A Short History of the Stag and Hen Weekend

The tradition of the stag party (sorry Hens) certainly goes back as far as Henry the Eighth times, wow he must have had a few stag dos! Anyway, he would command you to attend his celebration by either a town crier or by royal letter on pain of death!

Some historians think it may have started a lot earlier than that, as early as the 5th century B.C.  It is believed that the ancient Spartans would hold a dinner in the groom’s honour and make toasts on his behalf to celebrate his last night as a single man.

Whatever background you come from there is no getting away with the fact that marriage is possibly the most important decision of your life (tell that to Henry the Eighth!). So what better way to say good-bye to singleville than to get together with your friends new and old and celebrate in style?

The stag and hen parties pre 1990s possibly included a stripper and a trip to the local boozer. These days most stag and hen groups want a little bit more than just the one night down the pub and look to activities to fill the days and night clubs, restaurants, bar crawls, booze cruises, lap dancing clubs and much much more to fill their nights.

Booking daytime activities such as paintball, quad biking, rage buggies, pamper days, pole dancing lessons, chocolate making pre 1990s were hard to find, with so much on offer these days we should embrace this new phenomenon head on.

Booking day & night time activities will:

• Keep the group together all over the weekend
• Stop people from peaking too soon (if no daytime activities are booked you might find everyone in the pub at noon and in bed by tea time!!)
• Provide great opportunities to take photos and bond with all the attendees
• Be something to remember

Article by Hen and Stag Party Organiser Marco Walker

Images Courtesy of Hen and Stag Party Specialists Designaventure

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