A Plan for Success !

Creating the perfect skiing stag do couldn’t be easier. Follow our 6 steps to ski planning heaven. This guide will give you loads of useful tips, tricks and industry insights, to make the stag planning stress free.

Step 1 – WhatsAPP

Get the friend invite list from the groom. If the list of friends is over 20 people, I’d ask the Groom to highlight the people he deems essential to making this trip happen. Ask for mobile numbers for each person invited. Create a WhatsAPP group. At this early stage, we would highly recommend setting up a some form of spreadsheet to collate the information. Track each person’s decisions, requirements and payments.

Top Tip:

Question the Groom’s choice of inviting people from his wife’s side of the family, older parents and people from work. Has he really thought it through?

Step 2 – Dates

Next, you’ll need to knuckle down the dates of the ski stag weekend. Or to begin with, just choose the month. The ski season is January, February and March. At this stage, you will have to consult the groom and potentially his ‘wife-to-be’.

Top Tip:

Remember to check children’s and wife’s birthdays. You don’t want to lose that bestman status in your own household. Check life and wife diary.

Step 3 – Destination

Now it’s time to pick a ski stag holiday destination. Some guys like to surprise the groom, others get them involved. It’s your personal preference.

Top Tip:

Consider how many ski days you’ll be doing. There’s no point paying those huge Austrian lift pass prices if you are going away for 3 nights. How cheap do you like your beer prices? France 9 Euros, Austria 12 Euros, Bulgaria 2 Euros. 

Step 4 – Check Again

Once the dates and destination has been agreed, tell the WhatsAPP group.

Top Tip:

Most importantly, be a leader. Without a doubt ‘too many cooks spoil the broth!’  It’s a big mistake involving the group when it comes to a decision.

Step 5 – Details

Tell the group how much the ski stag weekend is going to cost. Tell the group the estimated flight price. Give your friends an overall budget price they will expect to pay. If your friends know: the total price, the flight times, dates of travel and itinerary – there is no reason why they can’t decide to come on the stag do or not.

Top Tip:

At this stage, request from your group to give you a provisional answer. Either: Yes I’m attending, or No I can’t make it. For people not able to come, please ask them to remove themselves from the WhatsApp group.

Step 6 – Flights

Somewhere down the line you’ll need to book your flights. Here are some useful tips when organising your flights for a ski break in Europe.

Book direct. Have more control over your own flight seats by booking them yourselves. Get the best price, check-in on-line, choose your seat and add ons etc. Decide if you will book flights for the whole group or not. Our favourite airport for a ski stag do is Sofia.

If you do decide to book flights for all your friends, you will need to collect their passport details and the money to cover flights. Avoid potential passport problems! Tell the guys and groom to check the expiry dates on their passports

Top Tip:

Saving money on bags is possible. If one person pays for a checked bag, he can carry the groups liquids etc. Some groups make it into the theme and they wear their 80s ski outfits at the airport.