The group plan that isn't another round of drinks
Scavenger hunts for groups of friends. Teams of 2 to 6 race through the city, solving clues and racking up photos. Works for birthdays, bachelorettes, visiting friends, or any Saturday that needs saving.
Three steps from group chat to out the door
No app. No spreadsheet.
Pick a hunt
Competitive Race for groups who want to win. Exploration Quest for groups who want to walk and laugh. Either way, one link.
Share the link
Everyone opens it on their phone. Teams form from a dropdown or by invite code. Two to six people per team.
Let the group run it
The hunt does the moving. You do the laughing. Someone always starts a side bet halfway through.
For groups that want to do something
Pick the shape that matches the day.
Birthdays
The hunt takes the planning pressure off. Invite the group, share the link, they run it as teams.
Bachelorettes and bachelor parties
An hour of shared chaos in the city before the restaurant. Photo missions become the group chat for the next month.
When friends come to visit
You've shown them all your usual spots. A hunt shows them corners of your own city you haven't seen either.
Reunions
Old school friends, coworkers from two jobs ago, cousins you only see once a year. A hunt gives the reunion a spine.
When someone wants to compete
The Competitive Race format pits teams against each other with a live leaderboard. The group chat becomes trash talk for the rest of the weekend.
The 'what are we doing' Saturday
If the group text has gone thirty messages without a decision, send the link. Problem solved.
Make a custom hunt for the occasion
Tell GaiaGuide who's coming, the city, and what the occasion is. It writes the route in about ten minutes. You can layer in inside jokes and pick where it ends.
Hen party in Barcelona next month. 8 of us. Want 90 minutes around the Gothic Quarter, silly photo missions, ending at a rooftop bar.
Built a route with 7 checkpoints and 4 photo missions. One has the bride find a specific balcony and recreate the pose. Route walks under 2.5km.
Ending at a rooftop near Plaça Reial, booked for 8:30pm. Want me to add a group photo at the finish line?
What the group sees
Shared leaderboard. Team chat. Photo gallery.
Team leaderboard
Live scores. The competitive ones check it every thirty seconds.
Photo missions
Every team's photos land in a shared gallery. Goes straight to the group chat.
Post-hunt summary
Who won, who got lost, who took the best photo. All in one place.
Questions groups ask
What if someone in the group hates competing?
Pick an Exploration Quest type. No leaderboard and no timer. Teams walk and solve at their own pace. The competitive ones can still keep score if they want.
How big can the group be?
We've run hunts with as few as 4 people and as many as 40. Teams of 2 to 6 work best. More teams means more trash talk.
Can we end at a bar or restaurant?
Yes. Either pick a hunt that already ends somewhere good, or use GaiaGuide to route to a specific spot. Book the table separately.
What if some of us drop out halfway?
Teams can finish independently. Someone bailing on team Red doesn't slow down team Blue. The hunt stays alive as long as one team is still playing.
Is this good for a bachelorette or bachelor party?
It's surprisingly well suited. You get the photo content, the group chaos, and an excuse to walk off the first round of drinks before dinner. Without the trust-fall energy.
Does it cost anything?
Public hunts are free. Custom hunts built with GaiaGuide are free during beta. Most groups just pay for their own drinks at the end.
What groups say
From friend groups and organizers who've played.
Did this for my 30th. Ten friends, three teams, two hours running around Brussels. Best birthday I've had in years.
Used it for our hen do in Barcelona. The bride still quotes one of the photo missions six months later. Totally different energy than a pub crawl.
A friend from Amsterdam visited Rome for the weekend. We did a hunt Saturday morning. He said he saw more of the city in 90 minutes than in his previous two trips combined.
Group hunts running now
Built for teams. Competitive or not.
Competitive RaceHorta's Blueprint Race
Brussels, Belgium
Exploration QuestThe Hidden Beasts of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
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