Hen Dos and Stag Dos in Portugal, Organised From Start to Finish
From the first drink to the last taxi home, we handle all of it.
You didn't ask for this job. It landed on you. With us, all that's left is turning up.
Half the group is in one city, half is somewhere else, two people land the night before, and there's one person who isn't allowed to find out any of it. If it goes wrong, it's on you.
That's where we come in.
We've been running events in Portugal for over 15 years. A hen or stag do is unlike almost anything else we organise: it happens once, it brings people in from all over, and there's no dress rehearsal. So we don't leave it to chance.
The whole group laughing at the same time, nobody checking their phone, and the bride or groom with no idea how any of it got there. You want them to have a good time. We want it to be your kind of good time, and not everyone else's.
Where we organise
Anywhere in Portugal: Porto, Lisbon, the Algarve, a quiet estate inland, a beach nobody in the group has heard of. If you haven't picked the place yet, we'll pick it with you, based on what you want to do and where everyone is flying in from.
1. First conversation. What you want, who it's for, how many of you there are, and what absolutely cannot happen.
2. Concept and proposal. We send you the whole thing already designed: programme, venues, suppliers and costs. Once we have all the details, your quote is with you within 48 hours. Then we adjust it until it's what you pictured.
3. Contracts and bookings. Every supplier is tied to a detailed contract: what they do, what time, on what terms. It's the boring part we take off your hands, and it's also the part that stops surprises.
4. The week before. Confirmations, a schedule down to the minute, and a direct line to us for anything that comes up.
5. On the day. We arrive before you do and leave after everyone else. If something goes wrong, chances are you'll never hear about it.
How we work
If the question is what to do on a stag do or a hen do, the honest answer is that it depends on the group. And if your idea isn't any of these, even better. What we can do is directly proportional to what you can imagine. If someone has already told you it can't be done, that's exactly the kind of job we like. There's a running joke here that nothing is impossible for NewVision.
What people ask us for most
If you're still hunting for hen do ideas or stag do ideas, start here. None of this is a menu of things for sale — it's what we've already run, and any of it can be the starting point for yours.
A relaxing morning to recharge your batteries
Yoga and meditation at sunrise on a beach with nobody else on it, and a bartender hired just for them, mixing fresh fruit smoothie cocktails on the spot. That's how one of our hen dos started, at seven in the morning.
A day with something to win
The kind of team sports that end in tears of laughter and photos nobody should have taken, dinner built around what the group actually eats, and a dance show to close the night. That was the brief for one of our stag dos, and it ran exactly as promised, from the first whistle to the last song.
A night off dry land
The party on board, the group sleeping on the boat, and the sea handling the rest. If you'd rather have adrenaline than flat water, a stag do can look completely different: paintball, kayaking, karting, skydiving. It doesn't have to fit a list. It has to fit the group.
Spa and beauty, for women with standards
A full day given over to looking after yourself, head to toe: massages, facials, hair and nails. Once the make-up and the hair are done, the evening finishes with a black-tie dinner.
Golf and a wine tasting, for men with taste
A day on the course, from the first hole to the last. In the evening, dinner comes with a guided tasting: a journey through Portugal's great wines and the history behind each one, in private, with nobody there but your group.
You probably don't know the Portuguese suppliers, you've no idea what a normal price looks like here, and you can't exactly fly over to see a venue before you book it.
Suppliers we've worked with. Not names off a search engine.
We check the ones you bring. If you want a supplier who isn't on our list, we vet them before anyone commits to anything.
Detailed contracts with every one of them, so what was agreed is what actually happens.
We tell you when a price isn't right. If you don't know the market here, there's no way to tell a fair quote from an inflated one. That's our job on every single line.
We speak English, Portuguese, Ukrainian and Russian.
Organising this from another country?
Four ways to work with us
1. Planning
For you, if you've got the idea and none of the time.
The concept built around what you actually want
Suppliers chosen and prices negotiated
A detailed contract with each one
A full timeline up to the day
You get the whole thing built and ready to happen.
2. On-the-day coordination
For you, if it's all booked and you just need someone on the ground.
A schedule worked out with you
Us on site from start to finish
Suppliers managed on the day
Whatever goes sideways, handled
You become a guest at the party you organised.
3. Planning and coordination
For you, if you'd rather not think about it again.
From the first idea to the last guest home. There's no point in between where it lands back on you.
★ 4. The Complete Experience — for when you have no time at all
For you, if you want to show up and nothing else.
The entire thing on us, whether it runs a few hours or several days:
Where the group sleeps
What they eat, at every meal
How they get from one place to the next
What happens each hour of the day
The small things picked around what each person likes, down to custom t-shirts so you can spot each other in a crowd
This is the one people choose when they're organising from another city, another country, or between meetings.
Not sure which one you need? Tell us what you're working with and we'll tell you.
What to tell the group
Copy and paste this into the group chat:
«We've handed the whole thing to NewVision Events. They've been running events in Portugal for over 15 years, every supplier is under contract, and they're on the ground the entire day. Nothing left for us to sort out.»
If it's a surprise, it stays between us
If the bride or groom can't find out, we deal with you and only you. Nothing slips out, nothing turns up where it shouldn't, and nobody on our side calls the wrong person.
We're not the cheap option and we're not trying to be. Quality comes first, and it decides everything we put in front of you. In practice that means we won't hand you the cheapest supplier to hit a number. We'll hand you the one who does the job properly.
Our Complete Experience package — accommodation, meals, transport and the full programme — starts at € 2.000. Everything else depends on the size of the group and what you want to do. There's no honest way to put that in a table.
So we do it the other way round. Tell us your budget and we'll tell you straight what can be done with it.
What it costs
Frequently asked questions
Is there a minimum group size?
No. We run these for small groups and for large ones. What sets the cost is the programme, not the headcount.
Do we need to come over before the date?
No. The whole thing can be organised remotely, and plenty of it is. You don't have to set foot in Portugal until the day itself.
How much does it cost?
Our Complete Experience package, with everything included, starts at € 2.000. Beyond that it depends on how many of you there are, the programme and how long it runs. We don't publish tables, because we don't sell the same thing to everyone. Tell us your budget and we'll tell you straight what can be done with it.
Will someone from your team be there on the day?
If you want them to be. Some people want us on site from start to finish. Others want the whole thing handed over ready to run and would rather lead the day themselves. Your call, and it changes nothing about the work we do beforehand.
What kind of venues do you use?
Private villas, restaurants and hotels. The venue follows what you want to do and where everyone's flying in from, not the other way round.
Can we keep the whole thing quiet?
If that's what you want, yes. What happens on the day doesn't leave the day. That extends to our photographer, who can be barred from publishing a single frame.
How do you choose suppliers?
We work with people we've already tested wherever possible, every one of them is under contract, and we always have a plan B. If the job calls for a supplier we don't know, we look closely at their work before anyone commits. The whole point of how we organise an event is to stop things going wrong in the first place. And if something does, we'll deal with it, and you probably won't even notice.
We've already got a supplier we like. Can we keep them?
Yes. We vet them, talk to them, and fold them into the programme and the contracts like anyone else.
How far ahead should we get in touch?
The earlier the better, especially for popular dates and venues. That said, tell us the date you're working with and we'll tell you honestly what's possible in that time.
None of us speaks Portuguese. Is that going to be a problem?
Not in the slightest. We work in English throughout: planning, suppliers, contracts and the day itself. We also speak Portuguese, Ukrainian and Russian.