Bachelor Party Costs

That's ridiculous. All of these pre parties have gotten to be out of control. They don't need to spend a weekend there; they can go rafting and out for drinks for probably under or around 100.00.

I would say on average, everything included my FH spends about 100-150 dollars attending a bachelor party unless he is in the bridal party and the highest that has ever gone was 250 (it was for his brother so he purposefully shelled out a bit more)

Thank you Celia! That's how we felt. $600 is the cost of our mini honeymoon.... and we were kind of bummed that we had to put out so much for his friend's bachelor party! One of the other groomsmen told FH that he was overreacting because it wasn't that much... so I had to ask on here! I feel like that's a shit-ton of money to blow on 1 weekend!

The weirdest part--- the Best Man CC'd the Groom on the email so now every feels like crap saying they are uncomfortable with the price because now the Groom was already told the itinerary.

He just says that you're saving for your own wedding and that's not in the budget. I betcha everyone else jumps on board (except that one guy....)

That's way too much. Now you need to think if others are backing out the price is only going to go up. That should have been discussed and settled prior to making plans.

I think it all depends on where they go and what they do. FH told me his groomsmen had to pay $500 for their suite but they are in Vegas so I think that's accurate. Groomsmen also knew they were going to Vegas so they had time to save up and prepare to spend lots of money! The Poconos though... Don't think it should cost that much

I think that is a ridiculous price for a bachelor party. The only way I can see it kind of being ok is if they gave you a lot of time to save for it.

Holy no.

He does not HAVE to go - bachelor parties are completely optional, not required. Especially when this is an out of town thing, that he had no say in and there was no prior discussion of cost. I have seen OOT bachelor parties (Vegas) get way out of hand - $1500 plus. The fact that there was no discussion of costs among the GM is really bad though. You cannot just dictate costs to people without consulting them and exepect everyone to show up. It's wrong. Your FH should not feel bad about saying no if he can't afford it.

Yikes, how uncomfortable! I know my FH's groomsmen are spending an insane amount of money to go to Vegas for the weekend for his bach party. Seriously, insane. BUT, the best man had talked to everyone ahead of time, and they were all on board. (He's the first of his friends to get married, so they're extra pumped.)

I'd say that's pretty average in our group of friends. When I was in my early 20's, the bachelor(ette) parties were cheaper - just one night closer to $100-$150 per person because we were all broke. Now that we are late 20's/early 30's, we all have more money and are doing bigger parties. However, costs should have been discussed beforehand so everyone could make a decision on whether or not they could afford it.

Yeah too much unless all the guys agreed ahead of time to a "bachelor weekend". Like JP+AP said - her FH's groomsmen agreed ahead of time to a Las Vegas weekend so that's OK. But you don't spring a $600 trip on someone!

I feel like $100 for a bacheorlette or bachelor party is the max. And ours is going to be below that.

FH is going with friends to a Casino about a half hour drive from here. Some guys have expressed interest in getting him a "bachelor party gift". If they feel so inclined then they can just give him gambling money. Otherwise they will just be out gas money (short drive/car pool), dinner (nothing outrageous), personal gambling money (that will vary based on personal preference of course)... There's no need for these things to be outrageous.

Umm they did something very similar for me and I know it was half that cost...BM needs to do some research and find a better deal!!

That seems like a ridiculous cost for what they're doing, even if everyone could afford it. I can book a hotel room for 2 nights for under $300 and cabins should be cheaper because they're splitting it several ways. I could see it being maybe $300 or $350 but how is it $600?

ETA: I'm not sure what DH's cost, but they went out to dinner and to a live MST3K event. Definitely under $100/pp.

That is ridiculous! Who has that kind of money?? Well, besides his BM. My FH and his GM are going camping for a weekend. It'll probably cost like $50 each, including the site and food!

I do agree that $600 is a bit much if the price wasn't discussed, but how is everyone spending $100 max??? A nice dinner and going out for drinks after would cost at least $100 though likely almost double. And that isn't thinking of even paying for the person who it was honoring.

No doubt prices were a tiny bit lower 3 years ago