Stag Parties Survival Guide
Some pointers for the Stag Night
Get everything organised well in advance and get firm numbers for the stag weekend event. Send letters out demanding cash and set deadlines for refusals. After this deadline no refunds are available.
Tip - use StagNites.co.uk to help you arrange everything!
Let everyone know where to meet, what to wear, how much cash to bring, and what time you expect to get back. A Tour Itinerary would be useful. Tip - organise somebody to pick you up because you can then have a few and avoid driving home.
When paying for anything during the stag party try and pay with cash or cheque. Tip - when booking rooms make sure you don’t share with the Stag as his room is likely to get trashed and if the guests are plotting something you will be closer to the inside.
When booking mini-buses or hiring vans make sure you have a driver, and nominate the idiot of the trip to clean the bus before you return it. Tip - let the hire company know what you are using it for, it saves a lot of hassle.
Contact StagNites for your transport needs.
If, as often happens on stag parties, there are several groups of friends who do not know each other, it is a good idea for the groom to introduce each person, relating a funny tale about them as he goes along. Then, at periods throughout the day, get one other person to run through everyone’s names.
Leave a credit card and some cash in a safe place (i.e. in your sock or in the hotel safe). This is incase the guests decide to leave you and the stag with no money or luggage in the middle of nowhere. Ensure that from the earliest convenience a kitty is opened. Get the most boring/reliable person on the stag party to collect the money from everybody and give it to you. Remember, don't except anything other than cash. Everybody in the kitty must drink what you decide otherwise they loose their money. Tip - this allows you to drink only the drinks you like!
Stag Nights Law
That in any foreseeable event there are no refunds whatsoever available from the kitty under any circumstances. Make sure that the stag is not too drunk when the strippers arrive or else you will be called upon to perform. Tip - remember strippers will always want extra for their performances even if they don’t deserve it. Always have some kitty money in reserve.
Nobbling the Stag
The best pranks that are played on the stag are usually planned well in advance - so start planning now! Remember to have fun and enjoy the whole event.
Reasons For Drinking
“There are many good reasons for drinking, and one has just entered my head, if a fellow can’t drink whilst he’s living, how the hell can he drink when he’s dead!”
Of course we don’t need an excuse to go drinking, but should you ever need to justify a perfectly healthy stag night out, then read on. As in the wild, lions, leopards and other carnivores prey upon thousands of wildebeest every day. Predators such as these naturally plump for the weakest and the sickest wildebeest in the herd because they are slower and less able than the others are. This not only provides the predators with their nutritional food requirements, it also allows a process whereby the weakest, sickest and poorest performing wildebeest are culled, leaving the strongest and fittest to survive. This act of natural selection continually improves the wildebeest herd, ridding it of disease and dis-advantage.
There is a strong myth (particularly amongst hardened drinkers) that alcohol performs a very similar process in our society. Heavy drinking fills the body with Predatory Brain Killing Cells (PBKC’s) that search, locate, target and eliminate the weakest brain cells. As in the wild the weakest, sickest and poorest performing brain cells are preyed upon by the PBKC’s and removed from the body, leaving only the strongest and fittest brain cells to survive. Therefore the more you drink, the more intelligent you become!
There are some side effects however, common ones being headaches, fevers, dry mouth and generally feeling under the weather. Remedies for these are in our Hangover Cures section. These side effects often occur 12-24 hours after the PBKC’s have been to work, but don’t worry because a couple of days later you will feel fully refreshed and re-vitalised as a result.
There could not be a better reason for drinking!
Hangover Cures Some Interesting Facts
Many people say they don’t get hangovers, some say that they only get hangovers from certain drinks. This is true hangovers are caused by congeners, a chemical substance already in the booze.
It's not the alcohol, it's a chemical byproduct of the fermenting process that gives flavor but at the same time, insults the brain. Particularly high levels of congeners exist in whiskeys and cognacs, but less in clear spirits.
Hangover Cures Helpful Information
Exercise
Some gentle exercise is useful to sweat out the toxins, possibly a run to the bathroom of the hotel to get sick would suffice but ideally the Swedish method of a sauna and a massage should be ideal.
Herbal
Walk around with a bit of parsley on your head the night you go out drinking. Only suitable for those with perfect balance, to be honest this doesn’t work but you could always persuade one in the group to make a fool of himself.
Fishy
Slice up one eel and spread each slice with bitter almond paste (marzipan for those of you who don’t know). Try this out on the stag and he won’t be moving far from the toilet all day!!
Hot and fiery
Have a steaming bowl of Menudo, a stew made with tripe, hot chili’s oregano, garlic, peppers and onion. Don’t be certain that you will get this at breakfast at most hotels/guesthouses.
Spicy
A teaspoon of limejuice and a pinch of cumin in a glass of fresh orange juice. Doesn’t sound too bad does it?
Toasty
Eat as much dry toast as possible, and during this process drink as much water as possible
Fruity
This is probably the nicest hangover cure there is, its simple to make and the ingredients are available freely.
» Ingredients:
Grapefruit juice - and lots of it, One large banana, Some strawberries, One teaspoon of salt, Ice cubes, One egg (optional).
Mixing: Cut up the fruits and make into a paste add the paste to the grapefruit juice and mix in the egg. Eat with a dessertspoon.
Tip: To help the stag along why not add a couple of double shots of Vodka in also, he won’t have a clue!!
Sweet and Sour
» Ingredients: 1 large can of tomato juice, 3 Tablespoons vinegar, 1 lemon juice, 4 slices of onion, 3 Tablespoons of sugar, 4 stalks of celery, 2 teaspoons of Tabasco sauce, salt and pepper to taste.
Mixing: mix in a container, let stand overnight. Strain and serve.
Alcoholic
Typically, the Bloody Mary makes an excellent hangover cure here’s how to make the best Bloody Mary ever.
» Ingredients: 1-3/4 oz. Vodka, Tomato Juice, 1/2 tsp. Worcestershire Sauce, 2-4 Dashes of Tabasco Sauce, Horseradish to taste, Salt and Pepper.
Mixing: Shake with ice into a tall glass, drink and repeat 5-6 times if necessary. It is a well known that fact that an Irish coffee makes an excellent Hangover cure!
Ingredients: 1-3/4 oz. Irish whiskey, Coffee, Sugar, Whipped Cream.
Mixing: Stir coffee, whiskey, and sugar in a mug. Top with whipped cream and a few drops of Crème de Menthe.
Checklist
Have you got a list of everybody on the StagNite?
Have you decided on activities, venues and entertainment?
Do all the guests have a Tour Itinerary?
Has somebody checked accommodation and travelling arrangements?
Have you collected deposits or full payment from everyone?
Has someone arranged the Stag’s clothing for each day?
Do you have directions to all venues? - If yes keep them safe!
Has anybody organised booze and drinking games for the journey ahead?
Pre-Wedding Nerves
Have you done your speech?
Have you bought the bride and groom their present?
Are you helping with the final preparations?
Check the bar is equipped and ready for action
Have you introduced yourself to the bridesmaids?
Does the beer taste ok? - If unsure go and try it
Have you found out where the lucky couple are staying on their wedding night?
Has somebody decorated the getaway car?
Have you offered to look after the house and mow the lawn whilst the newlyweds are away!!?
Has everybody turned up?
Is the Stag dressed appropriately?
Does everybody know each other?
Have you sorted the kitty out?
Get on with the drinking games dishing out suitable punishments and forfeits
Remember, eating is cheating
Have you got your credit card on you for emergency use?
Don’t forget to lock the mini-bus!
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