I have to plan a bachelor party before mid-October, currently I’m thinking of maybe doing archery dodgeball, dinner, then casino. There’s a few questions I have though:
\- I know the groom isn’t supposed to pay for anything…but how does that work when going to a casino?
\- Hotels – especially ones near the casino, are expensive as fuck (like, $400-$500 for the night) so I don’t think that’s an option, but we’ll all have to travel to go to the casino. How exactly is the best way to get home after what will likely be a lot of drinking?
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I don’t really know what courtesy is when planning something like this – obviously I don’t want to make the cost too extreme. I could use some tips, some advice on what common courtesy would be for something like this, etc. Would be appreciated.
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Every time I’ve been to one, all the participants except for the groom split the cost of hotel/rental house, grooms dinner, grooms activities, etc. as far as casino goes, I haven’t done that one but I would think if everyone chips in just a little bit, you could give the groom some free money to play with and then the rest is on him. I’m assuming he’ll be hammered by the time he makes it to the casino so someone will need to babysit him and make sure he doesn’t overspend. In the end, pretty much everyone pays for themselves and chips in like an extra 5%-10% so the groom doesn’t have to pay for anything. Just my experiences so I could be way off the norm.
Edit. It can also depend on the stage of life everyone is in. When I was in my early 20’s a lot of us couldn’t spend a lot on bachelor parties, when I had friends get married in my early 30’s, we could afford to splurge a bit more.
Ask the bachelor what he wants to do and then send a working itinerary to the groomsmen