Bachelor party in the city: ideas beyond the pub crawl

A bachelor or bachelorette party often starts with good intentions and ends in the same pub as always. If you want the day to stick, plan something that keeps everyone moving and gives the guest of honour the lead role for a while. These ideas work in any city and suit groups of a handful up to about eight people.

Ideas that work

• A city game in which the guest of honour and the group fight over the city.
• A photo hunt past places from the relationship: where they met, the first date restaurant, the old student flat.
• A cooking class or tasting as a break halfway through the afternoon.
• A mission the guest of honour has to do with passers-by, such as a group photo with ten strangers.
• A closing dinner where the photos and videos of the day are shown.

Start with a city game

A city game is a strong opener, because it brings instant energy and pulls the group into the city. In Tikkertje, fate picks the first tagger with Swasi. If it is the guest of honour, they hunt the whole group. Meanwhile the others conquer neighbourhoods with photo and video missions. Write missions about the couple: a photo at their first date spot beats one at a statue. Tips are in how to write missions.

Planning an afternoon

• 1 pm: meet up, explain the rules and pick the first tagger.
• 1.30 to 4.30 pm: the game, with part of the city closing halfway.
• 4.30 pm: drinks somewhere in the last open area.
• 7 pm: dinner with the best evidence photos of the day.

What to arrange beforehand

Make sure everyone has a charged phone and a power bank, and agree on a spot where you can always find each other again. How to set up a whole afternoon is in how to organise a city game. With one game pass the whole group plays along, with no subscription.