Stag Do's or Stag Party's often involve activities that are above and beyond those that occur at normal social gatherings. Drinking, gambling, visiting a strip club or hiring a stripper, although now thought of as last century still figure in a stag party, if the person organising the party isn't that creative.
The best man or the groom's brother often organizes the stag party. If the best man is not available, any male friend with good party sense can plan the event. The groom is usually not privy to the exact nature of his Stag Do or party activities until the very last minute.
New Zealand Stag Weekends
Modern Day Kiwi Stag Parties, are becoming more like the English Stag Party Weekend. Where the whole stag party group takes advantage of low cost airfairs to Australia, to fly across the ditch, for a weekend in Sydney, Brisbane or any of the many beaches on the east coast of Australia.
Flights to Queenstown in the South Island of New Zealand are also popular, the Queenstown district The 'Adventure Capital of the World' is a reputation well earned. Queenstown has everything that the adventure seeker or stag party could ever want - you can bungy jump, tandem skydive with NZone 'The Ultimate Jump', go white water rafting with Challenge Rafts or jet boating with Shotover Jet.
Other destinations in New Zealand can include, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin and depending on the Stag, activities can include guy stuff like paintball and quad-biking, maybe a game of golf, or a day out on a fishing charter, racing karts, shooting clay pigeons, rock-climbing, or wine tasting, usually followed by a "night on the town"
Dressing the stag up in funny Stag Do Costumes and getting him to do embarrassing activities can be party of the days action or the nights.
Having the stags friends wear a T-Shirt commemorating the stag tour, is a good touch, personalised Stag Party T-Shirts are not only great to wear during the weekend, but also good to wear later to remember their friends and the weekend they spent together.
In Australia, Buck's night usually features a topless server, a stripper and poker. After some serious imbibing, the groom's mates often put him through a variety of embarrassments, often in public. Some fun activities might include putting him on a plane to a remote destination or tying him to a pole naked. The party often begins by forcing the groom to wear a "mankini" or to dress up as a woman in some other way.
Cheap travel has made it possible to have this sort of party at desirable destinations like the Gold Coast. There the revelers can enjoy private "bucks" entertainment, beaches, hotels, clubs, and even strip clubs.
Denmark
Polterabend is what this event is called in Denmark. For a polterabend, the group might meet up for a big breakfast then spend the day on rough and tumble activities like kayak polo, paintball, or go-carts. In the evening, they reassemble for dinner, then go for a boys' night out. The final event may involve a stripper, but this is not always the case. Exactly what day the polterbend will occur is often not known by the groom-to-be.
France
The French refer to the bachelor party as "enterrement de vie de garçon" (for the groom-to-be), which means "(the) burial of the life as a boy" or "burial/funeral of the life as a bachelor." The women's party is referred to as "enterrement de vie de jeune fille", meaning "burial/funeral of the life as a young girl." As is the case in English speaking countries, parties such as these frequently involve the drinking of lots of liquor as well as a number of gentle humiliations and sometimes a stripper.
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, many companies are jumping on the bandwagon to offer stag weekend packages as grooms and their friends opt to make a weekend of the event more and more frequently. Stag weekends are less searched for in search engines than Stag Do.
Stag weekend trips are turning into short holidays in the UK, as the groups participate in a number of activities during the day in addition to the usual night out partying.
Brighton, Bournemouth, Nottingham, Edinburgh, Blackpool, Newcastle upon Tyne and London are some popular destinations. Some stags go abroad now that budget airfares are available, [1] and some popular destinations include Krakow, Dublin, Riga, Prague, Amsterdam, Bratislava and Budapest.
Throughout Europe and the United Kingdom, men are more and more frequently enjoying bachelor parties as complete weekend events. The groom, referred to as the "Stag" for this occasion, will be assigned a list of tasks to be completed in the course of the weekend. Poker parties, paintball, racing karts, shooting clay pigeons, and quiz machining are some of the activities of the group.
As part of the stag night experience, fancy dress is accepted along with stag T shirts. Normally, the best man will take care of the clothing and the night's activities. The usual thing now is becoming drunk and taking part in stag activities. Social networking sites like Youtube and Facebook provide the perfect outlet to share the stag night photos and events.
United States and Canada
In the US, men like to go to New Orleans, Chicago, South Beach Miami, or Las Vegas, for the bachelor party. They often remain in these locations for the wedding as well.
"Destination bachelor parties" are becoming more and more popular in place of the regular night out, and Americans frequently travel to Canada or Mexico. [2] Huge amounts of liquor are normally consumed at American bachelor parties. Often a stripper is hired and the behavior is generally rowdy. All of these are things of which the bride would most likely not approve, especially since she usually is not invited. Bachelor parties symbolize the last opportunity for male bonding without the groom subject to the influence of his soon-to-be-wife.
Strip clubs and lap dancing make Niagara Falls, Vancouver, and Montreal popular destinations for stag parties. Americans and Canadians like to go to Montreal for stag parties. In Canada, a "stagette," or in Quebec a "doe" or "bachlorette," is the female version of a stag party.
