Thomas Cook’s troubles can only have got worse now that their cap in hand visits to the banks have been publicised all over the front pages of Britain’s newspapers. If they were having trouble selling holidays before then they certainly will be from now on. After all, who would want to buy a holiday from a company at risk of collapse? After all, if your tour operator does collapse, the money you have paid it becomes at risk while it does everything it can to pay off its creditors and stave off meltdown. So how do you ensure that...

At the fictional Maximise Stag Awards 2011 – Sofia won best newcomer, which is why all our stags should give it serious consideration if Eastern Europe is the region of choice for the stag do. Sofia has all the merits and trappings of Eastern Europe – a liberal approach to sporting gun laws for example – while remaining somewhat off the beaten track for stag groups. There is no disputing locations like Riga, Prague and Krakow right to reign over the stag King of the Ring contest, but one thing you can be sure...

  Would you like to take the group to see a top flight football match on the stag weekend? Maximise enjoy special access to seating allocation so get in touch, let us know what match you would like to take the stags to go and see and we will see if we can arrange it. Most stags like football, and all stags will appreciate the gladiator’s arena that is a modern day football stadium. The spectacle, the skill and the electric atmosphere will make for a safe pair of hands on the stag do,...