Treat people how we want to be treated
It's the whole thing in a sentence. It goes for our customers, our team, our suppliers and — in theory — each other.
Meet the family behind 54 Stags Dos
We're Hannah and Kieran — parents, business owners, football fans (well, one of us certainly was before we met) and the two humans the dogs have decided belong to them. 54 Stags Dos isn't a call centre with a smart logo. It's a family who had an idea, jumped two-footed in and has been mucking in ever since. With us is Bobby — Kieran's best friend, a member of staff and part of this from day one — alongside the wider team who help us run things.
Our family motto
“Don’t let your struggles become your identity.”
⭐ How we try to run things
There's no framed mission statement on our wall
There's a fridge, a few magnets and about fifteen things happening at once. But if you want to know how we run a business, it boils down to the lot below. Take it as a promise rather than a brochure.
Respect, care and understanding, whatever happens
We've had good spells and properly hard ones. Those taught us that people deserve to be treated decently on their bad day, not just their good one.
Humble, down-to-earth, hard-working
We built this the old-fashioned way: plenty of graft, a fair few mistakes and no clever shortcuts. We'd rather be decent to deal with than impressive to look at.
We'd never ask the team to do a job we wouldn't
If there's grass to cut, weeds to pull or a mess to clear at Jungle Falls, you'll find us doing it. You might even spot us while you're visiting.
We look after our own
Our family, our team and Bobby, who's been with us since the very beginning. The people who built this alongside us should hear it said out loud.
A quick wit and a good laugh
Kieran's one-liners regularly leave Hannah in stitches, even when she's doing her very best not to laugh. That same cheeky energy is part of how we deal with you.
Not a big corporate act
No suits in meetings for the sake of it, no losing sight of who we are as we grow. Still the family that started all of this around a kitchen table.
Nobody's perfect
We don't have all the answers and our journey hasn't been perfectly straightforward. We just keep going, keep learning and try to leave people better than we found them.
👋 Who's who
Our family, our team and the dogs
Hannah
Runs the trips: hotels, itineraries and the hundred small details that decide whether a weekend runs smoothly. A real person on the phone, and on WhatsApp the whole time you're away.
Away from planning trips, Hannah is a serious bookworm. Her library is mainly packed with books about historical events. She and Katie also have a real obsession with their fish tank: far too much money has gone into building it, and baby fry cause a frankly ridiculous amount of excitement. To them, it’s not just a fish tank. It’s a way of life.
Hannah also has dyslexia and mental health struggles, and she’s happy to be open about them. They’re part of who she is, not something she or the family is ashamed of. We’re open books: there’s no perfect-family act here, just real people with things we love and struggles we don’t feel the need to hide.
Kieran
Twenty-odd years of hosting tournaments and sports breaks across the UK. Football's in the blood — his dad is Dermot Gallagher, a former Premier League referee — and he's a massive Liverpool supporter to match. Never short of a one-liner.
Kieran’s hobbies? Working, working and working some more. No, seriously: he’s football obsessed and will watch absolutely any match, even if the team can barely find the ball. There’s also cleaning up after us girls — although he probably wouldn’t call that a hobby.
Katie and Mia: their own passions, their own paths
You might expect two football-mad daughters in this house. You’d be wrong. They’ve got their own interests, their own ambitions and plenty to teach the rest of us.
Katie — fish tanks, figure skating and army cadets
Our youngest daughter shares Hannah’s fishkeeping obsession, but that’s only part of her story. Katie is a British synchronised figure-skating champion and a very proud army cadet. Two very different hobbies? Absolutely. Both very Katie.
Cadets is also part of the future she’s working towards: she wants to become an army medic. Katie has ADHD and autism, and we’re so proud of her, her achievements and the effort she puts into following her own path.
Mia — Highland cows, history and Greek gods
Our oldest daughter has a slight obsession with Highland cows and a not-so-slight love of history. There’s not much she doesn’t know, and if you ask her about the Greek gods, you’d better have a bit of time on your hands.
A little fact about Mia: she appeared in some big television productions as a child actor. She chose to leave drama school and acting behind to focus on her studies and her dream of becoming a history teacher.
Mia is dyslexic, and reading and writing don’t come easily to her. She’s overcome many hurdles, and we’re so proud of how hard she’s worked towards something she loves.
So that’s us: fish tanks, books, football, big dreams and the usual family chaos. We’re just like any other family, and we’re not ashamed to say we’re not perfect.
Ada — tiny person, plenty of chaos
Our niece Ada is just a toddler, but she’s already a big part of Hannah’s working day. She keeps Hannah company every day while her mummy is at work as a midwife and her daddy is at work as a plasterer, bringing all the chaos and everything else that comes with being a toddler. Her favourite hobbies? Making a mess and being the cuddle monster. A very small member of the family with a very big presence.
Meet the dogs: Dottie and Peggy
No family introduction would be complete without them. Dottie is our Cocker Spaniel and is deaf — she has her own way of navigating the world, and we've learned to meet her on her terms. There's something in that, we reckon: meet people where they are and everything tends to work out better. Peggy is our Cockapoo and a completely different character — always wants to be busy and involved in absolutely everything.
Bobby
And to be clear, because people do ask: Bobby is not one of the dogs. He's Kieran's best friend, a member of staff and, as far as we're concerned, family.
He gets his own section because, quite simply, we couldn't do any of this without him. He's been part of the journey from day one — through the hard work, the challenges and the growth — and he's part of the story of how we got here, not someone who turned up after everything was established. Thank you, Bob. We mean that.
He's also a Juventus fan. If you ever spot Bobby without a Juventus jacket, top or pair of trackies, it'll be a miracle. He even tried to turn his wedding into a Juventus wedding, until his wife Emily put her foot down. Some things, Bob, are bigger than football!
Kieran and I were so proud to be part of their big day. He's been there for so much of our story, and being there for that part of his meant a lot to us.
Jungle Falls, and a normal family life
We run Jungle Falls as a family and we see our staff as part of that wider family too. We believe in leading by example, so you won't find us deciding certain jobs are beneath us. If there's grass to cut, we'll cut it. If something needs cleaning, we'll pick up the equipment and get on with it. Beyond that we're a fairly normal family with busy days, difficult days, brilliant days and days when everything seems to happen at once — plus a business that keeps us on our toes.
Want the long version? It's a good read
How we met in 2011, the leap of faith that started the business, the football arguments in our kitchen, the dogs who supervise everything and the friend who's been there since day one — all told properly, in our own words.
Prefer to browse first? Start with the Football Hub, the stag options or what people have said.