Hen Party Planning, help! Options

[Misti]

I find myself in the position of having to organise a friend's hen party within the next 6 weeks. Except, I have yet to go to ANY hen party, and I'm having a bit of a panic about my decision-making process.

So, does anyone have any advice? What works and what doesn't? Any recommendations for entertaining games that won't mortify my friend? And how to spend the evening, when she is adament she doesn't want to end up in a nightclub?

I have the basics down, i.e. attendees, date, and location: Although still nothing booked. Now just worrying about the details. I guess I just want it to be special for my friend, and to not mess it up, but I really don't feel like the best equipt person for this kind of thing...

[corenfa]

I'm probably a bad person to give advice about such things as I hate the traditional sort of hen party, and I've never been to one.

However, since it already sounds as though your friend doesn't want the traditional sort of hen party ending up in a nightclub, could it then be any sort of group activity that you know she and your friends will enjoy? Baking together / cooking together / some sort of outdoor activity / some sort of making something else?

[pianoeater]

I'm probably a bad person to give advice about such things as I hate the traditional sort of hen party, and I've never been to one.

However, since it already sounds as though your friend doesn't want the traditional sort of hen party ending up in a nightclub, could it then be any sort of group activity that you know she and your friends will enjoy? Baking together / cooking together / some sort of outdoor activity / some sort of making something else?

I'd always thought you were a guy. BadStrad too! (your name reminds me of Brad I guess haha). Finding out I'm wrong about a forumite's gender always shakes up my world view (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Edit: Or maybe you still are a guy? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) I'm just gonna treat all forumite's as sexless from now on.

Sorry for the off topic post Misti (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) I better run out of this thread before people think I'm female.

[BadStrad]

I'd always thought you were a guy. BadStrad too! (your name reminds me of Brad I guess haha). Finding out I'm wrong about a forumite's gender always shakes up my world view (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

I was a best "(wo)man" at a wedding once.