Welsh prefer Euro-style hen and stag parties

THE Welsh will spend an astounding £551 each travelling abroad on stag and hen parties in 2005.
Rather than host just another night out at a local club, couples are now jetting off on their separate ways to celebrate singledom's end - European style.
One in three invited on a pre-wedding bash will head overseas this year bringing the total British spending to £430m, a new report found.
Spain is the favourite destination for a quarter of all stags and hens. Then comes the Netherlands (23%) and France (15%).
Cheap flights are fuelling the trend, as is the promise of cheaper alcohol and all-night partying.

Airlines such BMIbaby, EasyJet and Ryanair now travel to destinations across Europe and flights cost as little as £10 each way.
On offer in the continent's capital cities is a varied menu from laid-back cosmopolitan cool to hedonistic partying.
Hotels are relatively cheap and there's plenty to see and do. Bars stay open late, as do Budapest's thermal springs, if you fancy a midnight swim.
Visit Parisian flea markets for some retail therapy. Helsinki's Arctic Ice Bar boasts walls built with 20cm-thick ice cubes and plenty of Finnish vodka to keep you warm.
Beer festivals like Germany's Oktoberfest draw crowds from across the world, and Amsterdam's vibrant nightlife is a popular choice for roaming stags and their friends.
But while celebrating, one in five will lose valuables, 10% will have items stolen and 17% will require medical attention after sports or drunken accidents, warns the survey for online bank Egg"