However, a bingo firm is offering a bride and groom £5,000 to sponsor their wedding, which would include the company’s logo appearing on the wedding dress.

OnlineBingoClub.co.uk would also require the happy couple to pose for publicity shots and allowing the logo to appear on invitations and menus for example, but in return they can go a long way to having their wedding costs covered.

A spokesman for the bingo site said: “We’re hoping to give one lucky bride the wedding she’s always dreamed of.

“Having the logo on her dress and wedding invites is a small price to pay.”

So is sponsoring weddings the way forward? It brings back memories of Anthea Turner and Grant Bovey’s wedding and a chocolate bar, which did not go down well with the public back in 2000.

The world travel guide Lonely Planet chose Iceland as its best value destination for 2010, which is great news from guys considering a stag weekend in Reykjavik – Iceland’s capital.

The impact has seen Iceland’s leading airline, Icelandair, experience an increase in UK sales over the past year. This is seen partly due to the country’s near bankruptcy leading to an increase in interest in it as a holiday destination.

Birkir Holm Gudnason, CEO of Icelandair, said: “It seems that in the middle of the media interest we have been able to communicate the fact that this is a great time to visit Iceland, because as a traveller you simply get more for your money than ever before.”

While the airline’s GM, Hjorvar Saeberg Hognasson, added: “If you compare what a pound got you on 1st February 2008 to 1st February 2010, you see an increase of 57 percent, so you can see why UK passengers are heading to Iceland in droves to experience the breathtaking nature and enjoy activities like searching for the Northern Lights.”

Reykjavik offers lads on a stag weekend the opportunity to experience outrageous adrenaline packed activities, including quad biking on lava fields, while the nightlife is anything but cold.

Lloyds TSB questioned more than 2,000 UK residents about their travel plans for 2010 and found that in comparison to last year’s ’staycation’ popularity we are once again taking to the skies in our millions.

Europe was found to be the most popular continent for a holiday with 60% planning to visit a European country, followed by America (12%), Africa (5%) and Asia (4%).

A third of respondents said their determination to go abroad has been strengthened by the freezing cold winter we’ve experienced in Britain, while almost half are looking for beach holiday to soak up some summer sun.

If you are planning a European stag weekend check our our extensive range of destinations and if you want guaranteed warmth you can not go wrong with the Costal Del Sol or a summer stag do in Barcelona.

Well one Groom in the United Arab Emirates didn’t realise his predicament until after he had got married and upon realising his bride was ‘cross-eyed’ and ‘bearded’ he promptly cancelled the marriage.

The man, a UAE ambassador, explained his unfortunate situation resulted from her entire face being covered during the courting process. It was only after their marriage contract had been signed that he leaned in to kiss her and made the discovery.

The Gulf News website reports that the ambassador reneged the marriage contract, claiming he was deceived as his other had reportedly been shown pictures of the bride’s sister.

The ambassador has since sued for the ‘emotional and moral damage’ he has suffered and demanded $136,000 from his former wife to cover gifts he had lavished on her.

So, on a stag party it might be an idea just to check with the groom-to-be that he has checked his would-be wife for facial hair.

The pair were arrested after the bride allegedly attacked the groom’s former lover after the wedding. It is claimed the Massachusetts bride tried to run over the woman and her son.

Marissa Ann Putignano-Keene, 22, was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon – her car, and damage to property after crashing said car into a fence.

No-one was injured in the carpark incident in Cape Cod, but nonetheless the groom, 37-year-old Timothy Keene, who was also in the car, was charged with disorderly conduct and taken into protective custody, along with his new wife.

For many researching a stag weekend in Europe a check on TripAdvisor is a must as the website is a respected source of testimonials and destination information.

TripAdvisor Flights allows users search for flights from every major UK airline and calculates and compares the entire cost of a flight. It takes into account the ticket price, fees for checked-in luggage and in-flight food service and entertainment.

Bryan Saltzburg, general manager of new initiatives at TripAdvisor, said, “Following a successful trial, we are very pleased to launch the full version of our flight search to the UK market. Now, travellers can search an even larger selection of flights in one place from the world’s top airlines and travel companies.”

Last week CheapFlights launched Zugu – a flight comparison aggregator, which should help lads planning a stag holiday find the best deal.

September 1st is known as Knowledge Day in Latvia as it is the first day of school, so to prevent students from drinking rather than gaining knowledge a ban on alcohol sales has been passed.

“I’m convinced many parents will support a day without alcohol and will provide an example for their children,” said Latvian MP Sarmite Kikuste.

Latvia has a strong drinking culture, which has made its capital Riga so popular with travelling stags who head over to the Baltic state in their thousands each year.

The flights will commence from the end of March and will be offered three times a week, on Monday, Tuesday and Friday for outgoing flights and Monday, Thursday and Sunday for returns. This will appeal to stags looking for a weekend break from Friday to Monday, or Sunday for a shorter trip.

Tero Taskila, Chief Commercial Officer of airBaltic said: “After a profitable year in 2009 and with a positive outlook for 2010, airBaltic continues to strengthen its transit product via Riga by offering another destination in the UK. This is already the 7th destination we will open this year from Riga to complement our network of routes serving Western Europe, Scandinavia, CIS and Middle East.”

The flights on a Boeing 737 aircraft will last just under three hours before they touch down in the stag capital of Europe. Find out more about Riga Stag Weekends here.

Boffins from the Rotterdam University in Holland have reported that the positive effects of going on a holiday can last for as long as two months and they suggest that gaking lots of short breaks rather than one long holiday is the best way to maximise this benefit.

The research saw 1,500 adults surveyed and it found that their level of happiness improved before embarking on the holiday and continued to benefit for up to two months after returning from the holiday. However, the best results followed breaks that were deemed to be ‘relaxing’, which is something that a stag do weekend rarely is.

The results of this study have been published in the journal ‘Applied Research in Quality of Life’ and it goes a long way to backing what we’ve always felt was true… that stag weekends are the way to go.

Travel booking engine Cheapflights media has launched Zugu, a “meta-search” service, which fetches airfare quotes from several sources before aggregating them in a single list.

The site currently searches for flights departing from Britain, but this is set to be expanded in time.

Zugu allows users to select required departure time, changing prices “on-the-fly” and allowing bookers to view the trade-off between convenience and price.

So when booking your stag weekend abroad with The Stag Company make sure you visit Zugu to locate your best flight deals.