Speak for yourself, we had a joint party in which our wedding party floated the river for the weekend. Friday night the groups split up and went to their own bars that sounded fun but around midnight we all met back up, Saturday we floated the river all day and partied all night while Sunday everybody went back their…

Having both parties involved just sounds like more fun to be honest. The whole bonding aspect of it is dumb because everyone in your bachelor/ette party is most likely already really close. So just make both sides even closer and increase your group of friends.