If it wasn't already renouned, the fresh faced bachelors of the UK are the world leaders in coordinating pre-wedding parties for the bride and groom to be. Over in the UK, the 'bachelor party' is additional fondly termed the 'stag weekend', which gives some indication that it is not just a one evening affair! It is now part and parcel that any English bachelor party encompasses at least a full weekend (often abroad), and is often even extended out into a full week!
A trip over to Europe is now the general name of the game for most UK stag parties, and with the opening up of Eastern Europe with cheap airlines, there are numerous new hotspots that have been descended upon by UK party animals. With budget prices, stunning girls and an anything goes atmosphere, these new destinations have also been popping up on the radar of cash rich American's, who want to see what they have been missing out on to their transatlantic cousins.
James Baddiley, a director at UK stag weekend organiser Chillisauce.co.uk, comments: "Eastern Europe has been popular with the UK stag and hen market for several years now, but what we have noticed just recently is that we have been getting a number of enquiries from the US, where Bachelor Parties are considering something a bit unique for their event, and want to get a sample of the Eastern European action, before it gets over run by tourists, and the cities just mirror their western European counterparts. At the moment there is a bit of the Wild West about Eastern European cities, and they are the ultimate destination for a stag weekend. We provide almost every European city and can arrange pretty much anything the discerning guys from the Us want - from flights in MIG's and aerial dog fighting to wild boar hunting.... and a lot additional besides ....... It truly just depends what the group want to do and we can arrange it for them."
On the most popular destinations, James went on to comment "Budapest is exceedingly hot at the moment, and there is always a big demand Prague. There are also lot of new locations that are starting to get pretty big, for example Riga, Tallinn, Krakow and Vilnius".
With cheap transatlantic flights, it now seems that a short trip across the Atlantic is now on the list of ultimate bachelor party destinations, for the additional discerning guys where Las Vegas is just old hat.
