London Treasure Hunts - Spot the City #5

So did you have any luck guessing which area of our capital we'd been hiding in? It was of course Tower Hill!

Once well known for its public executions of often high profile prisoners, this elevated area is now a major tourist attraction and lends itself well for a top treasure hunt adventure. Race past some of London's oldest and most historical landmarks and solve cryptic puzzles by the world famous Beefeaters - Tower Hill is one of the most intriguing areas of the city.

We would recommend our fantastic Da Vinci Trail, taking teams on an exciting quest of conspiracies and dark secrets, or why not give our lovely sales team a call on 0845 006 06 06 and find out about our taxi treasure hunts. Alternatively, have a look at our website for some great London treasure hunt ideas!

Team Building Treasure Hunts - Spot the City #5

Good morning city spotters - We've just got back from another successful team building treasure hunt in London and we want YOU to see if you can guess the specific area where our team were hiding with the bonus clues... (answer revealed on Friday)

We've come to know London like the back of our hand at The Treasure Hunt Company so we are certain that no matter where your office is located, we will have plenty of London-based treasure hunt ideas up our sleeves. Why not give our friendly sales team a call on 0845 006 06 06 and find out about our taxi treasure hunts or have a look at our website for some great corporate treasure hunt events!

Treasure Hunts in Cardiff

The Treasure Hunt Company have put together a list of the UK's 25 Top Cities for Treasure Hunts, and this week's focus is the Welsh capital city Cardiff! We love Wales and a corporate treasure hunt in Cardiff makes the perfect team building activity for small or larger groups.

If you are looking to organise a corporate treasure hunt in Wales, then look no further - we run them in most cities and will do all the hard work for you! Cardiff has lots to offer and plenty to see on your challenging route. The clues are to be found along the way, so get across the drawbridge to the Castle to meet your costumed character, visit Alexandra Gardens by the National War Memorial, find the tall clock on Queen Street and then hurry to Morgan Arcade for a bonus clue! There's plenty to do in the half day activity, and a guaranteed fun morning or afternoon.

For more details about our corporate treasure hunts and other team building events in Wales visit our website or call the sales team on 0845 006 06 06 today!

Bournemouth Treasure Hunts - Spot the City #4

Did you guess? It was the beautiful seaside town of Bournemouth of course!

Not so different from our home town of Brighton, we love to run treasure hunts in Bournemouth, especially during the summer so teams can run around the amazing sandy beaches on the hunt for mystery characters! Described affectionately by Thomas Hardy as ‘a Mediterranean lounging place on the English Channel’, Bournemouth boasts seven miles of golden sands, much of which is award winning beaches - the perfect place to have a day out of the office we say!

We would highly recommend the Bournemouth Adventure but it's also a fabulous location for our brilliant Sherlock Adventure. Why not take a look at our website to find out more about about a treasure hunt in Dorset or talk to one of our lovely sales team on 0845 006 06 06 about why treasure hunts are great for team building!

Team Building Treasure Hunts - Spot the City #4

OK city spotters, we've been to another fantastic location this week running one of our team building treasure hunts - and we'd like to sea if you can guess which UK city we were in? We're shore you can work this one out... (answer revealed on Friday! )

Think you've got it already and fancy booking your team day out here? Why not give our friendly sales team a call on 0845 006 06 06 or have a look at our website for some great corporate treasure hunt ideas!

Treasure Hunts in Birmingham

The Midlands is the easiest area in the UK for many big companies to get together for their  meetings, conferences and their workforce team building events, being pretty much slap bang in the middle of the country. The Treasure Hunt Company has dozens of requests each year for treasure hunts in Birmingham in particular, as the modern city has a lot to offer for events of all sizes. This is why it features in our Top 25 Cities for Treasure Hunts!

Teams can start off the day for meetings in one of the city's many fantastic hotels, like the Macdonald Burlington, the Malmaison, or the Radisson Blu Hotel, have lunch in the restaurant and then set off for some fun and fresh air for the afternoon for one of our Birmingham Treasure Hunts.

Birmingham is ideal for our iSpy Treasure Hunt, which uses a variety of technical gadgets and challenges the teams to make their own videos, take photographs, receive surprise bonus challenges through their walkie talkie radios, and collect as many clues as they can by the time they reach their final destination!

The route will take them exploring through the Mailbox and by the canals, around the bustling markets near the Bullring, through Centenary Square and to the spectacular Cathedral.

Kye Harman, one of our Event Managers, said:

"I really like the feel of a Treasure Hunt in Birmingham as the tall buildings and big wide streets makes the teams feel like they have to search hard for their treasure!"

For more information on the full range of our events, including an iSpy Birmingham and City Explorer events, visit our website or call the fabulous sales team on 0845 006 06 06.

London Treasure Hunts - Spot the City #3

Did you guess the location that was host to this week's London treasure hunt? Covent Garden of course!

Packed full of stalls, boutiques, restaurants, historic landmarks and most famously (and our favourite bit) street performers! With an always bustling market boasting all sorts of treasures from fruit and veg to souvenirs, Covent Garden is one of the most exciting locations in London, and the perfect backdrop to one of our award-winning team building treasure hunts.

We would highly recommend iSpy London in Covent Garden - to get your group really exploring the history of our glorious capital, or why not have a real London experience and hop aboard The Big Red Bus Hunt? Take a look at our website to find out about a treasure hunt in London or talk to one of our lovely sales team on 0845 006 06 06 for some inspiration!

Team Building Treasure Hunts - Spot The City #3

This week we've been running one of our top treasure hunt events in Her Majesty's home town of London. But no, we're not giving it away that easy... Can you tell us where exactly in The Big Smoke we've been busy? (Answer revealed on Friday!)

Our unique high-tech events like iSpy and C.S.I are particularly popular here, but why not take a look at our website to find out about your treasure hunt in London? And remember, we are always happy to tailor our treasure hunts specifically to meet your needs for that truly bespoke experience - talk to one of our lovely sales team on 0845 006 06 06 for some inspiration!

Treasure Hunts in York

The Treasure Hunt Company can not only provide a wide range of unique and fun team building treasure hunts for your corporate event, but can also design a bespoke event for any city you wish across the UK and Europe. One of the Top 25 Cities for Treasure Hunts is York, and a personal favourite of mine!

Our very own Yorkshire lass - Senior Sales & Event Co-ordinator, Tessa, would be only too pleased to run through the delights of her beautiful home town and recommend the best places to visit during your treasure hunt event!

A Treasure Hunt in York will take you around such famous sights as the cobbled streets of the Shambles, the beautiful, medieval monuments such as York Minster, and the majestic York Castle's remaining Clifford's Tower. This really is a gem of a city, and is unsurprisingly a very popular treasure hunt destination.

So for more information on Treasure Hunts in Yorkshire and other great cities in the North of England, please call our fabulous Yorkshire lass, Tessa, on 0845 006 06 06 or visit our website for some inspiration!

Edinburgh Treasure Hunts - Spot the City #2

So... the city we were in this week was of course Edinburgh!

That's right, the magnificent city of Edinburgh; perched on a series of extinct volcanoes and rocky crags, this Scottish city has played host to many of our exciting treasure hunts over the years and we always look forward to returning - if only for a local lunch of neeps and tatties.

With its majestic architecture, charming cobbled streets and breath-taking views, this really is a fantastic city to spend a day treasure hunting in. The fantastic Team Adventure is always great fun here, and we'd also highly recommend our C.S.I treasure hunt to really test your team's investigative skills. Alternatively, why not have a look at our website, or talk to one of our friendly sales team on 0845 006 06 06 for some ideas on treasure hunts in Scotland?

Team Building Treasure Hunts - Spot The City #2

Our lovely treasure hunt team really do clock up some serious miles running our award-winning treasure hunt events throughout the UK and Europe. So here at The Treasure Hunt Company HQ we have been asking them to snap some sneaky pics to show you all the fantastic locations they've been to. So... let's see if any of you well-travelled folk can guess which city we've had the freedom to roam around in this week? (answer revealed on Friday!)

In the meantime, why not have a look at our website, or talk to one of our friendly sales team on 0845 006 06 06 for more info about our team building treasure hunt events in the UK?

Treasure Hunts in Brighton

The Treasure Hunt Company provide fun, energetic and competitive corporate team building events for groups of all sizes, from an intimate group of 6 to departments of several hundred. We can tailor our treasure hunts to suit your business needs in the location of your choice! To help you choose your ultimate destination we are going to highlight some of the UK's best cities to run your event in our Top 25 Cities for Treasure Hunts series... starting with the wonderful seaside city of Brighton!

Teams are given their treasure hunting kit and set off on a scenic route that takes them through The Lanes, past The Royal Pavilion and a must see visit to the beach of course!

They must complete as many challenges as possible in order to win points, and what do points mean? Prizes! Will you be in the winning team?

Brighton is an absolutely fabulous destination for one of our Treasure Hunts as there's so many sights to see, and lots of quirky, weird and wonderful clues to find. Plus Brighton has more pubs and bars per square mile than anywhere else we know, so it's brilliant to end up in one of the best haunts for a well deserved drink at the end of the challenge!

There are a wide range of treasure hunts we can run for you from the most popular City Explorer to the high tech iSpy, so visit our website to have a look at the options, or call 0845 006 06 06 today!

The Original Taxi Treasure Hunt

London - Home to Her Majesty the Queen, Big Ben and the West End. The heart of the UK attracting millions of tourists every year. So many images are conjured up with a mere mention of the Big Smoke, but none more iconic and ubiquitous throughout London than the black cab.

Many of our London-based Clients host conferences that draw in colleagues from across the globe, so they are keen to choose an event that can showcase their home town. With The Original Taxi Treasure Hunt they can experience the 'real London' - going on a whirlwind tour of the city in the company of some genuine, born and bred Londoners.

Having worked for over 22 years with our loyal and loveable cabbies we know we can rely on them to have everyone giggling by the end of the day. Even the cabbies get involved in the fun; racing the teams around the tourist hot spots to find mystery characters and pick up bonus clues.

Some of the most endearing and charming chaps you'll ever meet, constantly telling rubbish jokes and talking in cockney rhyming slang - our cabbies are a firm favourite amongst our staff and are sure to win over any group. Sometimes I get the feeling that they probably enjoy the treasure hunts a little too much - they get even more competitive than the clients!

Kate, Event Manager

With a fleet of shiny black cabs ready to chauffeur your teams wherever their hearts' desire and a case full of exciting, cryptic and hilarious challenges to complete, it really is one of the best ways to experience a treasure hunt - and a pretty weather proof plan too!

Not based in London? No problem! Although our Taxi Treasure Hunt was born in London we can, and have, run this event in any town or city across the UK so just let us know your ideal location. We also have some great other modes of transport up our sleeves: a fleet of limousines, tandem bicycles or even rib speed boats - there really are no limits!

So if you are looking for a memorable Treasure Hunt that will be sure to entertain any team, have a look at The Original Taxi Treasure Hunt or have a chat with one of our friendly sales team on 0845 006 06 06.

Team Building Treasure Hunts - Spot the City #1

Here at the Treasure Hunt Company we spend our days racing around the largest (and smallest) towns and cities around the UK and Europe running our award-winning treasure hunt events. Fellow treasure hunt and travel enthusiasts - take a look at our travel snaps and see if you can guess which city we've been Roman around this week? (click 'continue reading' to reveal the answer!)

That's right we were in the squeaky clean city of Bath! Famous for its fascinating history, beautiful Georgian architecture and Roman remains, Bath is most definitely deserving of its UNESCO World Heritage Site designation, and one of our very favourite places to run our team building treasure hunts!

Bath really is the perfect backdrop for any event and we would highly recommend the award-winning iSpy Bath and Bath Apprentices to really take advantage of this marvellous location. But why not take a look at our website to find out about a treasure hunt in Bath or talk to one of our lovely sales team on 0845 006 06 06 for some inspiration!

Time Tracker Treasure Hunt

Time. If only we had more of it. If only there was a way to control how much time we had left to do all the things we needed to do. That would be great wouldn't it? Well. What a coincidence. Our Time Tracker event gives you just that - the power to change time (well, sort of!)

Using a bit of nifty technology and our treasure hunt expertise, our fantastic Time Tracker Treasure Hunt has teams earning not points, but time.

One of our most unique and challenging treasure hunts, the Time Tracker relies on a team's ability to make decisions and solve problems whilst under intense time pressure. It's brilliant observing how different individuals handle that kind of environment - always separates the men from the boys!

David Hall, Event Manager

The idea behind this unique treasure hunt is that clients have complete control over their own success; accepting challenges both physical and mental, maintaining a stealthy approach (so they don't give their answers away to the competing teams) and using electronic keys to check in and out at hidden checkpoints. These keys then communicate with our sophisticated, computerised scoring system meaning there really is no room for error (or cheating!).

Being a venue-based treasure hunt, location really is everything and we recently had the pleasure of utilising the grounds of the very beautiful Hoar Cross Hall Hotel, which is the perfect example of a host venue for a Time Tracker event.

A Paradise setting hidden away in 100 acres of glorious English countryside. The spacious grounds have lakes and wildlife in abundance, formal gardens and Italian Roof Terrace with water features, exotic plants, and beautiful flowers.

Hoar Cross Hall, main website

So if you think your group is quick enough to race against time itself, then why not give our lovely team a call on 0845 006 06 06 or have a look at our website for more details.

London Treasure Hunting at its Most 'Stylish'

Let's face it - rainy Monday mornings are more often than not a thing of despair; answering emails, sitting in meetings and reminiscing about a weekend that ended too soon. That is, of course, unless you've booked one of our fantastic Team Adventures to start your week with a fresh and fun energiser!

This was definitely true of our brilliant clients who had a whirlwind tour of the trendiest London hotspots in a bespoke, fashion-themed treasure hunt.

The teams were sent out into the heart of our capital armed with all the tools they needed to hunt for clues, snap fashionista photos and search for our 'stylish' characters - taking them on a trip down memory lane of some of the best (and, of course, worst) fashion eras throughout history.

Although the rain was persistent, the group were kept in high spirits by our team; dancing to Abba tunes at Piccadilly and giving it their best 'Knees up Mother Brown' renditions with our pearly queen in Soho Square.

"Clients are never quite sure what to expect when we hijack their normal work day, and on a Monday morning they can always look a little unsure at first - but our team have boundless enthusiasm that is sure to liven up any group, so everyone always returns to the office giggling mischievously with a new-found bond and plenty of hilarious photos to remember it all by!"

Kate Packham, Event Manager

 

If you think your team would benefit from an early-week energiser, or an afternoon adventure around your area, why not have a look at our award-winning treasure hunts, or call our lovely sales team on 0845 006 06 06 for some ideas.

The Apprentices Treasure Hunt!

Can you talk the talk? Give 110%? Are you a one trick pony or a thoroughbred stallion?

If so, you might be just the candidate we are looking for in our Apprentice-themed treasure hunt event!

Put your teams at the mercy of our very own billionaire tycoon, Sir Terrence Trumpalot, and see how they handle heated boardroom debates and high-pressure business challenges in this treasure hunt based on the hit TV show The Apprentice!

Once they have received their briefcases and created a brand, teams are sent on a hunt around your chosen location to barter with the locals, design a new product or even shoot a TV commercial - it all depends on what mood Sir Terrence is in, and woe betide any teams who keep him waiting!

Kitting our guests out with some of the latest technologies and gadgets, and employing our 22 years expertise in team building treasure hunts, The Apprentices will be sure to have your teams begging and pleading in the final boardroom to not hear those fateful words - 'you're fired'!

Fancy taking on our Tycoon? Talk to our sales team to arrange a visit from Sir Terrence on 0845 006 06 06 or visit our website for more treasure hunt ideas.

C.S.I. Treasure Hunt

A 999 call is received. A body is found. The killer is still on the loose... Can your team stop them before they strike again?

Just another day in the life of a crime scene investigator in our totally arresting C.S.I. Treasure Hunt!

Teams are split into Crime Scene Investigator units, armed with the tools of the trade and assigned to the case. Can they piece the story together in time to bring the killer to justice? Will they be able to separate the facts from the fiction? With an array of gadgets including iPads, forensic microscopes and photo-fit technology, teams must race around locations to solve cryptic puzzles, meet eye witnesses and gather evidence in an attempt to narrow down the search to solve the case. After all, the evidence never lies.

If you think your team's investigative skills are enough to make the likes of Grissom proud, speak to our sales team about CSI in your city - 0845 006 06 06 or visit our website for many more treasure hunt ideas.

A Team Adventure in Amsterdam

The Treasure Hunt Company recently had the pleasure of leading some of our lovely clients around the beautiful, canal-lined city of Amsterdam on one of our award-winning Team Adventures - this is why we love our jobs!

Passports? Check. Euros? Check. Comfy shoes and a waterproof? Always! A treasure hunt is a fabulous way to get out and about and see the sights of a city so it's a great excuse to travel to some amazing destinations - all whilst your group reap the benefits of our expertise in team building!

Once you have chosen your perfect destination, finding a venue can be left to us, as we offer a free venue finding service (yes, we really do take care of everything), just let our sales team know what you're looking for and they will source the perfect place to host your adventure.

Once armed with their personalised flight cases, containing iPads, digital cameras and tailored challenges, our Amsterdam Adventure led the teams through the wonderfully colourful Flower Market to solve puzzles and snap hilarious photos. The group then headed to Dam Square to meet one of our crazy, costumed characters waiting to offer bonus clues!

"We can write treasure hunts for any town or city depending on your needs, and it's an absolute pleasure to tailor our best-selling events to such amazing overseas cities like Amsterdam. The teams absolutely loved completing all the fun challenges as well as getting to see the sights - and so did we!"

Katrina, Event Manager

After the last character location at the Magere Brug, also known as the 'skinny bridge' the teams raced back to the hotel to have their cases marked and await the final scores. It was an absolutely wonderful day out... especially for the winning team!

For more information on our best-selling Treasure Hunts and ideas for events in your chosen location contact our friendly sales team on 0845 006 06 06 or visit our website.