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Stag Party Gift Vouchers
STAG PARTY GIFT VOUCHERS
The Stag party is the name given to the celebration held for the single man just before he enters marriage bliss with his future wife. In the UK, Ireland and Canada this party is referred to as a stag party, in Australia is a Buck's Party and in America it is known as a Bachelor Party. It is looked on as the groom's last night of freedom to "answer the call of the wild"! All paid for with a stag party gift voucher.
It is thought that the Stag Party came about in the fifth century, in Sparta, where soldiers would toast each other on the eve of a friend's wedding but they were without the benefit of the ubiquitous stag party gift vouchers !
The Stag Party usually involves a gathering of the groom's family and friends and other people who have had some influence and knowledge on his rite of passage to manhood. The Stag Party is looked on as the last opportunity to get this group of people together before the groom takes on the responsible adult marital role.
The Stag Party has a tradition involving pranks, tricks and lots of drinking usually at the groom's expense. It often has a risqué element such as strippers or being stripped and tied to lampposts in the dead of night. Stag Parties have a rowdy boisterous image.
Traditionally the organization of the Stag Party falls to a male sibling of the groom or the best man. The planned activities of a bachelor party are usually kept secret from the groom.
It has now become quite normal for the stag party to become a stag weekend. As these are expensive blokes club together to buy a stag party gift voucher to cover the expense.
There are many professional companies who also provide stag party gift vouchers & they will completely plan and organise a stag party/weekend to your specifications. There is an amazing choice of locations and activities.
If the Stag Party does take the format of a Stag weekend, a popular trend is the have a "theme" for the stag party. This theme will depend on the personality of the stag and his family and friends. There are many and varied themes but some popular ones are
• Greek God
• Big Baby
• Banana Man
• Straight Jacket
• Rambo
• Danger Mouse
• Elvis
• Blues Brothers
• Sumo Wrestler
Stag party gift vouchers are available for locations such as Budapest, Krakow, Bournemouth, Newcastle, Dublin, Cork, Nottingham, Edinburgh, Vilnius, Bratislava and Benidorm which are popular for stag weekend parties
Popular daytime activities for stag weekend parties are water sports, quad biking, buggy racing, zorbing, paintball, karting, clay pigeon shooting, stock car racing and hovercrafts. Many activity companies provide Stag party gift vouchers.
In general, the nights of the stag weekend party are usually given over to excessive drinking and nightclubbing so have the aspirins ready!
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