It will inevitably involve copious amounts of alcohol at some stage but I would like to do something during the day which is slightly more memorable than getting drunk. A few ideas so far that have been discounted are........clay pidgeon shooting (may get shot), go-carting (fun but not original), Stay in a Haunted Castle (won't allow stag do bookings), Sea Fishing (could be choppy and I get REALLY sea sick). I would also rather arrange something myself rather than go through one of these organised events you see advertised.

So does anyone have any suggestions?

disgruntledgoat

Paintball? That was great fun at my mates and brought out my barely suppressed frustrated officer applicant

Distillery tour? You could base yourself on Islay for a few days and leave him there...

Massimo

Way back when I got married my Best Man organised not one but four stag do's for me - one a month for four months up to the Big Day.

We had a golf day, went to a 5 nations rugby match, then a day's quad biking and finally a slap up meal at a posh restaurant.

I always thought doing it like that was way better than say a 'lost weekend' in Prague (plus you can spread the cost in these cash strapped times and even invite different sets of mates/relatives if you so desire)

jetsstar1

I organised this when I was best man...

Wildcat Hovercraft Racing
http://www.wildcathovercraft.co.uk/

It was serious fun and we had lots of time in the Hovercraft.

White Line

Climb Ventoux! 8) Then drink like crazy when you get to the top! Then, the following afternoon, comes the descent.

PostieJohn

Shame you have discounted already, what I wanted.

Sea fishing one day, large amount of alcohol
Then shooting type thingy followed by more alcohol (not on the same day, obviously)
All somewhere close to good pubs and good ale.

Sadly my twunky of a mate insisted we went to Yarmouth (now refuse to use the word Great) on a canal boat.

I had officially the crappiest stag do known to man.

fast as fupp

amsterdam/coke/pills/brasses

STEFANOS4784

Disgruntled goat and fast as fupps ideas are spot on, original is not a great idea.
The reason that things get done time and time again is that they are the most suitable for the occasion(eg, you wouldn't see Wiggo T.T'ing on a beach cruiser just to be original)

White line's idea could be fun, just forget the 'Tomorrow afternoon' part

Eau Rouge

There are a good few "stag do ideas" websites out there that will happily organise the whole thing for you, but there is nothing stopping you going to them, having a look at whats available in a given area and getting in touch with the people running that activity directly (since most "stag do ideas" are just a middle-man anyway)

They will at least give you ideas of things to do.

jellybellywmb

fast as fupp wrote:

amsterdam/coke/pills/brasses

+1 :shock:

nicensleazy

Don't go to Bournmouth. I was my friends best man some years ago, bloody terrible place. Piss, sick, fights and Police and that even before we got out of the hotel!

onehipwonder

I organised a mates stag do a few years back and I had the same dilemma about drinking all day/night so we went white water rafting in Nottingham http://www.nwscnotts.com/.

It was a fantastic day which is still talked about now when we get together. Night life was also good in Nottinghham and we had no trouble despite being 20 "cockneys" :P

Anonymous

A mate of mine went to a villa in Croatia where they had a chill out weekend.

It was pretty cheap too!

Looked stunning.

Stewie Griffin

fast as fupp wrote:

amsterdam/coke/pills/brasses

You have clearly smoked too much weed, as you forgot to put it on your list . When in Amsterdam and admiring the fayre, be advised that any "lady" surrounded by those ultra violet lights (as opposed to red lights) is a tranny, a pre op or a post op fellah .

timb64

If your brother's a football fan how about a tour of his team's stadium?The club will often lay on food and drink as a prelude to proper drinking session.

Special K

Survival skills (day course not the whole weekend)

brucey72

Some good ideas chaps.........survival skills sounds interesting. It would be interesting seeing people re-enacting a scene from Rambo whilst skinning a rabbit for tea, sea fishing is actually still an option despite my sea sickness phobia. The evenings entertainment is really easy isn't it with alcohol and lap dancing. A workmate suggested Brno in the Czech Republic as he says its what Prague was like 5 -10 years ago so need to look into this

hammerite

I organised a pretty good on ein Vilnius, Lithuania. Lovely place, some of the locals can be a bit unfriendly, but then 20 pissed foreign blokes (us) being lary probably isn't high on most peoples wish lists for a night out!

I looked at things to do on one of the stag do organising websites, then booked it myself. Have a go on a beer bike if you can! 8 seats aroound a carriage that you all pedal, the carriage has a driver and a bar with lady serving you beer. OK the beer isn't the best but it's a surreal/funny experience while the rest of Vilnius is getting on with it's daily tasks.

This isn't something that I've done, but I went to the British Beer Festival at Earls Court a couple of months ago for a lads day out. A few stag do's there. You don't need to go to the one at Earls Court, but a beer festival is a good event to weave into your evenings entertainment if you stay in this country.

Going to a sporting event is pretty good too, always plenty of booze at Cricket matches and Horse Racing meets.

disgruntledgoat

jellybellywmb wrote:

fast as fupp wrote:

amsterdam/coke/pills/brasses

+1 :shock:

I can confirm that this was also boss. The groom was a born again Christian too!

passout

Anything combiing beer and guns would be popular.

Le Commentateur

A long weekend in Helmand Province fighting the Taliban?

Escargot

Not sure about daytime activities but the Hofbrauhaus in Munich is awesome. The place is mahoosive and easily caters for groups of 25+

In short: fantastic atmoshphere + oompah bands + hot food + big breasted serving wenches + 1 litre steins of German beer = top night out.

Munich city is also pretty spectacular so you shouldn't be short of things to do. Easyjet fly there for not much money too.

cee

Le Commentateur wrote:

A long weekend in Helmand Province fighting the Taliban?

surely you mean a drunken long weekend in ....



At a mates stag do, the best man organised a Highland Games stylee thing with caber tosing, hammer throwing, whisky drinking (wait a minute...thats not a traditional heilan gemme....or is it??), quad biking etcetc....

Then home for showers etc....and into town later for a meal, then various bars where ladies take off their clothes.

KevinMcC

my stag do was in a cottage up in the Highlands, mile from the nearest building. Was cracking, got plastered at night and went hillwalking and other outdoorsy stuff during the day. being able to drink yourself stupid while singing with your mates at the top of your voice at 2am with no fear of neighbours is outstanding.

I do have simple tastes tho, no strippers or anything with an engine or explosives.

jellybellywmb

brucey72 wrote:

A workmate suggested Brno in the Czech Republic as he says its what Prague was like 5 -10 years ago so need to look into this

Have you never seen the Hostel films!! :shock:

Anonymous

I went to Amsterdam. I came back £300 quid lighter, a black eye and a bum like a Japanese flag, courtesy of curry and Oranjeboom. Lovely caffs.

Flying Monkey

Dublin is a good crack, although a bit expensive. Guinness brewery, jamesons distillery, etc. g.ood pubs in temple bar

APIII

I've got my mates stag in a few weeks. The best man has arranged clay pigeon shooting for Saturday lunchtime (I think the timing is crucial). I can't wait to shoot something.

pneumatic

How about a stag don't?

When did it become mandatory to romp around someone else's city like a bunch of leery herberts just because you're getting married for a few years?

Edinburgh at a weekend is one sad procession after another of staggering oafs and muffin topped women with plastic willies on their heads. Surely there is a better way of having a memorable time?

sorry, my old fart glands are a bit swollen. I'll get my coat and leave the young people to "enjoy" themselves.

geoff_ss

pneumatic wrote:

How about a stag don't?

When did it become mandatory to romp around someone else's city like a bunch of leery herberts just because you're getting married for a few years?

Edinburgh at a weekend is one sad procession after another of staggering oafs and muffin topped women with plastic willies on their heads. Surely there is a better way of having a memorable time?

sorry, my old fart glands are a bit swollen. I'll get my coat and leave the young people to "enjoy" themselves.

We boring old farts should stick together

My 'stag' do was an evening in pub's function room with a load of work colleagues. I don't think my best man (my just 18 year old brother) was even there. I laid some sandwiches and had a few pints - just enough to need a lift home.

Of course that was over 40 years ago and we're still together cycling having retired from motor cycle sidecar trials and sailing

I always say weddings are unimportant. Marriages on the other hand ... are - very!

Geoff

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