The Complete Best Man Guide

Congra­tula­tions, you've been give the job of best man.  What an honour!

We have created the ultimate Best Man Guide to save you time and hassle. Full of all the stag party planning tips and guides for your best man duties and speeches. So take the pressure off your shoulders, grab a brew and have a read through all the games, ideas and hilarious pranks to make you the greatest best man of all time!

Jump to these sections:

• The Stag Do Essentials

• Best Man Tips & Advice

• Must-Have & Do

The Stag Do Essentials

Best Man Tips & Advice

Must Have & Do

What is a Best Man?

Although everyone knows of someone who has been a best man, does anyone actually know what a best man is? In short, the best man is the grooms right hand and his confidant throughout the whole of the wedding process and is responsible for a number of different roles and duties that must be carried out before, during and after the wedding. Anything the groom needs, he goes to the best man to help him sort or figure it out.

What Does the Best Man Do?

There are a variety of different things that the best man does throughout the engagement, wedding and post wedding.

• Get the stag night sorted
• Assist the groomsmen with suits
• Create an epic best man speech
• Making sure the bride is okay on the wedding is also important, as the groom will be speaking to family
• Stand next to the groom throughout the wedding ceremony
• Maybe crack a few mother-in-law jokes
• Keep the ushers in their place
• Be a supportive friend
• Sign the marriage certificates as witness
• And of course the most important part, be there for all the photos that will be taken

Become the Ultimate Planner

So, your oldest friend has just told you that for his wedding, you’re going to be the best man – now what? The excitement is real, the event thoughts are already circling in your head but you're finding it hard to get started with the stag do planning.

From deciding which fun stag activities, to considering everyone’s budget and where you’ll all stay after a heavy night of drinking. The panic can creep in when you feel like you’ve forgotten something important, but that’s where we come in.

The Funktion Events team have a combined 30+ years of experience helping lads organise stag do weekends. We’ve sent groups as big as 50 all over the UK and abroad to many European cities, keeping the everyone safe and having fun.

We’ll sort the big stuff, giving you extra time to browse through our best man guide and sort out all the little extras like accessories and stag do games. Find out how to stay safe on the stag do with these helpful tips.

Use our free pages and downloads to get all the guys belly-laughing for the entire weekend.

1. Best Man Guide

Cheap Stag Do Costumes

A Stag Do Costume can add so much fun to your stag party but can sometimes be expensive. See our top cheap Stag Do Costume ideas here…

3rd February 2023

1. Stag Do Accessories

Cheap Stag Do T-Shirts

To help you save money for your Stag Do, we’ve found our top 10 cheap Stag Do T-Shirts to help your group celebrate in style. Read more here…

29th January 2023

1. Stag Do Planning

Cheap Stag Do Ideas in London

Having a Stag Do in London doesn’t have to be expensive. See here for cheap activities and ideas for Stag Dos in London. Browse here…

23rd January 2023

1. Best Man Guide

Usher Duties

Get familiar with the most important usher duties you can undertake on the bride-and-groom’s big day, making sure that the whole day goes according to plan!

16th December 2021

1. Stag Do Accessories

Stag Do Fancy Dress

Get your mates together for your last night of freedom and make sure you celebrate in style with some of these amazing stag do fancy dress costumes and ideas!

16th December 2021

1. Best Man Guide

Best Man Socks

Get ready for the big day in style and make sure all the lads are looking sharp by treating the groom’s right-hand man with a memorable pair of best man socks

16th December 2021

1. Best Man Guide

WhatsApp Group Chat Names

Check out these hilarious stag do whatsapp group chat names and get the banter started as you and the lads prepare for the biggest stag do in history!

11th November 2021

1. Best Man Guide

Best Man Duties

Need to know the duties for being a best man? This guide details everything you need to do before the wedding, during the ceremony and after the wedding.

19th October 2021

1. Stag Do Accessories

Stag Do Decorations Collection

This stag do decorations collection is bursting with everything you need to decorate your last night of freedom! Includes stag do balloons, banners & favours.

15th October 2021

1. Stag Do Games

Monopoly Pub Crawl

Visit all the famous locations on the Monopoly board whilst downing plenty of pints with the Monopoly pub crawl. What better way to celebrate with the lads?

2nd February 2020

1. Stag Do Games

Thumb Master Drinking Game

See who has the quickest reactions on your stag do with a fast paced game of thumb master. Pay attention to thumbs or prepare to drink a lot of alcohol!

8th January 2020

1. Stag Do Planning

Staying Safe on the Stag Do

If you and the lads are about to kick off the pre-wedding celebrations, check out our list of tips and tricks that will help you stay safe on the stag do

11th October 2019