Hen Do - Abroad or Stay Home?

I chose to stay in the UK so everyone I wanted there could make it. We hired out a country house with a pool, hot tub etc for the weekend for 21 of us and it cost everyone about £160 all together inc food and booze. Was fantastic and I'd definitely do it again.

I also had a night out on a different weekend.

It's entirely up to you though!

I chose home. I started looking into the options to go abroad but when you tot up flights and spending money as well its more than you think. I decided for me I would have a better time if everyone could go and alot of my friends are saving for their own weddings and have kids etc so it just wasnt fair.

Why not head to the beautiful Isle of Wight and have the best of both worlds?! ?

Plus you don't even need your passport.

I've booked an old converted Mission Hall in Chale on the island- the whole weekend (including treasure hunt supplies, steam train ride, minibus hire, picnic, morning at Chale pottery doing painting) cost about £175 per person, that's including my share cos I don't have to paaaaay! (darn right)

If you're interested, here's the website for the accommodation people, but there's loads of places on the Island.

https://www.vintagevacations.co.uk/

I did UK because of loads of girls with babysitting/cash issues. Tenner each.

I know one bride who is having 3 abroad hens - but not good for all

personally i asked ther ladies doing mine that it not cost much as i would hate it if my friends struggled

Thank you for responding - i think that's swaying me more towards home, i know from past experience going abroad, whislt fun, can be a real burden financially and i'd rather have all my friends there than anybody missing.kharv - i love the idea of the country house with hot tub, where abouts was it???

100% at home.

People make the day not the location.

Hereford

This was it: https://www.sykescottages.co.uk/cottage/South-Wales-Pembrokeshire-Vowchurch/The-Croft-4114.html

Warning - they get booked up very quickly! I couldn't fault a single thing about it. Pool, sauna, hot tub, gorgeous bedrooms, two sitting rooms, dining room that sits all of you, loads of land. Absolutely perfect! Argh - I wanna go back!

I'm similar to you Bonnie. I'm going to Majorca next Friday for 3 nights, there'll be 10 of us. Then I'm having a local night out on August 2nd. There's almost 40 of us going to an 80's & 90's disco at a hotel. It's my 40th celebration as well :o)

Majorca has cost £350 but we're in a 4 star all inclusive hotel. My OH has paid £250 for 2 nights in Brighton which will be plus food, drink & travel expenses!

It was actually my bridesmaids who suggested & pretty much pushed me into going abroad! Obviously not everyone can afford it but if you do something cheap locally for those that can't make it you've got a win win. The hotel do is only £20 each & includes a 4 course meal x

Oooh that's a hard one, but with staying put in the UK you can keep the cost down. Trouble is when people have more than 1 hen do to go to over the summer it gets rather expensive! I like the country house idea someone mentioned!!

Ive found uk also gives more options, a couple of my friends cant get the friday off work so are up later, where as abroad would have been all or nothing. If you want to go abroad sort it asap. People need time to budget as well as get it off work