Drunken debauchery, lapdancing clubs with strippers galore and naked men chained to railings the night before their wedding! It can only be the most celebrated tradition of the 21st century – The Stag Do!!

The Stag Night Weekends invariably took place over an evening – traditionally the night before the wedding – however, modern day men celebrate the hardcore way with stag weekends celebrated over as many as 3 or 4 days. The elongation of the traditional Stag Night Weekend has the stag and his party jumping for joy, so no wonder some women get just a little apprehensive when their partners announce they are off on a stag weekend with a bunch of testosterone enhanced buddies!

The choice of destination is merely the beginning, with activity centres opening up all over the world, extreme sports is the tip of the iceberg and strip clubs an exciting reality. These days our men not only have it too good, they’re not ashamed to take the bull by the horns and go all out for the party experience of their life! With stag nights and stag weekends drifting abroad, Europe is a top stag destination with places like Reykjavik, Riga, Estonia, Prague and Amsterdam tipping the top of the popularity boards.

Websites such as www.betterweekends.com, promote group activity Stag Night Weekends and stag breaks to these European cities for a long weekends of cheap drinks, Extreme sports, go-karting with strip clubs aplenty.

Foreign embassies are becoming so overwhelmed with Stag Night Parties, who turn to them for help with replacing lost passports or tracking down lost friends, they are going to impose an £84-an-hour charge for consular time.

So what is the key to a safe and successful Stag do?

Firstly and fore mostly, plan ahead and make sure everyone knows where they are going and what the itinerary is before the weekend.

If you can’t be responsible for yourself, nominate someone – it’s generally a good idea if it’s the best man or the person that’s arranged the stag do - to be responsible for planning the itinerary and gathering the group together.

Make sure the passports are valid, photocopied and handed to the group organiser to put in a safe place in the event of passports being lost or stolen – this saves so much time, hassle and money if like in many, many cases they do go awol.

Take down everyone’s mobile number at the start of the stag do and before you leave British soil! Believe it or not, your loved and trusted friends can go missing (a mix of alcohol and ladies is enough to lead any red bloodied man astray whatever his normal good intention are) and this may be hysterically funny at first, however, it can turn into a anxious nightmare, if, at the end of the stag do, they still haven’t reappeared! It sounds extreme, but believe me it happens and it happens a lot!

Be aware that you are in a strange country and bad behaviour is rarely tolerated. Research the area you are travelling to and check out the do’s and don’ts before you go.

Know your alcohol limit – it can impair judgment, lead to accidents and can increase the risk of you becoming a victim of crime.

Finally, have a great time and enjoy the whole experience.

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In a time when football stars don alice bands to offset their fresh blonde highlights and rockers turn to macrobiotics and prune juice rather than whiskey and hookers, the stag weekend may well be the last bastion of old school masculinity. Amalia Illgner takes a look at the modern incarnation of this rite of passage and discovers there’s a lot more to the modern stag weekend than just a boozy night of bonding and bristols.

Back when Michael Caine was a sex symbol, Michael Jackson still black, and Chicken Tikka was considered the height of culinary chic; the perfect stag night simply consisted of a case of beer, your best mates, a fully loaded Polaroid, and an amateur stripper named Bambi. How times have changed…

According to the office for national statistics we’re now far less likely to get married in the first place and if we do get dragged down the aisle it’s far later than ever before. In fact for men the average age has crept up to an all time high of 30 and a half years, so there’s little wonder that it’s not just a small cause for celebration when two people in this Bridget Jones world manage to step away from their work stations, microwave-meals-for-one and eBay auctions and actually commit to each another.

What this means for the stag weekend is that generally couples have more money to spend on their respective hen and stag weekends and what that means is that the stag weekends are getting more elaborate, adventurous and action packed. In other words the ante is being upped along with the expectations. Forget sitting on your rear and ordering the seafood special at your local, the typical 21st century stag weekend consists of action packed days filled with paintball army combat style, canyoning, quad biking, Munich beer halls, Estonian feasts and coasteering. For those of you who think crossing Piccadilly Circus during peak hour is about as rugged terrain as you’ve ever seen, coasteering is the fine art of scrambling around a coastline and leaping off cliffs into wave lapped coves below. It’s about as close to becoming Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as anyone who works in an office is going to get. Ever. And the guys are loving it. In fact, coasteering – as well as the trusty faithfulls like paintball and quad biking – is fast becoming the new black when it comes to planning the ultimate stag weekend. There truly is nothing like getting a bunch of lads together adding a strong element of fear, the smell of competition and the threat of ritual humiliation to bring out the dormant Evil Knieval within.

And it seems this chest beating machismo and daring even stretches into the cultural realm as scores of quintessential British stags are downloading Google earth, thumbing through a phrase book and heading off shore to experience far flung destinations for their weekend of freedom. The foreign office released a detailed survey at the end of last year and found that a staggering 70 per cent of young Brits “now prefer to travel abroad for hen and stag parties”. That sure is a giant leap from our parents’ night out in Bournemouth. And perched at the top of the destination pack is undeniable the cool of Eastern Europe. Riga. Vilnius. Tallinn. Bratislava. Moscow. They’re so cool they’re hot. The Iron Curtain is cool and the Eastern Bloc is rocking. This is principally from the recent expansion of the European Union making costly and irritating visas at thing of the past and the fact that flights are now cheaper than a ticket to see Rod Stewart’s Greatest Hits tour at Wembley. And let’s not forget the exchange rate. Ah the sweet exchange rate, where often one humble quid will be enough to buy more than one pint of quality local brew. This point is often argument enough to entice punters from expensive metro poles like London (where one quid may buy you a copy of The Sun and half a mars bar).

So 21st Century Stags unite! The options are as endless as your imagination. That really is the easy part. Now it’s just a matter of convincing her to marry you…

The concept of stag party has changed over the period of time as the interests of men have gone through a tremendous change so far. There has been a lot of change in the stag weekend activities just to provide the maximum level of satisfaction and pleasure.

Planning a stag party fro your friend who needs to be pampered before committing to the circle of marriage? Well, there are so ways you can make your friend really special and welcomed. In this article, we’ll talk about many tips and techniques that can help you to plan great stag weekends for your pal.

When it comes to arranging anything men are notoriously known for leaving it till the last minute. If that sounds just like you and your best friend has given you the task of arranging his stag night then read below for some pointers to help you get organized.

Consider Following Important Tips:

Try to plan ahead of eth scheduled program.

Gather all the information about people who can make it into the party.

Estimate an expected a budget.

Fix a date and time.

Make your reservation prior to the D-Day.

Organizing a successful stag event can be complex even if you have never have done such things in the past. Timing everything correctly will ensure that everything runs smoothly on the night. Men are usually better at time keeping in comparison to women so this will be an extra added bonus.

You can plan for drinks in local pub or bar. If you have a group of people attending the stag party then hiring a transportation idea would be quite practical. Hire a vehicle something like Hummer that consist flat TV screen, sound system, DVD player, and other luxuries so that you can have the time of your life. After that, you can go for a meal and can enjoy the delicious meals.

Stag party can be the most exciting time of a man’s life and it needs to be planned carefully with a thoughtful process.

You never know what will happen at stag night, which is truly a test of a man’s faithfulness and willingness to give up his single life. Or at least that is what stag night is to some. Others it is just a celebration of the last weekend of singlehood and the beginning of married life.

Getting married can bring about quite a few different emotions in a man. (And yes, for those who did not know this…some men actually do have emotions.) A man who is ready to be married will be excited about being with the one woman that he truly loves. He will be looking forward to having a family with her and will look forward to making a life with her.

A stag night is often a part of a whole stag weekend, and stag night is another word for bachelor party. It often involves a variety of activities including dining at some of the finest restaurants, sight seeing, stopping at the bar for a drink or two (or perhaps a little more than that), and viewing some of the finest female bodies around.

Sometimes stag nights will involve plenty of laughing, singing and dancing, and riding around in a fancy for hire car, such as a limo. In fact, an entire stag night party could end up taking place in a limo.

Some stag nights as mentioned earlier in this article take place only on one night. However, many stag nights actually last for an entire weekend. Groups of bachelors will spend an entire weekend in a high class hotel accommodation, and will also participate in daytime activities along with stag night.

Other activities that stag party participants will join in on include water sports, swimming, relaxing in the sun, and paint balling. Other groups will take quad bike trips and will go clay pigeon shooting. Even more true, some will play an 18-hole round of golf or will even go wind surfing.

Groups that are planning a stag night or even an entire stag weekend will not be short of activities in which to participate. Furthermore, these activities are easy to plan. There are maps available on the Internet to make stag night planning very easy.

Stag parties are very much a European thing, and often take place in cities such as Bristol, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Leeds, or Prague. Times and availability of the activities mentioned in this article depend upon location. It is the person responsible for coordinating the stag night or stag weekend to plan accordingly.

It may be too late to try to book a stag party for 2006, unless there is a last minute cancellation. It may be better for bachelors and groom-to-be to plan far enough in advance to make it worthwhile.

Complete pre-organized stag packages can be purchased which include everything (or nearly everything) that a bachelor party would need for the weekend or night. Other packages can be individual designed to fit the needs of a specific party as well, and discounts are often available.

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