Stag-do ideas?

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pidsy

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7,958 posts

156 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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I've got to arrange my best mates stag-do at the end of January. Never done anything like this before so need some help.

Basic details are as follows:

26 of us
1 day and one night
Located relatively close to london


Thought about the usual stuff: paint balling, go-karting etc but the fact it's likely to be pretty cold and wet in January has put me off the paint balling. Clay pigeon shooting could mean lots of standing around while people aren't shooting.

No real ideas other than that.

Any ideas, experiences or pointers would be greatly received!

spud989

2,738 posts

179 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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Zorbing?
Casino?
Monopoly pub crawl?

anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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Trying to arrange a complex trip with loads of people (and getting them all to pay) is always a nightmare, so my advice would be to keep it simple. Monopoly or circle line type pub crawls are usually a laugh, don't take much organising, give everyone a chance to chat and people can spend as much or as little as they want.

HTP99

22,443 posts

139 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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First off, basing it in the UK and it being only one night away is a good idea as I hate the recent thing of having to go away to some city in Europe somewhere as it's bloody expensive, some go as they feel they have to and yet can't really afford to, my brother in law went to Barcelona for a weekend, my dad ened up paying for me to go as I initially said no but my sister put pressure on my dad to pay for me.

Also another good reason for the UK is if you are skint then you can easily only do a part of it, such as the piss up in the evening.

I got married in December and did paintballing in the rain, it was great fun and I think added to the day, but then I don't mind getting cold and wet.

How about just going up to London, doing a comedy show and getting pissed up?

Type R Tom

3,859 posts

148 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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Brewery tour? There are quite a few in London.

Mate also did indoor virtual golf, quite expensive though

MR Kirbyz

559 posts

158 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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A bit left field and i'm not sure on your budget but this could be good for the in the day activity:
http://zombieexperiences.co.uk/
A friend has just been to one and had an awesome time!.

David87

6,648 posts

211 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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We rode off-road Segways as part of mine. It was really good fun.

lamboman100

1,445 posts

120 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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Casino, followed by lappy club, in west / southwest central London. Plenty of choice.

vanordinaire

3,701 posts

161 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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A mate of mine had a cage-fighting day. A bit of training and tuition then a round robin tournament. It was great fun and even the wimps and older guys had a great time watching. But best to get it over well before the big day, black eyes don't look good in the wedding album.

ps I won

Kiltie

7,504 posts

245 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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pidsy said:
... paint balling ...
ball painting?

nagsheadwarrior

2,779 posts

178 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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Go to the (horse)races during the day then out after

Scooby84

1,634 posts

189 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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My best man organised an outdoor activity day for my stag do.

Quad biking, archery,laser clay shooting and paint balling. They threw in a free all you can eat BBQ.

There were 16 of us in the day. 10 of us went for a pub crawl around Chester, followed by a night club. Great fun.

Have a look into something similar around London maybe?

GavinPearson

5,715 posts

250 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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Tour a brewery and then sample the product. Sample a lot in a variety of pubs going back to the groom's home. Organise taxis for everyone to get home.
People are overcomplicating the task these days....

Andyjc86

1,149 posts

148 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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Do something the stag will enjoy. For mine we did 2 nights in Bournemouth. Arrive Friday after work, get pissed get up Saturday, then went quad biking (in the rain), clay pigeon shooting, human table football, and blind off road driving. Then out for a curry and more drinks.


Jim the Sunderer

3,238 posts

181 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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She'll only leave him in 18 months anyway.

pidsy

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7,958 posts

156 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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nagsheadwarrior said:
Go to the (horse)races during the day then out after
we looked at this but there are no meets on the 31st. everybody is in their 30's with a few older guys - never heard of monopoly on the tube - might be interesting.

its so hard trying to keep everyone happy.

thanks for the input guys.

philthy

4,689 posts

239 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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In my experience, keep it simple.
Paintball is good fun, and part of the fun is getting st high, so you can clean up and dress up later if necessary. The same works for any other outdoorsie type stuff.
As for venue, if you're in good company, choose a good bar, that most of you can enjoy, and has an enlightened view about licencing hours. Organising a huge walk/taxi/drive around is a pain, and unnecessary, and likely to have some awols.

How about track day/driving experience, and the evening in a nearby venue that you can push on til dawn if necessary? Those that can't or don't want to shell out for the day, can enjoy the banter between those that did during the day.

pidsy

Original Poster:

7,958 posts

156 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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philthy said:
In my experience, keep it simple.
Paintball is good fun, and part of the fun is getting st high, so you can clean up and dress up later if necessary. The same works for any other outdoorsie type stuff.
As for venue, if you're in good company, choose a good bar, that most of you can enjoy, and has an enlightened view about licencing hours. Organising a huge walk/taxi/drive around is a pain, and unnecessary, and likely to have some awols.

How about track day/driving experience, and the evening in a nearby venue that you can push on til dawn if necessary? Those that can't or don't want to shell out for the day, can enjoy the banter between those that did during the day.
not a bad idea. the biggest problem i think will be keeping everyone there for the day/night. pretty much everyone is already married with kids and i think there may be some that do a dissapearing act. if there was 10 of us, itd be easy. 26 is a bit of a PITA. called a few london bars we have connections to and they all were very iffy about the size of the group(even when i said it was for a birthday rather than a stag do)

off to do more googling.

E36GUY

5,906 posts

217 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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I've organised a few so hopefully this advice will work for you:

Set the date as early as possible. This allows everyone to make sure they are available.

Try to find activities that the group can do as a whole. This makes for good banter and bonding opportunities for those that don't necessarily know each other. I went to a festival for stag once and whilst it was a great weekend, it was impossible to keep the group together and you spent half the weekend looking for people.

Don't put the activity suggestions out to committee - you won't get anything sorted. If you're in charge, make the decision and tell people, don't ask.

Make sure it's something the stag wants to do however.

Ensure there is at least one opportunity for ritual humiliation.

Good luck.

rehab71

3,362 posts

189 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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Quad biking always go down well, anything with some competition makes it more fun.