Successfully organising a bar crawl

When you think about organising a bar crawl, it doesn’t seem to be much of a challenge. Well, it shouldn’t be a challenge considering it is just hopping from one bar to another, with a large group of friends.

However, if a bar crawl is not planned, and executed properly, things can go extremely haywire. After all, you don’t want one of your friends getting arrested, or in a bar fight because they were having too much fun. Sure, people are drinking, things will be chaotic, but they don’t have to end on a bad note. If you plan a bar crawl properly, it can be the day your friends will be talking about for years to come.

Keep the following things in mind when you organise a bar crawl:

Planning

Planning includes everything from sending out invitations to preparing a map for the crawl. You can’t just go waltzing around in every bar in the neighbourhood. Instead, look up bars and choose the ones where you really WANT to go.

Also keep in mind the proximity of the bars that you will be visiting. You do not want to walk 2 miles when you are already drunk. Similarly, make estimates about the crowd that will be present in the bars you plan to visit. Too much crowd might be a party killer.

Logistics

Make sure you have arrangements to get everyone home at the end of the crawl so that nobody has an excuse to drive home. You can plan your crawl to match bus or train timings.

While it is a lot of fun riding a bus when you’re drunk, if your crawl ends at 2 AM in the morning, you will need some other mode of transport. In such a case, you can call a 27X7 Milton Keynes Taxi service for everyone. This way, nobody would have to choose between driving home drunk or literally walking home.

Maintain momentum

At every bar you visit, spend only enough time for everyone to have at least one drink, and at the most, two drinks. If at any point you decide to “chill at this bar for a while”, that would, in all probability, the end of your beloved crawl.

This is a good time to remind you to pace your own drinks sensibly. Since, you are the organiser of the crawl, everyone would be looking to you for directions. In such a situation, you don’t want to end up drunk out of your senses after the third bar.

Try to get to know new and interesting people when you are on the crawl, ask them to tag along. After all, more the merrier! (Right?)

Giving out regular updates about your location through social media will also come in handy for those who have missed the beginning and want to join the crawl mid-way. You can also inform the invitees about the destinations and approximate time you would be there in case someone has plans and would still like to join sometime during the crawl.

Conclusion

A bar crawl is the definition of having fun, if that is, you plan is properly. Also, when nobody is following the plan, don’t freak out, some unexpected surprises are welcome. Lastly, do not try to micromanage people, and don’t forget to have a whole lot of fun!