Looking for Ideas for the Ultimate Bachelor Party

Wednesday, August 29, 2007 | Momaw Nadon

[Momaw Nadon]

Bachelor Party Checklist:

• Timing - Try not to have the party on the eve of the wedding. This is very bad for everyone involved including your friend. It is highly likely that he (or she) will be spending a good part of their life savings the following day, they will want to be sober for it. A week in advance is a good idea. Even a month in advance is acceptable. Friday and Saturday nights are best.

• Food - You probably won't be expected to truly feed everyone, however you should provide something to eat. It could be pot luck (in the case of a bachelorette party) or it could be included in the admission charge (in the case of a bachelor party). Make sure you have a handle on the
  • Type
  • Amount
  • Timing
  • Provider (caterer, pizza place, your mom, etc.)

• Facility - If the party is going to be a little larger than you can handle in your house, you can:
  • Hold it at a friends house! or
  • Have it outside (as in a cookout)
  • Rent a hall - This is a common solution for bachelor parties because they can be a little rowdy and halls are generally free of anything breakable.

  No matter where you have the party you still may need some items such as tables, chairs, and maybe even table cloths. Usually rental companies (look up "rental" in the yellow pages) have these items at reasonable prices.

• Entertainment -You might want to choose a couple from the list of : Games, gags, gifts, movies, and live entertainment.

• Transportation - Make sure that someone is going to be responsible for transporting your crowd of crazed party-goers to their destination. Renting a Limousine is nice but is quite expensive ($300 or so is not unreasonable for 8 people for the night). Renting a large passenger van is usually not very expensive and they can carry as many as 15 people (usually about $70 but you'll need a sober friend to drive). This might make a rental van a good alternative. Make sure you have a responsible driver that can handle staying out until everyone is dropped off.

• Itinerary - Sometimes it helps if you know where you will be going. If you call ahead, most strip clubs will waive the cover charge for bachelor parties. If not, they will surely save the bride or groom-to-be a place down front.

  Don't tell everyone the itinerary. Telling the itinerary in advance will cause the future spouse to find out (trust us, they will). Keep it a secret until the party begins.

• Be Sneaky - You should make sure that you have something up your sleeve. Remember, this party is not thrown to honor the soon to be married, it is to convince them that they are making the right decision. Why not send them off with a reminder of how cruel everyone except their spouse can be. Here are some ideas:
  • Replace stripper with dominatrix. I was at a party where the dominatrix dressed the groom up in a dress. It was hilarious (unless you were the groom).
  • Have stripper embarrass the bride. I've heard of a club where the male took off his thong to reveal the brides name tagged to his p3n1s.
  • Have stripper embarrass the groom.
  • Here are some bachelor party faux pas:
    • No pictures are allowed.
    • No telling their future spouse where you will be.
    • You should try to respect the wishes of the bride or groom but not necessarily the wishes of their future spouse.
    • No PG rated parties.

[Momaw Nadon]

I'm looking for ideas to throw the Ultimate Bachelor Party Ever for my soon-to-be-married brother.

Please help if you can!

[1rudeboy]

I’m partial to a day trip to the local horse-racing track (if you have one) is a perfect starter, in the sense that no one will really care what they do after they spend the afternoon drinking, smoking, and gambling.

[Volunteer]

If this guy has to have a bachelor party, then take him to NV. Make all guests swear silence forever and shoot one of them just to make sure everyone gets the point.

I'd also suggest that if he really, really, really wants a bachelor party... then maybe he isn't ready to get married just yet.

[buffyt]

Give all the guys an old key before the party starts. We have so many stray keys at our house so it would be easy at our house. Then you stand up in front of the group, some time during the evening, and announce that now Miss (insert bride name here ) is getting married and settling down and everyone with a key to her apartment, come put it in the basket. One by one every male has to come put a key into the basket, regardless of age. It is a riot.

[Momaw Nadon]

Great idea!

[Momaw Nadon]

A stretch Hummer H2 Limo would be sweet!

[patton]

Find a recently mowed hay field, bring in kegs, take everybody’s keys, nobody leaves before 10 AM.

Entertainment optional.

Have a bonfire.

[Doomonyou]

my soon-to-be-married brother.

If he's a Lacrosse player, I'd skip the strippers.

[avacado]

"Looking for Ideas for the Ultimate Bachelor Party"

Tijuana, Mexico! "Doing the job that American girls won't do!"

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Las Vegas.

[The Wizard]

Don’t do anything you’ll regret

[Momaw Nadon]

I'd also suggest that if he really, really, really wants a bachelor party... then maybe he isn't ready to get married just yet.

Well, my brother probably expects a bachelor party, just like other pre-wedding events such as the rehearsal dinner.

As a single guy myself, I think it would be cool to throw an awesome party that the attendees will remember forever and be joking about for years. (Even though they are not allowed to talk about it.)

I'm just looking for ways to make it the best it possibly could be.

[Billthedrill]

I’d like to gently suggest that a party that culminates in the groom-to-be passed out nekkid, covered with obscenities written onto his skin with silver iodide, and locked into the hold of a freighter bound for Shanghai is quite possibly overdoing the thing. Or not, depending on the nature of your friendship...

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

then the groom can give his new bride the gift that keeps on giving...herpes, aids, etc.

These are some really stupid ideas!

[tet68]

Slip him five or six Quaaludes and put him on a bus to Tiajuana. What a surprise he will have!

[Momaw Nadon]

"Have a stripper embarrass the groom."

I think it would be funny if the stripper was my brother's "date" for the night. I'm talking about a male transvestite stripper. No actual contact of course. Just good-humored fun.

Maybe it could even be a double date, with a blow-up doll rounding out the threesome.

[1rudeboy]

Did that at my old place once for a friend of a friend. He still thanks me. No entertainment, just steaks and beer. Lots of beer.

[Momaw Nadon]

Don’t do anything you’ll regret.

[GOP_Raider]

This might be more of my area of expertise, but this could entertain the remainder of you. :)