Bachelor Party - Charleston, SC
In the midst of planning my brother's bachelor party (mid/late April) and figured I'd gauge any previous experience from the forums. I've received solid feedback in relation to Charleston as a destination (strong night-life, positive girl-to-guy ratio, etc), but the feedback lacked the necessary details (best place to stay "hotel vs folly beach house"; best day/night bars, pool parties, etc). That being said, if anyone has experienced Charleston for a Bach party and doesn't mind sharing the experience, I would be forever in your debt.
An important item to note - we're not looking to frat-pad it in seclusion with just the friends of the bachelor...hoping to mingle during the day with any visiting bachelorette parties, or college students.
Well time of the year will play a huge factor in suggestions.
Good point - our focus is one weekend in April.
oh man, my frat did just about every formal in Charleston. King street is a great time, you really can't go wrong going out there. can't remember any of the bars (honestly, it's been like that every time) but there's this one excellent one with live music, 2 indoor bars plus an outdoor bar. you'll hear it from the street.
my advice: stay at isle of palms/mount pleasant/wild dunes, rent a beach house, play golf during the day, get food at coconut joes/windjammer/banana cabana, and get a party bus to downtown charleston. here's why: space, you obviously get more at a beach house. location, it's the beach, it's beautiful. cost, downtown charleston has some pricey hotels if you want any kind of quality, I'd rather have a house at that level. downside is location, it's a hike from IOP to downtown so I think the party bus/van thing is crucial.
if you're trying to mingle with college students, IOP is frequented by college kids on vacation so no problem there. I suppose if it was JUST guys I'd say downtown's a solid option (because at formal you brought a date, no need to mingle), but I just love IOP. also if it's in april, remember finals are in April too, make sure you have it early enough to be before finals get started, but late enough to be after Easter. an alternative would be try to go down graduation weekend or the one prior if finals are done, some of the craziest bar nights I ever had were right after finals were done.
godspeed
Appreciate the recommendation and detailed response.
One additional question - a large group of delinquents (i.e. my childhood best friends) will be travelling with me on the trip...is there certain locations within IOP/Mt Pleasant/Wild Dunes that we should avoid in terms of Police presence, noise complaints, family oriented?? Our focus is on uninterrupted debauchery versus a luxurious, relaxing beach destination. However, it seems fair to assume that if your frat had formals there it shouldn't be an issue.
Thanks again.
I'm sure if you're not lighting things on fire, you're fine. my last formal there were 3 different colleges there (not together, just by coincidence). we had a house with a dock (palm ave I believe), blasted music, etc., and the neighbors just asked us to not park in their driveway.
Wild Dunes is a golf community, so maybe steer clear of that. we've always done IOP, palm ave, ocean ave, the main area. you should be fine. they never got on us for drinking underage, but I know property destruction and trespassing on the protected dunes will get you fucked. as will noise violations but just know your neighbors (likely won't even be home).
never stayed at mt pleasant.
here's the thing about that place: it's got a front as a family oriented place and don't get me wrong, the houses are nice (it's not a shithole by any means), but they know what's up when a bunch of "grad students" want to rent their house "so they can relax before finals." which is what we always said. you had to be 25 to rent a house, they never checked, they said no noise, the neighbors were never there. if you go in mid/early April, it's a dead time for them, so it will likely just be formals and bachelor parties. Charleston tourism really kicks off beginning in May.
Bachelor Party Suggestions - Need help! (Originally Posted: 01/11/2014)
Throwing a BP for a friend and I cannot decide on the best place to have it. He wants one "off the beaten path".
Looking for:
1) Boating (Lake or Beach) 2) Golf 3) Has to be in the U.S. (two internationals need to stay in order to renew Visa/obtain citizenship) 4) Needs to be easily accessible by flight (people coming from all over the U.S.)
Don't need:
1) Strip clubs (hate wasting money... if I was going to, want hookers and blow) 2) Cliche (Vegas, South Beach)
Places we would consider:
-Austin -New Orleans -Colorado (Breck, Vail, Beaver Creek) -South Carolina (Myrtle, Charleston, Hilton Head)
Places that won't work: -Lake Tahoe (already explored it) -Lake Havasu (already have one next year there) -South Beach (have one next year)
Any thoughts or suggestions?
Halls chophouse. Amazing service. Got a post card hand written from the owner after stopping in for brunch
Hominy grill nasty biscuit is banging too
I would say (just my personal taste), no on Myrtle. It's too kitschy for me and just kinda dull. Lake Powell is pretty awesome I hear?
I think New Orleans would be pretty fun too.
Lake Powell looks sweet, but may be a pain to get to (~4 hrs from PHX).
New Orleans. It's just an awesome place. Charleston is for old people.
Hilton Head is absolutely fantastic (have relatives with a second home there), although you'd have to be creative if you want to get into any debauchery. Seems like you don't though, in which case you have plenty of options for more gentlemanly endeavors.
If he still accepts public visitors, Jimmy over at Rowe Farms has a phenomenal quail habitat. Superb dedication to preserving the environment that the fowl likes best, great hunting experience that I can't speak highly enough about.
There's tremendous low-country soul food options all over the place as well. My mouth is watering furiously at the memory of it.
Golf, naturally, is a strong option in that region. You could also charter a boat and have a relaxed booze cruise, or if adventurous, head out for deep-sea fishing.
I think you may have a winner here. NOLA is a solid option as well, but you said you wanted to avoid cliche and I think that puts a nail in that coffin altogether.
Jesus, now I want to tag along.
Southern Florida has all of the things for which you are seeking. Why not Miami?
Edit: I just saw that you mentioned that you don't want to go to South Beach. If you not interested in Miami why not try Long Beach?
I went to a bachelor party in Scottsdale and absolutely loved it. It's great for golf and partying but the boating would be an issue.
Also, I'm surprised you don't have any FL destinations on your list. There are some great spots for fishing and golf.
Already have one next year in South Beach. Been to Florida many times (Orlando, Ft. Meyers, FLL, Miami), just looking to switch it up to a new place.
New Orleans is so unbelievably better than vegas. The City's all about food, music and booze. I would highly recommend a swamp tour if you go.
When is it, and where are you?
Likely in June, we are coming from all over (MW, NE, Mid-Atlantic)
Hilton Head is too quiet for a bachelor party -- unless that's cool with your friend. New Orleans is okay, but a shit hole and a bit sketchy after dark, in my opinion.
May not be your thing, but I know of a couple bachelor parties that went to Nashville and they had a blast.
If it's the summer, Door County, WI or Holland, MI?
If you're doing this during the summer (I'm assuming, boating+golf), I wouldn't do Colorado. It's generally pretty tame up in the mountains during the summer. If you were to do it from September 12-14, Oktoberfest in Breck is fantastic.
I asked a friend of mine (avid golfer, been to 250+ courses), here's his rankings for golf if he "were young and dumb again":
1) New Orleans (food+golf+fishing+have you ever been to New Orleans?) 2) Vegas (it's Vegas, though I think you said no to this) 3) Atlanta (Bear's Best+Bone's Restaurant, doesn't know about nightlife but I made him listen to "Welcome to Atlanta" once so he imagines it's pretty good) 4) Miami (think you said no to this) 5) Scottsdale ("spectacular golfing", casinos)
Austin. Great golf and decent lakes in the hill country on the west side, or head 30-40 minutes south and float the river. The city has really become a foodie haven over the past few years with everything from trailers to fine-dining. Austin has a solid bar scene, Rainey St is a newly-popular area with a lot of laid-back places to grab a drink, West 6th is good for young professionals with a wide range of bar atmospheres, Dirty 6th is good for a rowdy night and typically plenty of good-looking Longhorn co-eds, East 6th is up and coming and currently a hipster paradise. Plenty of other one-off bars to stumble into as well, but those areas should keep you plenty busy for a weekend.
How does Austin fare in Summer once school is out?
Charleston. Go play Kiawah.
There is also Key West (not the FL places you've been to).
Nashville Austin Charleston
So early June is a little too cold for Lake Michigan. By late June, it is probably warm enough to hang out on the beach and kick around in the water, maybe a quick swim, certainly a campfire on the beach. Late July- early September it's warm enough for swimming.
If it were late June, that opens up Cape Cod and makes Door County/Washington Island a little less marginal, though it's still going to be very hit or miss on the weather in late June. You may luck out and it might be a 90 degree day and the water temp is 68 (swimmable), or it may be low 60s in the water and 60 degrees and overcast or raining.
For a group of people mostly east of the Mississippi, for somewhere warm that involves boats, beaches, and golfing in June, my vote is for Hilton Head.
Hawaii?
Hawaii is expensive to get to (sucks for some people) and pretty much anything you can get there you can get in Cali.
From the East Coast, Hawaii = 5 hour flight from JFK to LAX + 6 hour flight from LAX to Hawaii.
Incidentally, it seems like all of PEInvestor's friends are from the Midwest, Central Atlantic, and Northeast. Meaning they are all ~2 hours from Florida vs 3-4 hours at the closest to the West Coast (really more like five hours for everyone east of the Appalachians.)
Charleston. I did my brother's Barchelor party there in late April. It was amazing. It is Bachelorette Party central. There were three Bachelorette parties all at the same bar that we went to the second night. One of them was comprised exclusively of Southern Belles. They had the waitress come over to our table and invite us to join them after dinner (my brother has some good looking friends as far as attracting women).
We also ran into a College of Charleston Senior Pub Crawl. 15+ seniors out getting wasted on Friday night. It was Bachelor party heaven. We spent the days out on the boat or recovering from the prior night. Some great restaurants in Charleston too if you're into that. Hotels were really cheap too.
Interesting... that sounds like a good time. Although being in June, we'd miss the students I'm sure.
You beat me to it, but I'll second that. There are so many bachelorette parties and as far as bachelor parties go, you'll probably be the only game in town. I didn't do the planning (if so I would have incorporated golf or boating/fishing), but we had a great time going out. We spent all of Saturday by the pool on the roof of our hotel hanging out with the 3-4 bachelorette parties there throughout the day. Lots of bars/restaurants, great women, cheap, easy to get to- I'd definitely recommend it.
New Orleans.
After living in SC for a while, i can vouch for other users here. Charleston is a great southern city full of awesome places but without the scum of the dirty Myrtle. Charleston's bar scene is pretty young too.
I grew up on Hilton head. I can say that it is more of a family place and may not be what you are looking for. Quiet but beautiful place with great golf (Ive played every course on the island), pm me if you want to know anything about HHI.
As far as SC goes, Charleston is your best bet and could definitely host an awesome Bachelor party.
Ain't nothin like southern belles and raisn' hell in the land of high cotton
Key West is ideal for boating and has decent golfing if you're willing to make a Florida trip outside of Miami, FLL, Ft Myers, etc.
NOLA is the best city in the country for a bachelor party/3-day weekend in my opinion though.
How about the Ocean Course (Kiawah Island, SC), Bandon Dunes (OR), or Whistling Straits (Kohler, WI)?
Bachelor Party This Weekend (Originally Posted: 08/03/2014)
As of 20 minutes ago, I have been charged with planning a Bachelor Party for this weekend because the guy who was supposed to plan it just let everyone know he hasn't planned a damn thing. My idea of a good time would have been to rent out a house deep in the woods and just get weird but that isn't happening.
Anyway, dinner is taken care of but I need ideas on what to do for the afternoon and then again post dinner. Alcohol should be involved, strip clubs/strippers/prostitutes should not. And go.
I think if I ever get married I am gonna take like 10 of my closest friends on a several week long bender and hit up the top party spots across the country and Canada. LA, Vancouver, NYC, Miami, Vegas, Chicago maybe take a couple day break somewhere like Boston.
Fuck it I might just do that party regardless of me getting married.
humble bragging w/out even being prompted, sometimes you're really reaching
Humble bragging. Fuck me I'm slipping. I don't do humble.
might as well just throw it at chuck-e-cheese
I'm thinking that might be a little too intense for these guys. All of those flashing lights and ticket based games, might cause the loss of their man cards too slowly.
seriously, might as well go down to the parent's basement and get in a circle
hmmm, completely depends on the crowd and where you're located but here's a few ideas
in the afternoon: golf, poker (also after dinner), skydiving/hang gliding,
later - some type of pub crawl and/or rent a party bus and/or reserve a table at a club w/ bottle service
Golf in the afternoon then depending on the city club w/ bottle service or pub crawl. Either way, alcohol needs to be involved for the entire day / night.
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What's your budget?
Golf, poker, cigars, scotch/beer tasting, craps, steak and lobster. That is what I want at mine.
Craps, steak dinner, drinking, more dice, cigars, whiskey, and more dice to end the night
I always come across your username around lunch time and it makes me think of how fucking hungry i am. maybe its cause of the "crunch" in your name, idk but now im starving
That would have been one hell of a Bachelor party. Seriously, how did you end up getting this job?
Afternoon: Boating. Bring plenty of good beer.
After dinner: Concert, then cigars preferably on someone's rooftop.
Vegas
I think these are some important questions to ask...
How many of you are over 18 and of those... over 21? Will your parents buy booze for you? Out of the group of guys attending the bachelor party... how many have vaginas?
That's a pity. The best bachelor weekends I've been on have run on the following schedule:
4 and bachelor party are synonymous. or so at least i thought until OP shit on that concept.
Now lets not be too hard on the OP, I have been invited to bachelor parties where strip clubs were not on the agenda. I flat out refused to go to the party and the wedding. If you are that whipped, why not just mail death in.
What the fuck is wrong with the younger generation? Whiskey, blow and the inclusion of women who will show you parts of their body that you had only heard about in folklore and who will do things to you for some sort of currency, preferably one that is not from your country. That's why God invented bachelor parties.
I've had friends do golfing, sailing/boating, and deep sea fishing then followed up by a decent dinner and more drinks. It usually included strippers of some sort though. Although it may be late to schedule anything big like that if many people are involved. I heard a friend went to one where they did go-karts but I think they got kicked out because there was a bar upstairs in the place and they started crashing wildly on karts that go 60.
I highly recommend for others who may eventually take the plunge into a single vagina for the rest of their lives to do their party in Bratislava. I've been involved in crazy before, but other than a tiger and Mike Tyson being involved it wasn't much different than the movie. And a naked Asian dude. He wasn't there either.
^ My bachelor party + Vegas or Ibiza. Easy.
Pity it's 2 weeks 'til the Full Moon Paty
To be fair, chances are if your friend has made the decision to settle down, he's been moving away from crazy blowouts anyway.
The main idea of a bachelor party isn't necessarily just "one last night of debauchery." It's to have one final day with just you and your friends, knowing that with your new responsibilities in married life it will be MUCH harder to do something all together again. If you don't remember anything, that kind of defeats the purpose.
There SHOULD be something other than booze involved.
ya, blow and strippers
Wow getting a lot of shit for the no hookers... Hookers and whatnot are not happening because the guy getting married would just flat out refuse to go. Nothing I can do about it. When we first met this wouldn't have been and issue but he pulled a complete 180 on me when he got engaged.
There are 5 of us, everyone is 21, 1 of the guys is married (and pretty whipped), 2 of the guys I've never met - 1 is the brides cousins (or some close relative) and the other is the grooms friend from Law school. Unfortunately, I am the only one up to do anything wild. Again not the ideal situation but I gotta MacGyver something.
I'm surprised no one said shooting range. I love guns and blowing shit up so that is going to be on the agenda. If i had more time I would have tried to rent out Lime Rock or do some kind of HPDE. Lets keep the spending limit within reason, don't quite know that within reason means though.
strippers =/= hookers. Well not always but for the most part if you hire a stripper to strip you aren't hiring a hooker.
One thing that kind of makes it hard, is you didn't give us a location. I wouldn't recommend a shooting range if I'm assuming you're in NYC because it's not exactly easy to just go to one here. But then again, it's not exactly right in the city to go to lime rock either now that you're mentioning that.
The best thing about bachelor parties, is the groom to be, is supposed to have 0 idea what is going on. He's literally there for the ride. If you're all at a house drinking doing whatever then all of a sudden 4 strippers show up is he just going to get up and leave? If the answer is yes, then that's what hand cuffs are for! Those stripper cops can arrest his ass! For my bachelor party my best man told me the only thing I have a say in is what day, and asked my fiance for a list of things that were off the table.... which was nothing. I'm terrified of what is going to happen that day.
If you don't have any connections to get a stripper, you could probably just pick one up at times square. They're walking around topless taking pictures for money.
It doesn't sound like any of them actually want a party but it does sound like none of them get out. Bride's cousin, whipped newly wed, whipped soon to be married and two strangers doesn't sound like a good time. They sound like the type of crowd that will complain about paying a cover charge, bottle service or pretty much anything.Your best bet is basically to follow @"SSits" or @"Dingdong08" advice. Pound of coke, a bus and boobies...and maybe a boat or a go-kart.
You can't in good conscience call it a bachelor party without strippers present. I'm sorry but that's life.
Yah, I'd skip that bachelor "party''. I could possibly see someone being squeamish with hooker, but no strip club? Save yourself the time and just pass the ball on planning that shit. Dudes already stopped caring so you might as well also.
And who has a brides relative in the Bachelor party. Nothing like raging out with a narc.
What a poor bastard of a groom, not only does he have the misfortune of getting married but he's disgraced with you fucktard flunkies as his wedding party. (although I suspect you guys all deserve each other)
On that note, in my effort to be constructive might I suggest http://tiny.cc/ep9vjx.
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why don't you all pop viagra and circle jerk each other in that cabin you rent out
Go to a shooting range, preferably an outdoor skeet range. It will be an absolute blast. I did that in the afternoon portion of my bachelor party and everyone loved it.
holy shit, this sounds like a lame ass bachelor party I went to recently. At least we did go to a strip club, but most of the dudes just stood there like a bunch of little boys.
Rent this out for the weekend ...
Comes with a personal assistant and three strippers. You are set.
I can imagine this thing getting called off if it rains
Ok since you pointed out that the groom has done a complete 180 on you are literally fucked. Cold hard fucked! However you can save yourself by looking at different courses of action:
Before you do any of these events you must consume a good amount of alcohol
1- You make this a lame event (golf/boating/drinks/sunburn) Most Likely COA
2-Co-Bachelor/Bachelorette party (FUCK THAT!) Most Dangerous COA
3- Have a mini fun (Airsoft/Shooting Range/Tandem Jump)
4- You go to the most bad ass club w/bottle service after a day of various activities such as the groom asking ladies for certain items. THE ONE WE WANT!
#3 & #4 is what MAN LAW dictates and what will at least help you bear it.
That's all I think on the tame level since this bachelor party smells worse then goat's ass!
So how did this whole thing turn out for everyone?
Went to a shooting range for my bachelor party; had a blast! Evening bar crawl or a baseball game wouldn't be a bad idea either.
Frisbee golf, Skoal, summer ales & Jimmy Buffett on a Bluetooth speaker.
Totally chill brah
Frisbee golf makes the guys playing ultimate frisbee look straight
you forgot the ripped cargo shorts, lack of sleeves, backwards flexfit, and Jackass box set for the late night circle jerk.
by the way, never use Mr. Buffett's name in a sentence like that again.
What ended up happening for the bachelor party?
I think @jrmistmaker is too embarrassed to say.
@JrMistMaker : I applaud you, sir. Well done.
Bachelor party plans (Originally Posted: 10/03/2012)
Hey monkeys! One of my friends is going to get married next month (I've prayed him NOT to do this, but wasn't successful), and now we have to plan a bachelor party for him. I don't want to spend that night playing poker or watching football, so crazy advices are more that welcomed!
We did the beach house, steaks/bars Friday, golf / belligerent day drinking Saturday, party bus Saturday night to downtown, "entertainment", and brunch/bbq Sunday. Second the recommendation on Halls. We bar hopped both nights and got bottle service one night (which was stupid as the move is to bar hop). You guys will have a great time.
were we in the same frat?
where do you live? would give a better idea of options... i.e. is Vegas an option, etc...
Sorry, I forgot to mention it - I live in Russia, and he is willing to celebrate here. Thanks
Russia...
Given WSO's largely US-based user base, this might be a tough one...
How far are you from Macau?
don't you guys like vodka over there, and it's pretty cheap right? girls are cheap too right? start with the former, it'll probably end with the latter, with, hopefully, some funny shit in-between.
beakerbeaker It would take 8 hours to go to Macau, and he is willing to celebrate it in his hometown, so it won't work. Oreos Yep, there definitely will be several bottles of vodka and girls, but are there any more specific advices?
How went your craziest bachelor party?
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