Amsterdam is currently the most popular destinations for stag dos, it is claimed.

Designaventure project manager Anna Makin Made said revellers have re-established the Dutch capital at the top of the charts, although a number of eastern European destinations are seeing more and more group visits.

The Slovakian city of Bratislava, Czech Republic capital Prague and Riga in Latvia are said to have all grown in popularity with UK trippers as low-cost air travel has advanced.

Ms Made commented that trip organisers should decide what they fancy doing and then search on the internet to decide on a destination.
She claimed it is necessary to “have a meeting with a couple of people in the group and share your ideas” before agreeing a budget.

“A lot of stags literally have the flights, the hotel and the transfers to and from the hotel, in say Riga, and that can cost them £160,” she added, claiming that the average cost of a stag-do is £365.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office statistics from 2005 found that seven in ten young British people would rather spend their stag and hen weekends abroad.

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