The Times Online's specialist reporter, Harriet Long, has recently produced an article on her experiences of organising a hen party for an old school friend.

Having been asked to be the maid-of-honour, Harriet also discovered that she would be the organiser for the hen do, too! With no previous experience of hen parties, she set about asking friends for advice:

"The reaction from most was scare stories of town centre calamities, exclusive nightclub guest lists leaving hens stranded with nowhere to party and horrific drunken accidents. One friend advised me to 'never, never assume that the hen will want a stripper'.

The stripper she had organised succeeded in bringing her bride-to-be to tears with his over-active dance routine. Wise words indeed, and I was determined to make my maid-of-honour duties a success."

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It's your hen night. You fancy getting your mouth around something pink, long, and satisfying - but you don't want to stray. What's a girl to do?

Indulge in a delicious cream filled willy cake, that's what!

All you'll need is an Willy Cake Tin (or Individual Willy Cake Tins if you prefer), some tasty ingredients, and a gaggle of girlfriends to help you eat it! Scrummy!

Don't forget you can organise your Hen Night and then upload and browse your photos all for free at Hen Night HQ!

We asked Hen Night HQ visitors for their top hen night tips - and this is what they said!

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You might think booze is booze is booze, and that you're more than happy with a six-pack of Stella and some Jacob's Creek. But come on, girls, this is hen time, and there are only two booze options: champagne and cocktails.

Both these drinks can go to your head with fearsome speed, so make sure you've got plenty of stomach-lining snacks to hand. And as a pre-emptive strike, swot up on hangover cures at our hen night survival guide. Meanwhile here's a rundown of our favourite tipples to make a hen party go with a swinging burp...

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Essential tips for the Hen Night organiser... We're going to get you through the night!

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If you're after some saucy stripping, head for somewhere like the Adonis Cabaret and the fit blokes on stage will be only too happy to oblige. There are branches in Brighton, Bournemouth and London. Northern lasses, don't despair: hire your own kit-off machine or drag queen. Find some in our Hen Night Directory.

You're bound to want to throw as big, dirty and frisky a hen night as possible – but where's a hen night organiser to start? Before you give up and suggest that the bride settles for a takeaway pizza and the Dirty Dancing DVD, allow us to make a few suggestions. Whether you want it quiet, luxurious, kinky or just very, very debauched, we've got every idea covered.

And don't forget that planning your hen night and inviting the hens is easy with our hen night planner.

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Organising a hen weekend abroad? Let someone else take the strain!

Last Night of Freedom organises hen weekends across Spain & Ireland, as well as Prague, Belfast & Budapest. If you're considering a hen weekend abroad, it's a great place to go to check out the options. These are their top destinations...

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Get your personalised Hen Night T-shirt! Click here to send an enquiry to the T-Shirt Company and they'll be in touch to discuss your exact requirements.

Your T-shirts could include your names, colour photographs and graphics, and you can choose from regular T-shirts, skinny-fit T-shirts, t-shirts, polo shirts, sweatshirts and more!

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The mates, the booze, the inappropriate goss about that time the bride went down on her ex during Phantom Menace... What's not to love about Hen Nights?

Darling, there's plenty. It is traditional for a bride to wake up the day after her hen night wondering if her boyfriend/mother/boss/mother/mother will ever speak to her again. That's if she can wonder anything at all through the blinding agony of a red wine and Bacardi hangover.

Avoid messing up the entire rest of your life by sticking to our hen night survival rules. Do not just commit these rules to memory. Print them out, blow them up (size, not explosives) and make washable, sickproof laminates for every hen. Disregard at your peril.

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Organising a hen weekend in the UK? Get help here!

You know it and we know it, you're going to have a great time wherever you go... But if you need a little help in deciding where to spend your last night of freedom, here's some help from the fun-loving folks at, er, Last Night of Freedom!

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