STAG DO BLOG

You will find that most stag dos are governed by a price, whether it's a £100 or a £1,000 you will need to keep the weekend within reach of all the stag's mates budget. Under a hundred knicker We are looking at stag destinations in the UK where you can have the most amazing time for under a ton (that's a hundred quid, a fifth of a 'monkey', a tenth of a 'bag of sand'... you get the picture). Adventurous stag dos North Wales is a fantastic destination for active stag weekends on a budget, from white water rafting to racing Rage Buggies or shooting clay pigeons finding a stag do for well under a £100 is easier than spending a pound in the pound shop. Whether you decide to go for a night or a weekend, you can book a stag do full of adventure in North Wales. Lively City Break You need vodka bars, lap dancing clubs, themed nightclubs, massive casinos, Hooters party meals and the oldest pub in the world. Then you need  Nottingham, this city situ...

The stag has decided to put his stall out at half time and get married, so it's down to you to put the ultimate stag do together to make him happier than a FA Cup champion, so where do you start? Well, getting football themed stag do ideas is a good start: Bubble Football Bubble Football has been popular in 2014, sticking on Zorb style suits and running into each other at speed whilst playing football, sounds amazing right? It is, it's truly loads of fun. The whole of the DesignaVenture team tried Bubble Football back in August and both the girls and boys of the team loved it. After you've played enough bubble football there are other games to play such as last man standing and Bull Dog, which I am sure you will love equally as much. You can almost play Bubble Football also known as Zorb Football literally anywhere around the country, just name where you would like to play it and we can organise the venue, the kit the lot! Footgolf Football and golf oft...

Your best mate (the groom, remember?) has asked you to be his best man and the single most important job is obviously the stag do, am I right? Cool, but hang on, you don't know how to arrange your washing let alone arranging 20 of the groom's best mates on a stag do to end all stag dos. Well don't worry, help is on hand, apart from the numerous helpful posts found on this blog I have put together some ideas for questions you may want to ask the groom before arranging his memorable and amazing stag do. First things first you need to find out from the groom who he wants to come, get a list of names, mobile numbers and email addresses. You then need to know how much, your buzz word is budget , this will give you an idea what type of stag do you are arranging, is it a trip to the local boozer and kebab house or are you looking at 7 weeks in Thailand? Then you need to know; when , this is quite tricky as everyone needs to be free on the same weekend so booking earl...

Stag dos come in many shapes and forms but with the help of insight from the DesignaVenture customer base and news stories I have managed to put down 7 popular types of stag do, enjoy.... The Adventurous Stag Do Get your bucket lists ready boys you're about to make some crosses, from jumping off 60ft cliffs to bouncing around a raft whilst white water rafting. Adventurous stag weekends have been popular since the 90's, any activity which will fill your pants are the event of choice, from Bungee jumping off bridges in Eastern Europe to coasteering in Cornwall with 20 of your mates there is no better experience. Bring Me Sunshine "Walking on the beaches looking at the peaches", what a fantastic line to describe a stag do in a hot country, from Magaluf in Majorca to Marbella on the Costa Del Sol, there is no shortage of amazing hot lively stag do destinations to party in. Other cities and resorts are available such as Ibiza, Albufeira (The Algarve), Barcelo...

March is a funny time of year for a stag do, it's not that hot over in the Med, there's a chance it could be warmer in the UK, but hey that's enough about the weather, the UK and Europe has loads of stag do ideas to consider. First of all, a nugget of information; Good Friday is on the 03rd April 2015 so if you have kids to consider this is a big help, if you don't you have any fathers in the group you can skip this paragraph, oh it's too late you've already read it! Tip , if you want mud, there are loads of activities that will get you caked in the brown stuff; from quad biking and rage buggies to mountain biking and even mud wrestling in Eastern Europe great for stags with a mud fetish! Another tip , if you don't like getting wet (you big Jessie, but I understand) book 'indoor' daytime activities, such as; indoor karts, indoor bubble football, indoor paintball, the zombie bootcamp or cider tasting! Let's start  with the UK If y...

How to plan a stag do, this is a totally unbiased post without a single mention of  DesignaVenture , the professional stag do company with a current score of 96% on trust pilot. Right, let's get started: "We need beer, music, we need dancing and we need naked ladies, right?" Really, is that all you need? Actually there is more to booking a stag do then what's perceived, hence why we have put together a 'How to plan a stag do'. Whether you book it through a stag weekend company like DesignaVenture or go it alone you will still need to know the basics of; how , when , where and what . Follow these easy steps for how, where and what : Sit down and chat with the stag and find out what he wants to do and where he wants to go Whilst you have the stag's attention get all the contact details (mobile and email addresses) of all his mates he wants to invite When you have a good idea of what he wants to do and where he wants go, make the decision;...

As Autumn falls on us and the nights are drawing in is it wrong to be thinking about a stag do, surely this is a summer sport? Wrong, more and more couples are tying the knot out of the summer season, whether it's having a Christmas wedding, a Valentine's ceremony or they cannot get into the church that they want until 2059, Autumn and Winter weddings means Autumn and Winter stag dos, awesome! Well people, before it gets too trendy to have your wedding whilst it's snowing maybe you should take advantage of some incredible stag weekend offers, there are some stag dos out there so cheap, you could go twice! Take our Riga Deal , I know it'll be cold however you can stay for 2 nights in a 3 star hotel with breakfast, guided bar tour, strip club entry, nightclub entry and and return airport transfers for just £59 per person*! I have just looked at flights from Stansted to Riga and in January with Ryanair they are currently less than £80.00 per person**, that makes...

The stag has decided he wants to shrug off the shackles of the UK and head for a city beyond blighty and who could blame him, but hang on, you need some stag do abroad ideas pronto, well as luck would have it, here are some stag do European destination ideas: Whether it's heading for a cheap beer or a place in the sun, Europe is the UK's stag do destination of choice. Bratislava has been proven to be the cheapest place in the world to have a stag do, see our recent news item for details and prices . Buy a pint in Bratislava and it will cost you around £1.04! Stags obviously drink a lot of beer, so if beer is going to be your biggest expenditure then Bratislava is definitely the place to party. But it's not all about the cheap brown booze, the city itself is amazing; great nightlife, friendly locals and more stag activities then you can wave a stick at. Next door to the Slovak Republic (Bratislava is the capital of the Slovak Republic, more details can be found  ...

Alternative stag activities must be weird, maybe wacky but always something the whole group hasn't done before. We have all done paintball, quad biking and racing karts on a stag do and although these activities are loads of fun sometimes there is a need for an alternative stag activity, an unusual event, something that will get the boys hooked on and really looking forward to the stag weekend. Here at DesignaVenture we have gone through our stag activities with a fine tooth comb, rooted out some very alternative activities which go along the spectrums of budget, craziness and of course how far they go up the alternative stag activities measuring pole. So we present you with the Top 10 Alternative Stag Activities  (in alphabetical order, just for the OCD heads out there): Air Combat An extremely expensive alternative stag activity, but it's right up there with wacky, thrilling, adrenalin induced activities and can only be found in the good old US of A. This is no sim...

If a Nottingham stag do excites you then this post "Rough Guide to a Stag Do in Nottingham" is going to knock your socks off, if Nottingham doesn't excite you, read on, I am pretty sure I can persuade you. If you are looking for cracking stag do packages to Nottingham go here . First of all I have been visiting Nottingham on and off for over a decade now and to-date, I have seen the biggest transformation on this trip (I am still actually here, writing my blog from The Park Plaza bedroom, Park Plaza is one of the hotels DesignaVenture deal with, and by the way, is this the longest sentence inside brackets you have ever read?). I cannot believe how clean the streets look, how many bars and restaurants there are and how cosmopolitan the city looks with the new Tram. Also, one thing Nottingham is really proud of is becoming a Purple Flag owner, which basically means when you're appreciating the fantastic nightlife Nottingham has to offer, you will be able ...

Whatever your preconceptions of England's second city are, you must to leave them on the M42 and book your stag do to Birmingham . Birmingham has undergone and is still having a massive facelift, with more money spent on it than some countries spend in an entire year. The city centre has transformed into a gorgeous cosmopolitan city full of iconic landmark delights like the Selfridges Bullring, Library of Birmingham, Millennium Point, The Spiral Café, Hyatt Regency Hotel and The Cube which home fantastic hotels, shops, the big screen, amazing restaurants, smooth bars, cool clubs and even one of top ten coolest car parks in the world. Birmingham has more miles of canals than Venice, the canal area around the Mailbox, Brindley Place and Summer Row focus very much on stylist socialising with lots of cool pub/bars, alfresco places to eat delicious food, and trendy late bar clubs to dance the night away the nightlife scene here has a ...

Following on from our  "Where on Earth is..." theme (our last one was Where on Earth is Riga  looking at favourite stag do destinations in Europe), we have now moved on to mid-Europe and giving Bratislava the magnified glass treatment. So, Where on Earth is Bratislava? Alright don't get ratty, I am just getting to that.... Bratislava is the capital of Slovak Republic, and the Slovak Republic used to be joined to the Czech Republic which was a massive country called Czechoslovakia, a county curiously good at Ice Skating in the 80's. Czechoslovakia was broken up in 1993, so Czech Republic divorced from Slovak Republic or Slovakia as many maps refer to it, the capital of Slovak Republic is Bratislava . That's great and everything, but where the hell is it? Alright keep your hair on, Slovak Republic is about 2 and a half hours flight from the UK (depending on where you are flying from) and is landlocked between Hungry, Austria, Czech Republic (obviously)...

Going on a stag do is all about exploring new destinations and a great way to make a decent adventure out of your weekend is to visit two destinations on the same stag do. Whether you're going on a stag do abroad or in the UK there are plenty of destinations you can twin up on your stag do. On my stag do we did Bristol and Newquay, visiting Bristol on the Thursday and then travelling to Newquay on the Friday for 2 nights of pure pleasure, two very different but brilliant experiences. Enough about me, there are other top stag destinations in the UK you can do this in, such as: Cardiff and Bristol  Newcastle and Edinburgh Bournemouth and Brighton Reading and Birmingham Manchester and Liverpool Chester and North Wales Your first night should be a destination on the way down to your main destination, breaking up the journey and having a night out before the big stag weekend starts. You may find only half the group can commit to it, but hey you could make i...