OT - Cheap Bachlor Party Weekend

I've been to a few bachelor parties, some all out and some more reserved. Here are the keys to success: - Alcohol in large (check that - very large) quantities - Safe travel is arranged (this is key - not only for safety but so nobody is a "pussy" by not drinking that much) - Strip club is mandatory Other than that, just focus on what the groom wants to do. It will likely be the last time (barring divorce) that he will be able to go crazy with all of his buddies. If the groomsmen don't like it - F them. It's going to be fun regardless if you follow steps 1 through 3 and it's really about giving the groom the sendoff he wants.

Drive to Vegas, steal Mike Tyson's tiger and maybe a cop car or two.

A friend of mine goes to "Christmas in July" every year, and says it is a great time. Just don't get arrested.

Milwaukee was awesome. You can probably drive there, there are tons of bars, there are some major league sports, lots of rivers and waterfront, a casino or two, and a great little dive of a strip club called Art's Performance Center. Did I mention there are tons of bars? Oh, and, lots of bars. I puked in my buddy's front yard in Holland MI at 6pm of the Sunday following the Milwaukee bachelor party I went to. Does that help?

We did this last summer in Cleveland for one of our boys. It included: a fake championship belt that he wore to all the bars ("hey honey, wanna dance with the champ?"), a near fight with an angry Samoan who wanted said belt, next day Tigers/Indians followed by the groom experiencing DTs at Cedar Point the day after. Seriously, he was like John Daly. I wanted to wrap him up in my jacket and tell him "everything is going to be ok." It was a great time and he didn't have to apologize to the Mrs. for loving/touching/paying for boobies. The only drawback was that we had only a handful of guys that could make it for the whole trip.

I have been to Put-In Bay before and definitely rock the Michigan gear during the day. Might tone it down for Michigan gear at night w/ everyone as fucked up as they are. I usually just wear a M hat at night. It is a great place for a bachelor party b/c there is guaranteed to be at least 10 bachelorette parties there. There is pool bars to drink at during the day which I would definitely recommend doing. Splash is the biggest, but the Islander, Blue Marlin, Mr. Ed's are cool in that order. Most will be crammed w/ drunk middle age people, a DJ and swim-up bars. At night, take your pick for bars. There are a ton of them and mostly they are all fun. My favorites are Frosty's (good place for pizza and dinner), Round House, Boathouse, Beer Barrell. You will prob. end up in them all at some point and remember half. For a bit nicer dinner I would recommend the Boardwalk. There are no strip clubs that I know of so there is a downer. Depending on how many guys you have, I would recommend getting a cottage or hotel rooms. Never stayed in one there but I know there are plenty. They are a bit pricer than your average hotel but you can cram a bunch of guys in. All I know about camping is that it is far away and you will probably spend the money in cabs and drinking at bars opposed to beer you brought. And you will prob. lose a few guys in the process. Lastly, transportation to the island. If you have a boat take it and crash on it. Solves a lot of problems. Miller ferry on Catawba Island is cheapest, like $6 one way but it takes you to the southside of the island but you can get a bus for $3. You can take a car on that if you want to have all your gear and I suppose you could sleep in it. I do not know the price for that. Jet Express dumps you downtown for $13 each way. Last one is at like 1 am and you can get some cheaper hotels in Port Clinton. All in all it is a blast of a weekend. You won't want to look at booze for a week or so. Every weekend in July will be fun there.

Vegas is cheap and way more fun than Put-In-Bay. I had my bachelor party in Vegas. I used to roll my eyes when I heard people say "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas". Not anymore. Don't miss this opportunity Bro. At least strike camping from your list. No good story ever began: "You gotta hear about my bachelor party. I went camping with some dudes and whoa was it a wild time..."

Beavis, we went to Milwaukee because nearly all 25 participants were either living in Chicago or all over Michigan. I myself spent a decade in Chicago, so, it was kind of like we had done it all. Needed new turf. Its only about a 90 minute drive past Chicago.

A few years back I got a room with a bunch of friends at the Sky Dome one weekend when the Tigers were in town. It's your own luxury box (granted you are up high in the outfield)... the rooms are expensive but you don't have to buy game tickets or expensive stadium beers (just bring in your own beer by the case). Plus, Toronto is a great/fun city with the added exotic bonus of being in a foreign country.

Some of my friends (way back in the day) used to go to Windsor for parties as the drinking age is 19 (or used to be). It made some things easier. It isn't far from A2 and could be a nice change of pace.

I'm 26, so my summers the last couple years (including this one) are packed with bachelor parties of all kinds. I've done, or will do after this year: Rented cottage on Lake Michigan, Downtown Detroit for Tigers Game / Casino, Rented Mansion (literally) in Chicago for a long weekend, Vegas (twice), Grand Rapids night out, Piston's game w/ night out after, and for my trucker cousin...a strip club just outside Clare, MI (best people watching ever). Vegas is insane and I would totally recommend, however the cheapness of flights and hotels can be outweighed quickly by overpriced drinks, gambling, and "expenses" at the strip club. For the Lake MI and Chicago weekends we rented huge, awesome places on the cheap through www.VRBO.com. You get unreal prices if you barter with them, especially close to the weekend w/ vacant properties. There are property listings in every city you can imagine.

for my bachelor party was have my buddies over for a bbq and bon fire and we drank a shit ton of beer... does it sound hill billyish? yes... but it was a spur of the moment thing, because it was the night of my wifes bachelorette party... i decided to have party that night because i was friends with all of the boyfriends/husbands of the girls that were going out with my wife that night... so instead of having them drop off and leave the guys had the option of staying and partying... we drank beer, told stories, and watched football... to me that is way better then going bar hoping and spending a few hundread dollars... also if you want some entertainment, you can always get a dancer...