StagWeb Stag Weekends Blog

If you’ve got a stag do coming up and looking for inspiration for fancy dress costumes then look no further, we’ve found some fantastic new ideas which will be the next stag weekend craze since the Mankini! Inflatable suits, it’s exactly how it sounds, hilarious suits in large comedy styles from Sumo Wrestler to a Rodeo Bull rider. Below we’ve listed the top 5 inflatable costumes …

5. inflatable sumo

Forget sheet ghosts and comedy wigs? if you really want to steal the show on a stag do, the  Sumo is the way to go. This surprisingly comfortable nylon costume comes complete with built-in nappy and a sumo-hair hat for extra authenticity. Remember to look into where you’ll be going though, as 10 lads all dressed as Sumo’s may be refused entry to the club, for not fitting through the doorway!

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4. inflatable fat bastard

One of Mike Myers characters from the hit film Austin Powers. This costume looks fantastic and gets a giggle wherever you go and comes complete with sporran, Piper hat and a tartan sash for extra authenticity.

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3. inflatable ballerina suit

The Inflatable Ballerina Costume is less sugar plum fairy, more sugar plum fatty, one of the funniest fancy dress costumes you’ll ever see!

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2. inflatable rodeo bull

This Inflatable Rodeo Bull Rider fancy dress outfit is another hilarious addition to your stag do and is definitely a must have for all party goers and wannabe rodeo riders!

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1. inflatable horse & cowboy

Go galloping to your next stag do in this hilarious Horse Riding Cowboy illusion costume. This unusual outfit will have all your mates jealous of your awesome stag do costume!
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In celebration of this years World Cup in South Africa we’ve created some stag weekend packages to get you into the footie mood! This years World Cup kicks off on the Friday 11th of June 2010 with South Africa playing Mexico, so to make sure you don’t miss the games we’ve arranged our packages to include a scheduled time to make sure you’re in the best sports bar to watch the game.

Now just so we’re clear, sadly you don’t get tickets to South Africa to see the games, but these packages are football themed!

The big game is England‘s first against the USA on Saturday the 12th June, now being a Saturday this could become tricky as some of you may have committed to your best friends stag do, but why not celebrate both and make the whole event one to remember!

We’ve created 11 dream team packages across the UK and Europe. Here’s just a couple to get you started!

London – Football’s Coming Home!

• 1 night 4* central hotel
• World Cup 5 a side football
• watch a World Cup match in a sports bar – scheduled around the games
• bar and club recommendations
• lap dancing
• VIP nightclubbing

£119pp

Bristol – World Cup Wonder!

• 2 nights 2* central hotel
• casino entry
• World Cup 5 a side football
• watch a World Cup match in a sports bar – scheduled around the games
• VIP nightclubbing

£119pp

See the rest of our World Cup football packages

Hope you all enjoyed a relaxing 4 day Easter weekend break, but it’s now time to crack on again with your best mate’s stag do! We’re now in the thick of Springtime, and experiencing some outbreaks of sunshine, yes you heard correctly! SUNSHINE! The Springtime season is a great time for stag do celebrations, ok so it’s not quite as good as the summer but it’s half way there.  Below we’ve listed some stag activities best suited for your Spring stag weekend.

paintball

No two ways about it hot shot, paintballing is one of the best stag do activities you and the boys can do, wherever you are, whatever the season! This time of season is perfect, not too hot not too cold, as you’ll get a bit of a sweat on with the overalls and steamed up goggles when hot. With the damp soft ground it’s also ideal to dive across the ground dodging splats of paint! Whether it’s your main activity or you’re considering an additional activity to fill out a legendary weekend paintball is a definitely a favourite! See more info about a paintall stag do.

quad biking

Springtime is perfect conditions for some serious quad biking action, we usually experience some short showers in March-April making the ground a little damper, which for quad biking is exactly what you want, sure you’ll get muddy but this is all part of this  action loaded stag activity. See more info about a quad biking stag do.

football

A game of football is a top activity anytime of the year but it’s extra special when the sun breaks through on a fresh Springtime morning. With 5-a-side and 11-a-side football options it’s a fantastic activity to get all the lads bonding and with this years World Cup it’s something to get you in the mood. We have many 11-a-side pitches across the UK and some stadiums in Europe which will make your event even more special.

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If you’re looking for an all round memorable stag weekend then this blog will give you a little insight to deciding which stag activities you want to do. Our stag bankers section show’s our most popular activities which we always hear great feedback about. From paintballing to quad biking to go karting. These are usually the type of activities you would first think of when organising your stag do. And it’s not surprising why, you’re guaranteed a fantastic fun packed stag do with some of these bankers!

Most of you know what consists of paintalling, quad biking and gokarting so here’s 3 more activities in our stag bankers section:

mini motos

It’s one of our slightly unusual activities in our bankers section but what a blast you’ll have! Hop onto these tiny 39cc 2 stroke motor bikes and experience the competitiveness of racing your mates round this specially designed track. You’ll reach speeds of up to 30mph in a grand prix style event. It’s an unusual and hilarious activity which will have you and the lads in stitches! (hopefully not from falling off!) See more about a mini motos stag do.

coasteering

If you don’t mind roughing it and getting wet then you’ll love coasteering for your stag do. You’ll be given all the equipment (wetsuit and helmet) to take on various stretches, challenges and orientations. It’s a great group bonded activity and you’ll feel like you need a well earned pint at the end of the day! See more about a coasteering stag do.

zap cats

Get out onto the water on these butt clenching, adrenaline pumping zap cats. You’ll skim across the water at speeds of up to 50mph, pulling around 3G. You’ll have an experienced driver by your side giving you the thrill of your life! Our recommended destinations to do this activity in is Newquay, Brighton and Bournemouth. See more about a zap cat stag do.

If you are in charge of organising a stag do then you want to make sure you only deal with the best in the business.

With over 85,000 clients, StagWeb know what they are doing, and are ready to help organise the best weekend for you and the lads!

Here are just a few stag testimonials from our happy clients…

“Just a quick note to say ‘Thank You’ for a superb weekend! The organisation in Krakow was amazing and Dorothy our guide was extremely helpful and made our weekend very special. Thanks again for your help.”

Nick Weaver, Krakow stag weekend, August 2009

“The speed and detail of the initial communication made me feel like a valued and important potential customer. It (Budapest) had everything we were looking for and was cheaper than we were expecting. My mates and I had a truly memorable weekend in Budapest thanks to StagWeb and our outstanding guide. I can not recommend highly enough either the city or StagWeb.”

Andrew Mokler, Budapest stag weekend, August 2009

“I couldn’t have asked for a better service. The whole weekend was booked at really short notice and nothing was missed. Our group was 15 strong and we all had a brilliant time, although some parts are harder to remember than others. Would without a shadow of doubt use StagWeb again. Thank you for making it a great weekend, especially to Steve who obviously went out of his way to help.”

Phil Gray, Bournemouth stag weekend, September 2009

To get the ball rolling on your stag weekends, get in touch today, 0845 130 5225.

Stag weekends are very important events. They mark the end of the single life as your best mate enters the realm of marriage (which they said is not a word but a sentence), and that’s one of the most significant things that can ever happen so when you have one chance to celebrate you want to get it right.

Organising a successful event takes planning and balance, it takes using and preparing the right suppliers, it takes timing, logistics, having the best practice, being smart with budget, quality delivery and support. On top of that organisers should be adhering to travel and commercial legislation as well as financially assuring their client’s money.

That doesn’t always happen and there are a lot of shady outfits promising results they’re unlikely to deliver and claiming status they just don’t have. There’s even one company claiming to be “award winners” and yet there are no stag awards! If you look closely many companies are not even following proper commercial law let alone key travel regulations, and you can forget about them providing the necessary financial guarantees that they should. And lastly but very importantly beware anyone trying to trade on someone else’s name, if you see this underhand practice keep well away, there’s an obvious trust issue before you’ve even started!

Don’t put yourself, your best mate and the boys in that position. Don’t risk it, you’re likely to regret it, bottom line the stag do’s too important to leave it to chance. Like anything if you want the best results go to the leading suppliers that can demonstrate a guaranteed history, show impressive and established experience, recognised financial bonding, valid testimonials, the right licenses and commitments to the highest levels of legislation and administration.

If you want to be sure of the highest quality at extremely competitive prices, choose StagWeb! Being the first stag specialist to be ABTA bonded (for several years now) and setting the standard in the highest quality stag weekends delivering events for over 85,000 clients in over 50 destinations in the UK and Europe since 2002 – you’re in the best possible hands! It doesn’t get any better.

If for any reason you decide not to use us, for the sake of a successful stag weekend, make sure any service you end up choosing is up to scratch – there are a lot of cheap imitations out there.

While all the football lovers await the new season to start next month, some clubs are breaking the bank with new players. With a new world record signing, teams have been busy writing cheques!

The top Premier League summer signings –
Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal to Manchester City, £25m)
Gareth Barry (Aston Villa to Manchester City, £12m)
Roque Santa Cruz (Blackburn Rovers to Manchester City, £18m)
Glen Johnson (Portsmouth to Liverpool, £18.5m)
Carlos Tevez (Manchester United to Manchester City, undisc)
Antonio Valencia (Wigan to Manchester United, £17m)

Surprise of the summer –
Michael Owen (Newcastle to Manchester United, free) – Many people were surprised when Sir Alex Ferguson signed Michael Owen, but who wouldn’t on a free! Since signing the forward has scored twice in two games on the pre season tour!

Around the world –
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United to Real Madrid, £80m) – Love him or hate him, Ronaldo is a fantastic player! With Kaka and Karim Benzema also new signings, Real Madrid will be looking for lots of success this season.

With over a month to go till the transfer window closes who knows what will happen next … John Terry to Manchester City anyone?

Waiting for a new season can seem like a lifetime, why not fill the time with some 5 a side football with the lads or even a stadium tour!

With so many people having Facebook accounts these days it’s a great place to organise the stag do!

When you know what you’re doing for the stag weekend, all you need to do is set up the event on Facebook. If you’re the bestman organising the stag, you may not know everyone coming to the stag and you certainly won’t know everyone’s email address – organising an event on Facebook will allow you to invite people if you have them as friends as well as allowing the stag to invite people!

Once you have put in the event information you can invite the lads to the event, this will then give you an idea of numbers, it will also give the lads the opportunity to see the itinerary in more detail, but more importantly it will give you the chance to chase them for the money! The lads will not want to be named and shamed as tight arses!

The event is also a great place to tell stories and put up a couple of photos when you’re home and hangover free!

Check out the StagWeb Facebook profile here

Major eating sports result from the weekend – 68 hot dogs wins it http://ow.ly/gGp8

Brett Lee out of first Ashes test – bad luck bretty! http://ow.ly/gGpV

Be careful out there – wrestling midgets killed by fake prostitutes http://ow.ly/gGrF

Kiwi kid is headed for the naughty step http://ow.ly/gGs7

England Rugby recall bionic man to Elite Squad http://ow.ly/gGtq

With so many fantastic activities available for stag groups in London it can be a tricky task picking what you want to do, for some help here are our top 3 London activities -

Rage Buggies – Hitting speeds in excess of 50 mph in these 670cc 24hp v-twin engines, is the perfect way to introduce some truly high adrenaline, testosterone pumping fun for the whole group. This great London activity introduces a slice of healthy competition with a great time trial format. Tackling our specially constructed off road course, each guest sets their best lap time and it’s then left to the rest of the guys to beat it. This ought to show who the speed demon in the group really is.

Powerturns – Capable of spinning 360 degrees on its own axis, the powerturn is a one or two man, two wheel drive vehicle powered by twin engines and steered by varying the throttle or brake on either of the engines. A totally different driving discipline it can be powerslide corners, do doughnuts, wheelies and can probably be manoeuvred faster than any other off road leisure vehicle in the world. Powerturns is a top unique London activity.

Clay shooting – Our great 20 clay shoot is instructed by our friendly and professional BASC trained shooting instructors. Each guest will receive tuition in gun handling whilst learning the very satisfying and competitive sport of clay pigeon shooting.

All of the above activities take place at our great multi activity site, set in the heart of beautiful Surrey countryside. You can also add quad biking, hovercrafting, archery and max cats to make for a great multi activity day in London. For more details see our London activities or call 0845 130 5225 and speak to our London stag specialist.