Pick a Friday. You’ll have a link for the crew before you close the tab.

Be the best man.
Not the bank.

Pick the weekend. The Desk takes the plan, the table, the rooms — and the part where you chase eleven groomsmen for money.

The weekend

Booked before you land.

Scouted, held, and paid from the pot. You pick. Everyone else just shows up.

The pot

One pot. No check.

The crew pays in once. The Desk books against it. Nobody fronts a dime — least of all you.

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Built for the best man.

A bachelor party concierge, in your pocket.

You pick the dates. The Desk — a real person — scouts the houses, holds the tables and contracts the cars, and brings each line back to you for a yes. The groomsmen fund one pot, and every booking is paid from it. Nothing touches your card.

Free to hold. No card. You’ll have a link for the crew inside a minute.

A crew mid-toast on a harbour rooftop at golden hour
Dinner on the marina — handled, minus $1,240

“I organize guys trips frequently and this is a total game changer.”

— ANTHONY

It was never the trip that was hard

The best man tax.

Nobody quits the group chat because the weekend sounded bad. It dies in the three places below — and all three land on one guy.

01

You front it.

The house wants a card on file in March, and it is always your card. Eight thousand dollars sits on your statement while eleven guys get you Friday.

02

You chase it.

Four Venmo requests, three reminders, a spreadsheet nobody opens, and the one guy who reads every message and answers none of them.

03

You wear it.

Someone is unhappy with the room, the split or the bill. You booked it, so it is yours — on the weekend that was supposed to be about somebody else.

The way it goes now

Brigata takes all three off you.

Every guy claims his own seat, and each share is paid into one pot. The Desk books against the pot — so nothing is contracted on your card, nobody is chased, and the ledger answers the questions before they are asked.

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What we run

Every kind of crew. One pot, one Desk, one ledger.

The rail is the same whoever’s going. Everything below is open now — pick the crew and the calendar asks the one question that matters. Girls trips are the one we don’t run yet.

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Bachelor parties

One pot for the send-off. The Desk books the weekend. The best man fronts $0.

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Team travel

A single pot per tournament. Our Desk manages everything and the manager is out $0.

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Guys trips

One pot, one link, one ledger. Whoever organizes it is out $0.

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Birthdays & milestones

The house, the table, the surprise — paid from one pot. The host fronts $0.

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Golf trips

Eight tee times and the villa on one ledger. Nobody fronts the deposit.

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Ski weekends

The chalet, the passes, the ride up — one pot. The organizer is out $0.

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Reunions

Twenty people, one pot, one ledger. Nobody chases anybody.

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Concerts & the big game

Seats together, rooms together, paid from the pot before the first pour.

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Handled end to end

Hotels, tables, boats, tee times. All of it run for you.

The Desk scouts it, holds it and pays it from the pot. You pick. Everyone else just shows up.

A crew around a long table in a wood-panelled steakhouse

Steak & cigars

Private room, aged ribeye, the humidor cart wheeled over.

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A crew watching a tee shot on a misty morning course

Tee times

First group off. Caddies briefed. Cooler in the cart.

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Rooftop pours — whiskey at dusk over the skyline

Rooftop pours

Skyline table, the good pours, no rope.

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The yacht day — the crew off the arch at Cabo

The yacht day

Captain, crew, and a cooler that never runs dry.

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A group backstage in a venue corridor before the show

Live music

Front-of-house table at the best room in the city.

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A crew on their feet in the stands at a night game

The big game

Ten seats together, close enough to hear it land.

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A crew on the porch of a house at dawn with coffee

The house

Ten beds, a pool, and a chef who comes with it.

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A crew standing with Defenders on a gravel track before the drive

The drive out

Defenders at the gate, a run out to the coast, lunch waiting when you land.

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Three men on a misty hillside with a shotgun and a clay stand

Clay shooting

Stations booked, guns fitted, lunch after.

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The ride — black cars waiting at wheels-down

The ride

Black cars on standby from wheels-down to wheels-up.

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Every line above is contracted by the Desk and paid from the pot.

How it works

You do the toast. We do the rest.

Four quiet moves take a groomsmen group chat to a booked weekend. You make the first one — the Desk makes the rest, and the ledger accounts for every dollar without you chasing one.

The invite

One link gathers the crew. Nobody signs up to answer — they see the weekend, the seats and their share, and claim a spot with a name and a tap.

  • No account needed to claim a seat
  • Pick a destination or poll the crew
  • Simple deposit claims a seat

The pot

A deposit claims your seat — fully refundable until the trip locks. When the crew hits its number, the trip locks, the pot opens, and every dollar in it belongs to the trip — nobody fronts for anybody.

  • One pot for the whole trip
  • No chasing friends on Venmo
  • You set the number that locks it<
  • Payment plans only you know

The Desk

A person — not a bot — scouts the weekend and brings you an approval for each line: the house, the tables, the boat. You say yes or pass, and whatever you approve is booked within the day.

  • Active trip management
  • Experienced travel advisors
  • A named advisor on every trip

The ledger

Every dollar is accounted for, on a ledger the whole crew can read. Deposits in, bookings out, a running balance that’s always current — no spreadsheets, and nobody chasing anybody for money.

  • Every dollar on the ledger
  • Always know what’s available
  • Return extra funds at trip-end

The receipt

Somebody always ends up paying for something on their own card — the cars, the ice, the round nobody planned. He snaps the receipt, the host taps approve, and it lands on the ledger as a crew expense. His share goes down by what he fronted. Nobody Venmos anybody.

  • Snap it, the host approves it
  • Credited on his seat, never paid out to him
  • Split the way the crew agreed
The Desk

Consider it handled.

Your tables are held, your rooms are taken, and the boat is waiting at the dock — arranged by a person who has set this weekend a hundred times. Whatever you approve is booked within the day.

  • Hotels, restaurants, charters, more…
  • Recommends and books on approval
  • All bookings paid from the group pot
  • Every transaction logged
  • The Brigata app holds it all
The Desk at work
The fee

Twenty-five dollars a seat, and the weekend is staffed.

$25per person

And your entire weekend is handled.

Holding a date is free, and nothing is charged until the pot opens. $6 per payment if a guest splits his share — that and the $25 is everything you pay Brigata. For the price of one round, every table is held, every booking is made, and every dollar stays where the whole crew can see it.

How the Desk gets paid. Beyond the $25, the Desk is paid by the vendors it books, the way any travel advisor is — and it books at the vendor’s own price. Book the same house yourself and you would pay the same number. Every charge lands on the ledger where your crew can read it.

The pot itself is your trip money. If the trip never locks, every dollar your crew paid in goes back. All of it.

Launch offer

Your first $250 of travel costs are on us.

Lock a weekend now and the Desk opens your crew’s pot with $250 already in it — spent like every other dollar, on the weekend, in front of everyone.

Promotional credit — Brigata’s money, not crew funds, and not part of a refund. One per crew, applied when your first pot opens. No cash value · non-transferable · expires 12 months from claim. Full terms in the app.

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A crew at a clifftop table over the bay at sunset

Where’s the bachelor party?

Cabo

A fly-to bachelor weekend averages $2,000 a person — The Knot’s number, for three days and three nights, staffed end to end. That is an average, not a starting price. Drive to a house with two good dinners and you land well under it. The Desk builds to your crew’s number, not to The Knot’s — and any man can split his share into payments only he can see.

Source: The Knot Bach Study. Estimates vary by crew size, dates, and plan — the Desk returns your crew’s real number in a day.

Questions

The ones every best man asks.

What does it cost to hold a weekend?

Nothing. A hold is free, and nothing is charged until the pot opens.

What actually happens when I hold a weekend?

The weekend goes on the board in your name and you get a link for the crew straight away — on the same screen, and in your inbox so it survives a closed tab. Nothing is owed, nothing is booked, and nobody is contacted but you.

Do my friends need an account to claim a seat?

No. They open the link, put in a name and they are in. No password, no download, no card. An account only appears later, for the men who are putting money in.

What if a guy never pays in?

The pot never opens short. An unfunded seat is not a seat — the Desk holds the line or re-scales the weekend to the crew that has paid. What does not happen is a vendor charge landing on your card because somebody else went quiet.

Who decides when it locks, and does everyone know?

You do. You set the threshold that locks the trip — three quarters of the seats claimed by default, and never fewer than four — and every guest is notified before it happens. Until then every deposit is refundable.

Does anyone ask the groom what he actually wants?

Yes. Before it builds anything the Desk asks what the groom would like and what he would hate, then plans against that. You can keep him off the money entirely and still have the weekend built to his taste.

Is there a cheap version of this?

Yes. The $2,000 average is a fly-to weekend; a drive-to house with two good dinners lands well under it. The Desk builds to your crew’s number rather than to an average, and anyone can split his share into payments only he can see.

Does the whole thing land on my card?

No. That is the point. Every guy claims his own seat and pays his own share into the crew’s pot, and the Desk books against the pot. You approve the plan. You do not fund it.

Can we keep the groom out of the money side?

Yes. Run it with the groomsmen and add him at the end, or leave him off the ledger entirely. The Desk works with whoever is running the weekend.

Some guys can afford more than others.

Shares are set per seat, and anyone can split his into payments — $6 a payment, visible only to him. Nobody at the table knows who is on a plan.

How far ahead should we book?

Most crews lock eight to twelve weeks out. The weekends nearest a wedding date go first, so a free hold now costs nothing and keeps the date on the board.

Where does the money sit?

In your crew’s pot — processed and held by Stripe. Every move it makes posts to a ledger the whole crew can read. Brigata never holds your money; we direct it.

Is Brigata a bank?

No. Brigata is software. The pot sits at Stripe; money leaves it two ways — to the vendors your crew approves, or back to the card it came from. No deposits, no interest, no lending.

What if someone bails?

Before the trip locks, their deposit goes straight back. After it locks, their deposit stays in the crew’s pot — that’s what keeps everyone else’s share from moving — and the Desk re-scales the plan to the crew that’s left. No one’s share changes without a yes.

What if the trip dies?

If it never locks, every dollar goes back where it came from — all of it, automatically. After lock, the pot settles back everything the Desk hasn’t already paid out.

What will the Desk actually book?

Rooms, tables, boats, tee times, cars — if it can be reserved, the Desk can run it.

Are you a travel agency?

Brigata is the software. The booking is done by the Desk — real travel advisors working inside your crew’s plan, at the vendor’s price. Every charge lands on the ledger.

What about flights?

Flights never touch the pot — everybody books their own seat. If your crew wants them handled, ask the Desk.

How fast does this move?

Holds are confirmed within a day, and most weekends are fully booked within a week of funding.

Is there an app?

Yes, and you get to it without one. Holding a weekend and claiming a seat both work in the browser with no account. You only make one when there is money to protect — and it is a web app, so there is nothing to download.