Non Traditional Bachelorette and Bachelor Parties

More and more men and women are moving away from "traditional" bachelor and bachelorette parties with strippers and massive amounts of beer. This may be a sign of changing attitudes, or a reflection of the average age of people getting married is a lot older now, either way, it's time to consider other, more creative and non traditional bachelor and bachelorette parties.

First and for most is to find out what the groom and bride-to-be interests and hobbies are, then use that to base your ideas on. Here are some of the great alternative and creative ideas to help you decide on your stag or stagette event. Note, that some of these are geared towards either the male or female group, but many can be one or the other.


The Amusement Park Bachelor Party

This is where you can go to be a kid again. Get day passes for a local, or further away, amusement park. If you go to a far one, spend a night at a hotel too. Take in all the huge rollercoaster’s, rides and eat greasy food all day. Follow that up with a night out at a pub or local restaurant for more food and drink. If you find one with a large go-kart track too, then you can have competitions and races. Use the track times to compete for prizes, or the losers of each race have to a liquor shot ( later that evening, not while you are racing go-karts ).

The Outdoor Bachelorette or Bachelor Party

This type of stagette or stag party can be a lot of different things. You can go camping for a day, or weekend. If it is not warm enough for that, you can take a weekend ski trip, get on one of the weekend ski tours and not have to worry about driving either, let the bus driver do that for you. Then you can party all weekend instead of just one day. You can also do an extreme event weekend and do some white water rafting, hiking, sky diving, bungee jumping, etc.

Alternative Night Out Parties

The traditional night out bachelor or bachelorette party usually involved a couple night clubs or strip clubs and lots of drink. Instead, go out to a comedy club, or dinner theater. You can also go out to a bar, but instead of drinking the drinks, take a bar tending class there. A non-traditional type of night out could also be a beer or wine tasting night at local brewery or vineyard. Combine that with a great, catered dinner too.

The Really Different Bachelor Party

Get out and build something…. What I mean here is volunteer as a group on a weekend to help build a house for habitat for humanity, or something similar. This would be great for someone who already volunteers and for a group of guys, or girls that would really enjoy helping others in this way. There are a lot of other similar type of activities you can do like this too.

Great Stagette and Bachelorette Party themes

Every great stagette that you have probably heard about has probably had a theme to it. I mean, that you don’t usually hear too much about a bachelorette party that was just a bunch of girls getting together for drinks, a dinner and bit of fun. You usually hear about the wild and cool themed parties for years after they happened, why, because they were cool, different and the theme really made it stand out among the rest.

Leather and Lace Bachelorette Party Theme

The Leather and Lace party is a great theme, one of my favorites, stagette party or not actually… I won’t get into that here. First, you will have to decide if this is an appropriate theme, depending on the wedding party, parents, relatives, etc… you might re-consider the leather and lace stagette theme. The idea behind this one is fairly simple, yet, sometimes difficult to pull off. You should visit a local adult shop, you can get some ideas, but the clothing there might be a little risqué for a public outing. I would arrange the costumes well in advance, this is not something you can just throw together ( well, maybe you can ). A great place for the outfits would be a costume or Halloween store.

The Glamour and Glitz Stagette Party Theme

This is cool, girly one. The glamour and glitz bachelorette theme is a more universal theme and you don’t have to worry about the risqué stuff. You can have everything sparkly and make your own outfits quite simply. You can go to any thrift store, hobby shop or similar store and get beads, sparkles, glitter, etc.

A Black and White Bachelorette Party Theme

Yet another great party theme, you dress the bride-to-be in all white, or all black… preferably white… Then the rest of the bachelorette party dresses in black ( or white , whatever is opposite to the bride-to-be ). This is a simple and easy theme to pull off. Your group will easily stand out and you can easily pick out the bride too. This also makes it very easy to supply the group with a common t-shirt or outfit.

Slumber Party Bachelorette Party Theme

This is more of a bachelorette party idea then a theme, but it still applies. Bake some great deserts and cakes, get out the old footloose movie and chick flicks. Reminisce about the old days and fun times. Make sure you have everyone bring their jammies and sleeping bags.

A Spa Day Stagette Party Theme

Again, you can consider this a theme or a location based bachelorette party, but I still like it as a theme. I mean that you can get everyone big fluffy robes, premium chocolates, teas and coffees. Then spend the day getting pampered. This is also the perfect option if the bride isn’t much of a partier. Many spas can accommodate groups of eight or more and even help you plan your festivities

There are a lot more ideas you can do, such as pole dancing lessons, cooking classes, psychic readings, sex toy bachelorette pary or belly dancing lessons. Those are some of the more unique ideas. Then again, you can always do what the guys do on their bachelor parties and get stupid drunk and watch some strippers.