We at Freedom want to make sure that we do everything possible to help make your stag weekend go as smoothly and as well as possible. As well as having a huge host of stag night ideas and venues to choose from, we can also give you advice on where to go and what kind of things to expect.

Outlined below are few suggestions and links to sites that will further help your stag party be the best it can be and also a little advice for both the best man and the groom-to-be of what to do on the stag night and also the big day itself.

Best Man Duties

Organising the Stag Night
As you already know, its up to you to make sure the stag night is a big success, no pressure, but part of the best man’s duties is to make any arrangements necessary, including any bookings, transport or accommodation required, and make sure that all the groom’s guests know the arrangements.

It is also a part of your responsibility to ensure that no harm comes to the groom and that nothing prevents him from being at the church, suitably sober, on time and appropriately dressed. Therefore, its very wise to hold the stag night several days if not weeks before the actual wedding day.

To make things easier for you, let Freedom take care of all the more stressful arrangements and then you can concentrate on the fun part of the stag night, like finding props and games and sorting out your fancy dress costume!

Here are a few websites that can help:

www.sillyjokes.co.uk - More party supplies, dressing up stuff and practical jokes than you can shake a stick at.

www.nationwidepaintball - Nationwide Paintball UK offer online booking for the top hand-picked paintballing sites in the UK. Paintballing is popular for stag and hen weekends, corporate events, or a weekend activity with your mates.

www.stagnighthq.co.uk – Will help you make sure your stag night goes with a ridiculously-costumed wig-wearing lager-fuelled strip-teased stag-embarrassing bang.

So Very Wrong. The idea of the site came about during a recent stag do, the boys began trading stories of hilarity and depravity of 'friends they know' and the things that these friends had done or that they had seen or experienced along with places visited on other stag do's or boys trips abroad, things they had done or heard of being done in the small hours.

The more the group chatted the funnier the stories became, not just about stag do's but lads trips in general, then the idea dawned on two of us about setting up a website to share stories of wrong doing our friends have achieved over the years home and abroad, on stag do trips or just the lads hols, and to share stories and tales with others.
Read more at So Very Wrong

Best Man’s Speech
Start thinking about the speech as soon as you are asked to be Best man. This way you can start thinking about what to write and the material you can use. You can always pick up some amusing anecdotes from the stag night, just be careful which ones you choose!

Remember to include the following in your speech:
Thank the groom for choosing you as the Best man
Compliment the bridesmaids and tell the bride how lovely she looks
Talk about your relationship with the groom, how you met and became such good friends
You might want to include anecdotes from your past. Phrase these stories well in order to try not to offend the bride or groom
Talk about how the groom met his wife, and how you felt they were right for each other
Read out any telegrams or cards from family and friends who were unable to attend
You may also end his speech with a toast to the bride and groom

For more help, try one of these:
www.bestmansspeeches.com – They can provide you with a custom written Best Man wedding speech that's specific to you and the wedding couple.

www.thebestmanspeech.com - Access to ready-made speeches and 1000's of opening lines, groom put-downs, tributes and toasts allowing you to create a memorable best man speech.

Wedding Day Duties
As well as making a speech, the best man has other very important duties to perform on before and on the day of the wedding.

Suit Hire
Normally the groom will decide colours and style but the best man should be there to make sure everyone is available for fittings and should be the one to pick the suits up and return them after the wedding day.

Rings
Remind the groom about the rings a few weeks before the wedding and don't end up living out the old cliché of losing it before the ceremony.

Moral Support
Don't forget, one of the most important duties of the Best Man is to provide the groom with moral support. Help him to chill out when he gets nervous and show him that everything's under control.