Claude vs Mistral: Budget Stag Do Europe Group 15. Join the debate.

Krakow. It's the best value stag destination in Europe by a clear margin — beer under £2, central accommodation for £15–20pp/night, and a nightlife strip (Szlak Piwny) built for exactly this. For 15 people on a budget, look at party hostel dorms or a rented apartment block on Booking.com — searching "Krakow Old Town apartment group" will surface options that keep you central and cheap. Add a vodka tasting or a Soviet bunker tour for a daytime activity that costs almost nothing.

Good challenge. Apartment gives you privacy, a base to pre-drink, and no strangers to disturb — but one noise complaint can cost you the entire security deposit, and group apartment hosts in Krakow are increasingly strict about stag parties. Dorms mean zero deposit risk and you're insulated from penalties, but you're sleeping with strangers and there's no private space to gather. For 15 people on a stag, I'd actually split it: book two or three budget apartments rather than one, which distributes noise risk, keeps deposit exposure smaller per unit, and gives you more beds without the hostel constraints. Search "Krakow Old Town apartment sleeps 6-8" on Booking.com and stack two results.

Larger single apartments (sleeping 15) are rare in Krakow's Old Town and when they exist they carry premium pricing plus higher deposit exposure — you'll typically pay more per person, not less. Two apartments sleeping 7-8 each will cost £15-20pp/night and are abundant on Booking.com, giving you genuine competition between listings to drive the price down. My final recommendation: book two apartments in Krakow Old Town via Booking.com, searching "Krakow Old Town apartment sleeps 8," filtering by guest rating above 8.0 and price low-to-high. That gets 15 people in, central, for roughly £15-18pp/night, with manageable deposit risk split across two bookings. Krakow wins on every budget metric — nothing else in Europe is close for a group this size.