How much would you be willing to pay for a hen due?

[Moofreemum1]

Just that really? An abroad due due? For 3 nights. This is for an old friends hen due, not entirely sure I can afford it but wanted to see what other people were willing to pay?

@Moofreemum1 my sister went on a hen do recently to Ibiza i think she paid £300 for flights and hotel xx

I wouldn't go abroad for a hen do, too expensive and I have a baby I'd rather be with.

Another one here who wouldn't go abroad for a hen do. I think it's a big ask of people, especially when they have families. I was asked to pay £500 last year so that was a no. I don't really like flying somewhere for a couple of days anyway.

I wouldn’t go to a hen do if it involved travelling abroad. I’d also probably not go to one that meant travelling somewhere in the U.K. I have to watch my money and things like that just aren’t things I can afford at the moment.
If the hen do was happening near where I live then I would be willing to pay around £80.

Not a sausage.
A ‘hen do’ (‘do’ being a colloquial term for party) is ok if it’s fun, not inconvenient, and not costing people a fortune.

So for 3 nights, have been quoted 300. That excludes food, transfers, getting to the airport in the uk, pool parties, drinks in the venue. I orginally said yes but I didn't think it would cost this much!!!

Ugh hen dos are so awful. I'm dreading one I have coming up next year. The wedding will cost loads too (flights, hotel)

For 3 nights abroad it's more a case of whether I want to go on holiday with the people who are going and if the cost is reasonable for the location and quality of hotel on offer as well as being affordable. Also cost of food and drinks etc at the location might be a consideration.

Assuming it's in Europe, I'd expect to pay around £250-300 per person for a flight and mid range hotel B&B or share of self catering apartment.

I'd be less interested in somewhere like Marbella, Ibiza Town/San Antonio or that Greek Island that's really expensive where it's all 20 euro cocktails etc. But a city break in an interesting historic city where you can wander round looking at the sights and eat reasonably priced local food and drink and just chat have a laugh sounds great to me.

Do you have plenty of money to spare and is she a very close friend? There’s not a chance in hell I would spend that going to a hen do unless I was wealthy and she was my best friend. It’s ridiculous!

I wouldn’t. £300 I think is ok if you can afford it, but DH and I recently went to a wedding which cost us £400 for the two of us to go - I couldn’t deprive my family of a further £300 (which to be face it won’t be the total sum) for a holiday which is what this is.

£300 sounds perfectly reasonable for a flight and 3 nights accommodation, assuming that it's not a bunk in a hostel.

Flight £50-150, accommodation £50-80 per person per night, nice hotel with pool and breakfast??

I'm not sure you could do it for much less unless you got some bargain flights and stayed somewhere quite basic.

Well Barbara it's one of those destinations you've mentioned!! So club entry and drinks will be stupidly high!
I hardly have spare money I'm a single parent. But I'm suppose to get a bit of money in the next few months and was going to use that but I'd have to use that and maybe even more. I thought she was a close friend until she chose another girl over me to be bridesmaid. I didn't say anything but it did hurt.

I'd be happy to go out for a nice dinner - so maybe up to £70.00?

So glad going away on holiday for Hen and Stag do's weren't a thing when me and mine when we were getting married.

Not a penny. Hen dos are the height of tacky. Waste of money.

A hen do when I got married was just a night out with your mates. Now people seem to expect their mates to give up 3/4 days and a shit load of money. Def not for me.

I wouldn’t go. If you arrange that kind of hen do you have to expect that people can’t/won’t be able to attend.
Suggest an evening meal and drinks when they are home.

Tell her you've no one to babysit and you have no spare money.

I think it’s irrelevant really what others would pay. If you don’t want to go, don’t go, but if they’ve already booked it on the assumption you’re going, they might be pissed off with you dropping out.

Mine was around £60 including lunch, although some people did have to travel a couple of hours and stay overnight. But the actual activities and lunch were fairly reasonable I thought.

I'd only go abroad if it was a good friend and I knew lots of the hens. Otherwise it's lots of money for a holiday where you're following a group around and potentially doing things you don't want to.

I'd stay home and save the money for something else.

By the time this comes round next year I wouldn't have been abroad for 3 years because I can't afford it. For price I would be paying i could take me and my son away on a cheap holiday for a week! I'm actually annoyed they expect people to pay this crazy amount. The hen herself earns triple the amount i do with no children

Wouldn't go abroad for a hen do

I wouldn't go aboard for a hen do but if I did, I'd pay £300 but expect to have to take at least £200 in spending money.

Be aware that your costs might rise as people start suggesting you pay for this and that for the bride.

Hen due...I misread that as chicken with eggs. Thought I’ve always wanted hens...wrong sort.

Honestly, I wouldn't go.

I have flat out refused to go on 3 hen parties abroad. Very politely refused, but refused nonetheless. One was for a Sil. I 'll. go out for dinner, pub, club etc, but not fly abroad, total waste of money time and resources.go

"Sorry, I can't make it. Have a lovely, lovely time and send photos". End of discussion.