Wedding Forum - How much for a hen?...

How much would you be willing to spend on a hen?
Say for a weekend away with 1 or 2 activity's hotel and travel?

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To be honest, it would very much depend on how close I was to the bride. My sister and best mate for example I'd happily spend £500. All other friends, depending on how close I was, say £100 and others I wouldn't go for a weekend and would only be prepared to spend £40 on an evening out (I don't drink).

Because I don't drink I am more than happy just having a get together with the girls at my house for some fun and games and then a meal out at a nice restaurant :)

Unfortunately I am have limited say as BMs are being hush hush

They have very explicit instructions though. No bar crawling. No strippers.

its not really something you can vote on, as what i may deem affordable may be too expensive OR too cheap to someone else.

You need to gauge the reactions from the people you will want to be forking out

My hen do weekend falls somewhere just above the middle of that list, so im told.

I've been on a few hens and I've never really come home without change from £100 so when I had mine I wanted to make it as cheap as poss for all, we went on a medieval banquet night and hotel stay over to a hotel 40mins up the motorway, the enitire weekend per person was £60 inc £5 donation to hen decorations...
Personally I don't agree with expensive hens and stags but that's just me xxx

i did an entire weekend in Dublin spending less than £100 but then that was for someone i have known over 10years

Think the main thing for me is how close I am to the hen or where it is like . For example recently went to a wedding in Las Vegas knew other girls on hol more than the hen as know her through groom but the whole day cost over £500 most we paid in advance as group booking was cheaper but we also did a lot of stuff we would of done anyway so just did it on hen do instead however that cost at a home hen I think I would only be happy to pay if we were close :)

£150-200 is my max really maybe a little over if it's a weekend and transport is a little more than expected x

I put £150 but it really does depend on finances at the time of the hen do and also how close I was to the hen xxx

For my "young" hen night the current plan is to go to Bristol so will book travelodge fairly soon so will be cheaper advance rate, nice light meal out, drinks at some interesting pubs and cheesy dancing at reflex until the early hours. Hoping as we will be sharing rooms and petrol it will all work out to be fairly cost effective :)

The ladies afternoon for the others will probably end up being pricey as it will probably be champagne afternoon tea at my favourite 5 star hotel which is over the road from my mum's house. Now i sound posh!

I personally said £80 due to my current circumstances, but everyone would be different. It would also depend on how close I was to the bride - if it was a close family member of friend then I would probably be willing to pay more (with plenty of notice). xx

I went for £100. That's roughly how much it was for OH's Sister's hen weekend in Cambridge. We did chocolate tasting, meal out and an hour or so in a rubbish club on the Saturday and a punting trip on the river on the Sunday morning.

Beximo86 the organiser of OH's Sister's hen weekend struggled to find a hotel that would take us that didn't charge a fortune. Apparently as soon as she mentioned hen weekend the price went up or they wouldn't accept a block booking. We stayed in a Tr4v3lodge in the end and all ended up on different floors.

I had a conversation with my Mum earlier in the week about my hen. I'm not much of a party animal and have friends of various ages so I'd like something to cater for everybody. Also my Sister is pregnant again and due in December. She won't want to leave my new Niece/Nephew and I'm not keen on staying away from home so we can't do a night away. We're thinking of a themed night/tribute act at a local hotel.