Cost of staging stag or hen party has increased by FIFTY per cent in five years

Cost of staging stag or hen party has increased by FIFTY per cent in five years

• Averave spend in 2008 was £91 for stags and £102 for hens
  
• 74% of men lie about what goes on (only 43 per cent of women do)
• Stag or hen activity most lied about is the strip club visit
• 59% of stags admit to deleting their photos before returning home
  

By Katy Winter

PUBLISHED: 10:13 EST, 18 January 2013 | UPDATED: 05:33 EST, 21 January 2013

Stag and hen dos are one of the most enjoyable elements of planning a wedding - but they can also be one of the most costly.

With the average cost of a stag party coming in at £153 per person and a hen party now reaching £157, there's nothing cheap about staging a stag or a hen, even if you can't say the same about what goes on during the event.

The study, carried out by Stag Company and Hen Heaven found that spending had soared by over 50 percent over the past five years as it appears that no matter the economic situation people will find the money to give their friend a memorable send-off.

She'll never know: A massive 74 of stags lie to their partner about what they got up to while only 43 per cent of hens lie to their other half

Big The average spend per hen and stag has massively increased in the last five years

Even though the UK has been in the grips of recession twice in the past five years, the average cost per party member on stag and hen weekends has risen year on year since 2008.

The average cost of a stag do has risen from £91 in 2008 to £153 in 2013, while hens now spend £157 compared to £102 in 2008.

However, while they may be willing to splash out on the party, today's naughty stags and hens don’t want to share the stories with their other halves.

A shameful 74 per cent of men confess to lying to their partner about what they got up to on a friends (or indeed their own!) stag do, and 43 per cent of hens tell their other half fibs about their hen do activities.

Unsurprisingly the activity most lied about by both sexes is attending strip clubs, while 59 per cent of stags admit to deleting photos before returning home.

Most parties are held in the UK with 66 per cent of hen parties choosing to play at home and 62 per cent of stag dos.

Same old tricks: Both sexes are most likely to hide the fact they went to a strip club

Most parties are held in the UK with 66 per cent of hen parties choosing to play at home and 62 per cent of stag dos

For stags Bournemouth tops the lists of popular destinations with Nottingham coming in second and Brighton being the third choice.

Statistics reveal that that London has been the most popular city for hen weekends.

Brighton and Manchester come in at second and third respectively.

Increasingly people choose to go abroad with Marbella being the clear favourite for European hen parties, accounting for a massive 66 per cent of all overseas bookings in 2012.

'Do' destinations: Bournemouth is the top city for stags while hens flock to the capitol

The survey was conducted by the Stag Company and Hen Haven who have recently introduced Las Vegas as a destination.

Hen Heaven CEO Rob Hill indicated that Vegas is already proving popular with Hen Heaven site visitors:

'We’ve seen a huge response to our new Las Vegas hen weekend packages, and rightly so.

'Las Vegas is one of the ultimate destinations for many types of holiday or getaway, and hen parties are no different'