Stag & Hen party

The really crazy idea of a hen party is to give all the planning of this ladies only event to the hands o bride’s mother. Moms usually know what their daughters like, so there won’t be any extreme experiments. Also it is a great chance to get the daughter-mother relationship into a new level.

In order to arrange such hen party, you need to have a contemporary-minded mom, which uses internet, Facebook, likes this age music instead of glorious 80’s and is open to the present lives of young couples (I mean looks positively to the sexuality and sexual life). New century mom is more like a friend, than mother, therefore it can help with such an important task as hen party. Maybe she had participated in some old hen parties back in 80’s, so can share some old traditions and ideas which were forgotten.

Another issue is for the bride-to-be herself. If she feels comfortable in the meetings and parties were her mother participates (majority young women usually do not), mother can be definitely a good choice as hen night organizer. Also consuming alcohol should also be quite natural and appropriate issue, because drunk ladies usually tell what they really think about some people and thus get into trouble afterwards. If you believe that your mother is an amazing person and you won’t be telling everyone how she ruined your 6th birthday party, then hen party will be fun as you will not need to limit your drinks. Of course you can always ask your mother to grab some medicine, in case you will get bad during the party.

Appropriate theme is also a very important issue as you should feel comfortable and self-confident without a single thought “what mom would think about these filthy novelties and outfits?”

Anyway, the party can be really fun, but please do not forget to prepare your participants, that organizer is your mom and she can be trusted 200 percent.

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Recently I have read a consideration from a strange man who was asking what usually ladies do during the hen party. Stupid question, but it came up after the rumors or perception of lady only parties where they hire a stripper and he lies down with the bride-to-be. Poor groom was concerned that during her hen party bride-to-be will be unfaithful and will betray their relationship.

Majority hen parties do not become a place for a fornication and wild sex, but still there is a doubt about morals of such party.

The party planner should actually take care of moral aspects of the party. If some participants are religious and conservative minded, maybe chief-maid should consider not doing sexy nun hen party, or anything else which may insult religious feelings. That’s especially important in UK society where Catholics, Protestants, Anglicans, Muslims, Hindus and other religions live together in peace.

The theme is also important. For example if majority of your participants are Hindu or Muslim girls, you should ask them if it is appropriate to organize sexy bitches hen party. Some ladies have some complex about their body complexion, so forcing them to wear open clothes would cause some problems. You do not want some ladies cancelling their participation just because of too sexy theme which is appropriate to chief-maid and even bride-to-be.

Kissing stranger men is a classic venue of a hen night. Kissing other men than future husband may cause some problems if someone from grooms’ work or acquaintances will see this venue. Therefore this should be taken in mind seriously.

Moral treats are individual, therefore you cannot guess them. That’s why you need to arrange a little questionnaire, which could help to locate the boundaries of moral of each participant. Crossing the line may cause discomfort or even more consequences. Hen party should be a fun and crazy party, but not the cause of engagement cancellation or quick divorce. Frankly ask the questions about religious views, conservativeness or a simple question “Is your spouse/partner envious?”

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Hen party is a complicated event where participants are given with some roles, dressed in unusual characters but still do not know each other. That gives lots of troubles and the challenges to an organizer. Party planner must be polite, diplomatic, strict and self motivated. Also party planner must be creative with very quick reaction if something goes wrong and plan B is needed.

Sometimes the question arises – who can be a hen party planner? Is this a skill or talent? Can it be taught or it is inherited by blood?

There can be lots of speculations, but here is some treats the real party planners must have.

1. Diligence. Hen party is full of small issues and details which are meaningful and important. Please remember, that this is lady only party. Women usually notice all the little things and they can spoil entire life. Little stain on clothes may become the biggest demolisher of the party. Diligence and observation may become No. 1 treat of a person who is going to organize such an important hen party.
2. Responsibility and punctuality. The party planners who do not fulfil their tasks on time are condemned to failure. That’s a hard business, so you must be good at time planning and attitude. Speaking about the chief-maid, this treat must be very important, and may become even No. 1 if hen party budget is paid by bride-to-be. Chief-maid must responsibly deal with money which are not her own. Also her duty is to do everything on time, especially when the participants also have some duties. Also responsibility applies to the drinking manner. There were lots of troubles when party planner got drunk before the end of the party.
3. Creativity and oratory. Party planner must have good speaking with the crowd skills as she needs to present all the venues, read some texts (which may be prepared by herself for a specific person). In case something goes wrong during the party, she must think of Plan B or even Plan C to make everything possible not to ruin the party.
4. Communication skills. Participants does not know each other, they all may come from different backgrounds, therefore party organizer must be a very diplomatic person to kill the conflicts before they fire out.
5. Task management. If the person is well organized, the party will be a success. Even if a person is not well organized, the party may be successful, in case other participants are given with a specific tasks which cannot be performed by the planner herself. Work management can be done easily if a person dedicates some tasks to others because one cannot do everything by herself.

It seems that task management can be taught as well as oratory, while all other treats are natural part of person’s character. Good party planner must be born, definitely not taught.

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The hen party must always be a fun time in the first place but still memorable and pleasant to remember after some time. Therefore, despite of craziest hen night venues the party participants should make their personal input to some gift which will be remembered forever,. Usually it is an oath text signed by all the participants as an agreement. Here is the idea of one original gift.

It will cost you very little – just a few pounds for a photo album with blank pages and possibility to ad a little paper corners to each picture wherever you wish. Also grab the cheappiest pack of marker pens for 1 pound. Later you will be able to add some paper photos. That’s all the stuff needed for this gift. Additionally you can take a couple sheets of paper, cut it to small pieces and write something on them.

What you need to do is ask the participants to think some nice poetic wishes to the bride-to-be. They will be written in each page of an album. Just divide each page into half and mark it with a erasable pencil. The participants will need to write their wishes during the party using color marker pens.

Grab a white sheet of paper, cut it into some pieces and write some promises to the bride-to-be. For example,
“I PROMISE: to take the bride to spa once a month even if husband would not allow her to”
“I PROMISE: to take care of her children when wife and husband will plan to stay alone for a romantic venue”
“I PROMISE: to organize some ladies-only meetings every last Sunday of every month in a pub”
“I PROMISE: to teach the bride to dance salsa”

and something similar and personal. Just make sure these promises are those things which are usually neglected during the marriage – spas, girl parties etc. Also keep in mind that you may need to fulfill your promises once bride-to-be will read these promises.

Once you write such promises on these small pieces of paper, wrap them and leave the exact number as participants. When ladies will start writing their wishes, ask them to pull these papers from a hat or sock and read out loud. This procedure will be real fun as you will know who promises what. Once the paper is read, please mark the name of a participant (not to forget who promised what next day).

Later, you can stick the paper with a promise to the same album besides the wish.

When party is over and you have made all the pictures, collect some pictures of each participant in the craziest pose or mimics and stick the picture besides the wish and the promise. Then your gift must reach the bride. After some time she will open this album and will remember how fun it was.

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Sometimes hen party outside can be hazardous for the health of bride-to-be. Imagine a simple situation – chief maid planned a hen party, invited the participants, but 2 weeks before the party once organization just started the bride to be injured an ankle and will not be able to recover until the wedding. What she can only do is to get hardly from one room to another with the help  of crutches or even worse – a wheelchair? That’s a real nightmare, but still you can arrange a hen party at home.

Playing card games guessing the future and calling the spirits may be little boring, but there is a simple way to get an exciting time. Just get the PlayStation, X-box or Wii gaming computer and attach it to your TV. If you have a widescreen TV, you can have a really impressive party.

Also get 2 joysticks to play games in pairs or against each other. Then choose some games and you are ready to go.

I will not give the complete list of games you could play and have some fun, but you should pay more attention to fighting games where you can choose your avatar. Choose sexy lady avatar and get some ugly men’s asses kicked. The other participants will definitely express their support. Or any other games where main characters are nice ladies. Lara Croft classic game may be too complicated, because lots of thinking is needed here and Lara dies too many times before passing the level. Super Street Fighter has additional Femme Fatale packs (updates) with sexy costumes of lady combatants, so one game may be interesting enough.

Shooting or driving games may be too tricky as well as interactive Wii games where you need to play standing. Family games are also ok, but some of them may look very childish and not suitable for a adult ladies party.

During the computer games hen night ladies should relax with some drinks. Of course some drinking bets can be done. For example if someone loses against that weak monster, must drink 2 shots immediately. If you get tired, you can always watch some movies about weddings, but this is a different hen party theme. Usually computer games takes lots of time, so there will not be any need to rent a movie.
Games can be rented in a DVD rent stores or purchased online. Something can be downloaded for an extra price. In order to avoid such expenses please lend some games from friends in advance.

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Hens usually do not have much brain, but that’s OK, because these birds do not need even to fly. Lady hen DOES have some brains and needs to use them before the party. Chief maid should organize at least 2 meetings for all the participants. One of the main reasons is getting to know each other better. Another important issue is to collect some ideas for a party.

How everything is done usually?

In the first place the chief maid collects emails of some people which needs to be invited from the bride-to-be. The following procedure is introduction of everyone in email and adding other friends of the bride to the mailing list.

Chief maid sets a first questionnaire – which date is the best for everyone. It can be done in Google Docs, Facebooks’ closed group or any other social tool which allow collaboration in invitations-only mode to protect the privacy.

The table of participation dates can be really simple. For example like this one.

After girls fills the date it is easy to decide on final date. Choose the date when majority of participants can attend. Bride-to-be should be informed later not to leave the particular day and not to plan anything as she will have a hen surprise.

Once the date is set chief made can simply plan the first brainstorming. Not all the participants will attend, but you can still communicate online.

The first brainstorming party is just to know each other better. Girls should introduce themselves, tell how long they know the bride-to-be, what are their relationship and what they do in life. This information is very helpful while thinking about some hen party venues. Chief maid should take some notes about the girls’ background. One of the main reasons of brainstorming is to share the hen party ideas and see if majority agree on them. Chief maid cannot decide herself alone to make an extreme hen party while girls would prefer a traditional posh party.

The ideas should be all written down and later added to mailing list for the others who could not participate. Maybe these ideas will effect other girls creativity and you can come up to the original ideas for your hen party which may be unique.

Once you present some other ideas online, you can arrange a second brainstorming meeting where you will sit down and choose only few of them and plan a little all the party. The plan should be rough. Just write the time and place of the start, introducing bride-to-be, venues and drinks, culmination of the party and the afterparty. During a second brainstorming you can meet other participants which will be added after the first one. Also chief maid will need help arranging the stuff. Maybe someone have some connections and know the right people who can help to arrange unforgettable hen party venue for a cheaper price or even for free. Also chief maid can plan the financial stuff if the bride pays or all the participants brings a budget themselves. It would be great to set some assistants in some areas. For example one lady will take care of novelties, another one will take care of transportation etc.

Of course, if you have time and feel that hen party organization meetings are fun, you can make them as many times as you want. Party will help to know each other and to make the greatest hen party ever.

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The impressive hen night costumes may be the key to successful hen party. That’s why sometimes it is worth spending some more money. Wedding is a rare occasion. some people experience this pleasant feeling of being the queen of the party once in a lifetime. If wedding is a party for one queen only, hen party may be a venue where all participants can feel how it feels being a noble lady or even a queen.

In the first place the Medieval hen party should be organized in a professional way, as it involves not only costumes, but also careful venue planning and even reviving the traditions which were almost forgotten.

One of key points of such hen party is costumes. You cannot sew them yourselves unless you are a professional sewer in a theatre. Simply professional sewer is also not enough because you need to use a specific materials which were common in 13-15th ages. Buying them also can be a problematic issue, because they may cost a lot. One of the best solutions is hiring them from local theatre wardrobe. All classic theatres have their own Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer night dream performances which requires a specific dress code, so please find out who can rent you these clothes.

Another important issue for a chief maid which organizes the hen venues is choosing a proper programme for a hen party. Visiting ancient castles and other historical places is a must-do. You should go to the main royal objects in London and take pictures and shoot some videos. Planning is difficult as these objects may be scattered around the city, so reaching all of them shouldn’t take a long time. Going from one castle to another should be fun for strangers. Here you can get a papyrus like rolled paper and feather pen to get the signatures from stranger men who confirms that this lovely lass behaveth properly in front of crowd and without any seducterous mimics and actions or something similar in old English language.

The third but really important issue is remembering the ancient traditions and sayings. The bride-to-be must pronounce an oath in some spectacular place and sign it with feather like pen on a papyrus rolled like in ancient times. Such oath paper may be bought in specific paper shops or special novelty shops for theatre and performances. Also chief maid should read some books or online articles about traditions of virginity in medieval ages and adopt them to the present times hen party.

The last hen party moment is a professional photos, so maybe it is worth hiring a professional photographer who can make some amazing pictures of noble ladies in old castles and afterwards create some pictures for print using old image or drawing tricks of Photoshop. Pictures are essential part of such costume party because it may be the first and the last time when bride and maids wear a dress which used to be worn by the queens and wives of knights in Medieval times.

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It may be most expensive hen party ever. And most profitable. Casino is one of the best places to spend both time and money. Of course you can get lots of excitement for that.

Some recommendations for a hen night in casino should be kept in mind. The main one is age. Please make sure all the participants are of legal age and takes IDs to show them entering the casino.

Money management. Please take a limited amount of money, for example 100 pounds. Please do not take any credit cards with you or check books in case you get hooked and would like to win some money back. Also please think about this money as an entrance fee which will be gone in the end of the party. In case you win something that would be your profit, please use it wise or loose it all. The party in casino should be fun and excitement, but not the way to cover your expenses or even debts. You are out to party, not to work.

Dress code. Please choose appropriate dress code. If you choose some fancy casino in London, you should consider before wearing t-shirts with jeans as some casinos have a dress code which may not be acceptable to the security guards of the casino. Classic dress should be the best way to dress. Novelties can be put on later inside. This situation limits the freedom of themes because too sexy and extravagant clothes may cause some problems.

Drinking. Please go to the casino sober, because your entire party may be a disaster if one of the participants will not be allowed to come in just because of drinking suspects. Casino guards are professionals, but please do not try how professional they are Casino clients usually have access to lots of drinks and cocktails, therefore you can drink inside. Some casinos offer some free drinks for ladies, so make sure you find out such information before choosing the right casino for you.

Entertainment. Try to look for casinos which have entertainment programs and own nightclubs where you can dance and cheer all the night. If you plan to come early, please make sure casino has got good catering offers for their clients (usually eat as much as you can for a fixed price).

Driving home. Casinos usually have such services as calling the taxi, but please find out the VIP client privileges. Maybe they have limos for VIP clients, so you can use it as a way to bring all participants home in the morning.

Casino is a great place to have fun for a posh hen party. Winning some money at poker table, slot machine, blackjack table or roulette is an additional fun. The money operations is like separate venue in a long and stylish hen weekend.

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Hen party is condemned to be a sexy and good mood event. Nothing is sexier than bikini party. UK weather conditions are quite severe, so such bikini party can be held only if weather is great and only during the summer in Brighton beach. Also ladies can celebrate bikini day at home just like pyjama party, but it would not be effective and attract some men attention.

What’s left? Public indoor pool is a great opportunity to show your bridal bikinis and attract some men’s attention. Imagine a bunch of semi-naked ladies hanging up men wearing almost nothing. As organizer of such bikini hen party you should know that bikinis should be as sexy as possible, so if you choose Brazilian style, the success of a party is guaranteed.

Another good place for a wet hen venue is aquapark or any amusement park with aquatic drives and hills. Usually they are indoor ones and have some themes, so you can also dress up for a hen party. Some aquatic themes can be Hawaiian style, sexy Pirates, mermaids, sea hens (the fish sea hen which is also known as lumpsucker is not quite nice one), sailors, Baywatch girls with red suits (who will be SJ – Pamela Anderson personage? )

Of course make sure the aqua park has got the bar inside with most popular cocktails. 4 hours of stay in such a crowded place can be exhausting, so make sure you grab a snack or drink something. Dehydration is hazardous for your health and beauty.

If you organize the hen party in summer time, you can also consider renting canoes in some small river. If the ladies are extreme enough you can actually organize an entire day trip and later end up in aquapark with bikini relaxation party.

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Once you get involved in hen party business you simply cannot imagine the vast and rage of this industry. It is like going to swim in a pool but suddenly the wind and current takes you to the ocean. Indeed UK hen party business is so big that you can work very hard for years to get through.

Some people may say that this industry is very simple and there is nothing to do in it as all the scenarios are already created by someone and checked. Wrong attitude! The UK market is big, but there are still some areas where start-up party planners can introduce their own services. For example Go-crazy.co.uk has brought a unique venue – military hen party which has never been experienced by UK brides-to-be. This scenario of the outdoor hen night venue has been tested hundreds of times in other countries, so it is a real deal, not a fantasy affair. Hopefully UK hens need some fresh air in their party market as boogie bus, pole dancing lessons and drinking in a bar dressed like angel and devils are bored already.

Saying that hen party industry is huge I mean the service providers. Just multiply the following services by 100 and you can see how big the market is.

• Party planning agencies and consultants
• Party venue organizers
• Hen party accessories suppliers
• Hen party accessories and novelties shops (land based and online)
• Hen party transport hire – limousines plus special transport
• Male strip dancers and groups
• Bars which have special environment and services to hens
• Hotels and houses for parties
• Travel agencies arranging hen parties abroad
• Informational websites and services
• T-shirt print-shops
• Photographers
• Dress shops and hire

and some others. If we count 100 companies which do these services separately, we can get 1300 companies. If one company turnover 200,000 pounds a year in average, we get a good number – 260,000,000 pounds. Yes that’s 260 million of yearly turnovers. There are much more companies working in this market throughout all United Kingdom, therefore we can guess that industry is really worth 1 billion of pounds. That is a lot. Hen party business is a serious business for sure. Majority of companies also do stag parties, so we can easily double the power of hen night market.

Do you want to be a part of it?

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