Bucks Night

Bucks Night: it’s traditional for the groom to celebrate the end of his bachelor days. Stag nights, bachelor parties, or boys only reunions, are part of the time honored pre-wedding activities. It’s an excellent way of introducing the bride and groom’s family members to each other as well as other male guests and allows time for some bonding! Originally it was also traditional for the groom to hold his party on the eve of his wedding. But, as it is no longer acceptable for the groom to be hung over, have noticeable cuts/bruises/be incapacitated in any way, or arrive late to his wedding such parties now take place a fortnight to a month prior to the wedding day.

Bucks Night: Who Is Responsible?

Traditionally it falls to the best man to arrange the festivities. As such, particularly where alcohol is involved, it is the best man’s key duty to be responsible for the health and safety of the groom throughout the event. Thus duties include:

- booking venues/entertainment/tickets/back stage passes
- booking transport – taxi, mini-bus, coach/bus hire and driver, train/flight tickets
- booking accommodation
- organizing food and drinks
- organizing cash/cheques/deposits, etc. for payment of the festivities

In the absence of a best man a responsible adult should take on this role – one who will preferably stay sober and ensure the groom does not end up a statistic in the morgue.

Bucks Night: The Budget

As with most things in life what you decide upon will come down to your budget and the budget of your guests. Armed with such knowledge the groom may either decide to:
- fund the entire event
- fund part of the event
- fund only himself It will then be up to the best man to:
- invite the guests
- inform those attending of the events
- collect any funds

Bucks Night: The Options?

Is it just a night out, a weekend trip away or a weeks getaway? Here are some alternative bucks night ideas to the traditional pub crawl ending with a stripper/exotic dancer. You may wish to consider:

Gourmet Dinner and Wine For the gastronome’s different settings may include:
- gentlemen’s club/casino/yacht club
- theatre dinner and show
- river cruise
- rotating restaurant
- booking a renown chef to cook for you
- trip to a brewery/chocolate/cheese factory
Or it may be as simple as booking his favourite restaurant.

Sporting Event
You may either watch and
- hire a private box
- organize VIP/back stage passes to an event
- organize to meet a sporting hero
Or choose to participate:
- organize a lesson with a pro
- paint balling/laser guns/train with the commandos for a day
- bungee/parachute jump
- hot air ballooning/gliding/flying lesson/helicopter trip
- pot holing
- sumo wrestling
- ten pin bowling
- rodeo/bucking bronco/cattle round up/mustering
- charter a boat/deep sea fishing/weekend or weeks sailing

Extreme Sports
- sky diving
- white water rafting
- scuba diving with the sharks
- go on a mini safari
- off piste skiing

For The Motor Lovers:
- 4 wheel driving
- go-carting to rally driving/hiring doon buggies/driving a tank
- formula one racing on a grand prix circuit

Theme Parks: For those who still have the kid in them!

Something That Little Bit Different:
- photography session to produce a calendar - maybe a surprise wedding favour!
- making a commemorative video e.g. of “the men in her life”
- writing/recording a commemorative song
- organize the pre-screening of a movie/attend movie premier

Finally, for your bucks night there is no reason why you to can’t join the Hen’s and spend some time relaxing at a spa!


Bucks Night