After all this unpredictable weather of late it is still believed this summer will be a great success. Britain will be celebrating many special events this summer like the Queens Jubilee on the first weekend of June, at the end of June is Armed Forces Day, and major sporting events occur like the football European Championships and the Olympics.

These events will be celebrated all across the UK, but many town and cities will be celebrating other events too. That is why this summer Bristol has to be high on your list of destinations to visit this summer, especially for a hen weekend with the girls. As well as these national events to celebrate you’ll have many events to see and participate in during your Bristol hen party.

Bristol Balloon Fiesta

This is one of Bristol’s most famous events and attracts thousands of visitors every year. Last year the Red Arrows made an appearance to light up the skies above Bristol and will be sure to return again this year. The fiesta is on all weekend and would be ideal for you and the girls to attend because as well as balloon entertainment, there is live music, food, drink and much more. All you and the girls have to do is sit back and enjoy the moment.

Harbour Festival

Usually the sun comes out during the Harbour Festival and helps bring in all the crowds. If you and the girls are into a bit of dance, music and entertainment then this is a wonderful festival for you to visit. By choosing your Bristol hen weekend during this festival it will certainly give you and the girls the party feeling as the harbour side comes alive with the best of Bristol’s creative arts.

The Bristol Festival

The Bristol Festival has only been running for a few years but due to its success it will continue. The centre of Bristol and the Harbour side comes to life once again with a selection of bands, stand-up, arts and craft workshops. Once the drinks and beats start flowing, you and the girls will have a fantastic day a head of a top hen night in Bristol.

According to a recent study it’s been announced that a record number of British couples are heading abroad to tie the knot. As well as the unpredictable British weather, it’s believed that couples are trying to avoid the spiralling costs. The average cost of a wedding has now topped the £18,500 mark and will be expected rise even more as the Church of England will add around 40 per cent to the current amount they charge in January. Around 80,000 Brits are thought to go elsewhere in the next 12 months as they believe they can make big savings.

Only a few years ago it was a thought that a wedding abroad would cost much more but now with internet wedding companies many couples are going online to look at package deals that include the venue hire, wedding ceremony, marriage certificate as well as the wedding cake and flowers.

The internet has also helped in many other parts of the wedding planning. A top hen weekend can now be booked via the internet with packages that include your hotel, transport, day activities and evening entertainment. To avoid spiralling costs but still getting the luxury, booking on the internet seems to be the best way to get more for your money. If you go to GoHen.com, you’ll be able to view a host of fantastic hen party packages available all across Europe. Working with the best hotels, activities and evening venues, there’s no reason to look elsewhere.

Now the bank holiday weekend has ended, you’re most probably back at work and your recent weekend shenanigans are over as quick as they started. If you’re suffering from the back to work blues, there’s no better way to recover than booking yourself a spa themed break.

GoHen offer a fantastic selection of top spa hen weekends located all over the UK and Europe. If you have a special occasion, it’s the perfect excuse to book a weekend away with the girls. Whether you wish to involve your spa day with another activity or perhaps some evening entertainment take a look at some of our fantastic spa hen weekend packages on offer. Here are 3 of our popular packages -

Cardiff Chillout – from £135pp

Stay two nights at a 2 star centrally located hotel. Enjoy a pole dancing lesson with the girls before relaxing with a spa session. This will all be topped off with two nights VIP nightclubbing entry.

Manchester – Manche-spa from £139pp

You and the girls will enjoy 2 nights at a top 4 star hotel. After a morning of shopping, you’ll enjoy a spa session. The evening is celebrated with a 2 course meal at a top restaurant followed by recommendations to the best bars and VIP nightclub entry.

Prague Princess – from £192pp

If you’re looking for something a bit different, a trip with the girls to Prague is just right for you. You and the girls will be based for two nights at a centrally located luxury apartment. The trip includes airport and activity transfers and a guided bar crawl. You’ll get to enjoy a pampering day at a top Czech spa before setting sail on a private river cruise. The evening involves a dinner reservation and VIP nightclub entry to top off a fine weekend.

For more information on these packages see our spa hen weekends or email one of our expert account managers at hen@gohen.com.

GoHen are pleased to announce the arrival 3 new hen activities. If you and the girls are looking for an activity a little bit different look no further than zumba dancing, bungee jumping and LMFAO dancing.

Zumba dancing – if you haven’t already been caught up in the latest dance craze of zumba, now’s the time give it a try. It doesn’t matter if you’ve never tried it before or you think you can’t dance, once you and the girls feel the Latin beat run through your body, you will pick up the rhythm and dance steps in no time. With excellent coaching from your instructor, you’ll have great fun and once your zumba dancing hen weekend activity is over, you’ll be certain to continue zumba dance lessons once you arrive home.

Bungee jumping – if something exhilarating and thrilling is what you and the girls are after, then a bungee jumping hen weekend activity is right up your street. Imagine yourself stood high up on a ledge overlooking beautiful Scottish scenery, with a cool breeze blowing in your face. You take a slow deep breath as your heart beat is starting to pound. You then throw yourself off and plunge down the 40m drop and you experience the sensation of human flight. Bungee jumping on your hen weekend will definitely be something you won’t forget.

LMFAO dancing – an LMFAO dancing hen weekend is the newest dance style to have been brought to the UK. If you’ve heard the songs of ‘I’m sexy and I know it’ and ‘Party Rock Anthem’ and you thought they were great, you’ll have to see the naughty yet brilliant music videos! This amazing dance class gives you the chance to learn the moves to the videos, you won’t be able to stop yourself from getting up on the dance floor on the hen night.

A hotel in Blackpool has been closed down with immediate effect by the Blackpool magistrates after an application for closure was made by the town hall. The magistrates decided on closure after complaints were made since the hotel opened a year ago. Locals and other businesses had grown tired after loud noise and lewd and anti-social behaviour that occurred on many occasions.

Unfortunately, guests who are due to stay in Blackpool for their stag and hen dos in the future will now be struggling to find replacement accommodation, especially with high group sizes. This is why it pays to book with an expert in hen weekends like GoHen. GoHen only offer the best hand picked hotels that will ensure that your stay will be stress free and enjoyable. Another very important part of booking a hen do is making sure you book with an ABTA bonded agent, this means if problems do occur you won’t lose out and you will be financially protected.

GoHen have been arranging group weekends for over 10 years, have sent over 190,000 people on successful hen weekends and were the first stag and hen company to be ABTA bonded.

By booking with GoHen, your money will go a long way and you’ll be getting the most out of your hen weekend. Take a look at our top 10 hen weekend packages and get in touch with of our expert account managers to secure your hen party. Call us on 0845 130 5225 or email at hen@gohen.com.

The UK has been treated to major downpours in all areas, ironically just after areas across England were hit with a hose pipe ban. Today and into the weekend, the UK has been hit with further weather warnings as more heavy rain, hail and thunder will continue. But unfortunately it doesn’t stop there; the torrential rain will persist and carry on into the first couple of weeks in May.

According to the Met Office and the Environmental agency, rivers are beginning to swell and some will be at the risk of bursting its banks. Many roads and dry land across the UK will also be prone to flooding and will cause absolute chaos.

But don’t let this dampened your spirits, summer is on its way (hopefully), and if you’re taking part in any hen weekend watersports you won’t be affected, if anything you’ll be laughing! It’s obvious people are growing frustrated with the constant unpredictable weather and due to this, European hen weekends are on the rise as hen groups are wanting to escape the bad weather.

With the May bank holiday, Spring bank holiday and the Queens Jubilee approaching, this is the perfect time to get the girls together and hop over to the continent and enjoy some fun in the sun. Whether it’s for a last minute hen weekend or just a girls weekend away, it’s time to do something spontaneous and get something booked. Why not check out our top 10 European hen weekend packages and prepare for the glorious sunshine and a refreshing beverage in hand, instead of dodging the rain at home.

GoHen have been contacted by television giants, Sky One, to help find brides-to-be wanting to learn to dance for their wedding day!

If you’re a disaster on the dance floor and have two left feet, this could be the perfect opportunity to learn to dance for you big day.

Princess Productions are looking for groups of the country’s unlikeliest dancers who are part of a wedding party to be taught to dance from a big-name professional dancer.

If you’re interested in finding out more, please email your details to secretstreetcrew@princesstv.com or call 0207 985 7626 and mention GoHen.

Why not include a dance class on your hen weekend, see GoHen’s fantastic selection of dance classes.

Hong Kong airlines have announced that they have fully trained their cabin crew in the martial art of Wing Chun. Wing Chun is the first martial art to have been created by a female and has been practised in China for hundreds of years.

Wing Chun was brought in due to the fact that the skill of striking and grappling moves can be used easily in small confined spaces, which is ideal for an airplane. Before, many female cabin crew felt they couldn’t handle large passengers, but now with the skill they’ve practised, they stand a much better chance.

The airlines have announced that they’ve brought this training in to help the cabin crew against unruly behaved passengers on their flights and deal with disruptive passengers in a more effective way. The basic course only lasts 3 hours but the course is compulsory for all staff. The staff are also encouraged to further their training if it helps give them more confidence.

According to the airlines deputy general manager, there are around 3 airline incidents every week which is due to disruptive passengers, only recently one of the cabin crew had to use their new skills on a drunk passenger who’s behaviour and actions were getting out of hand.

The summer is fast approaching and the sound of wedding bells will be heard all across the land. As well as weddings, engagements are also being announced just as often. The biggest engagements news hitting all the newspapers at the moment is between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. The happy couple have finally got engaged after they got close during the film, Mr and Mrs Smith. It’s thought that the couple will get married in the grounds of their South of France home which they have spent time renovating.

Also, due to get married is Shane Warne and Liz Hurley. The couple got engaged during the end of September last year after being together for 10 months. Shane Warne proposed during a meal at St Andrews Golf Club in Scotland. It wasn’t a private affair as it was during a VIP evening at the home of golf.

As you can imagine, any celebrity wedding is going to be very extravagant as are their engagement rings. Here are the top five most expensive celebrity engagement rings –

5 – Kim Kardashian – her 20 carrot ring cost a nice $2 million
4 – Mariah Carey – her ring included 59 diamonds and cost $2 million
3 – Donald Trump –his fiancée’s ring was 15 carrot and cost $3 million
2 – Paris Hilton – her ring was also 15 carrot but cost a cool $4.7 million
1 – Beyonce – coming in at number 1, her 18 carrot ring cost a massive $5 million

You can only wonder how much their hen weekends cost!

With the summer approaching there’s no better way to soak in the great weather with a day at the races. Many racecourses across the country have their very own themed ladies day so you and the girls can get dressed up for the occasion with a delightful dress and big hat combo and sip champagne while trying your luck on a horse or two. If you’re lucky enough, you may even win the competition for best hat or outfit.

A big racing event that begins today is the Grand National Festival at Aintree followed by the start of the flat season with top racing at Doncaster, Chester, Epsom and the famous Royal Ascot. These racecourses are very famous for their horse racing and of course their ladies day meetings.

If you thought horse racing was just an event for old blokes, then think again. Popularity of the sport is ever growing and now it’s a favourite among hen parties. You and the girls will receive a great buzz from seeing your horses win, topped off with a celebratory glass of bubbly to top it off.

See more information about our horse racing hen weekend.