Merry Myrtle Beach Scavenger Hunt

Not exactly what we were expecting

Maybe it was as advertised but we didn’t really know what we would get. Here is what it is: a group of slides sent to you at the start of the hunt. You can do small “missions” in any order — many involve talking to locals/other tourists. There is a virtual assistant, but she mostly just said encouraging things. Here is what it is not (but we thought it would be): get a clue, figure out the location/object and find it, send a picture to the virtual host to receive the next clue. In other words, an actual scavenger hunt. It did get us to get around a new location and created a memory. Just helpful to know what it is and isn’t.

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So amazing!!!

I booked the hunt as a fun surprise for my boyfriend and we had such a great time our host MaryAnna was so amazing she was so entertaining and really made our experience even better. Even though it was virtual (not a probable at all super cool idea!) we both felt that our guide was so present. We had so much fun completing the hunt and exploring the city we will definitely be doing this again and check out the other city hunts 🫶

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Fun idea, although very vague and not very walkable

First, I'm going to say we made the mistake of walking the whole time. We had a hard time figuring out what the prompts were asking us to do or find, and when we had questions, the host wouldn't respond for several minutes because they were busy assisting other people. We were also told which businesses to find, but not which locations, which led to us doubling back on our path a couple times. A couple of the slides were messed up; with the prompts being placed with the wrong photos. Overall, it was a fun idea, but not really well thought out for a walkable scavenger hunt.

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Great experience

This was a virtual experience which means your directions come to your phone and the guide texts you throughout the hunt. The activities were so much fun to find and to be creative in what we sent in. We got to see so much of Myrtle beach and experience the life on Myrtle beach. It does take some driving to find all the places but it was so much fun. We laughed so much and had a great family bonding experience. The virtual tour guide responded to us every time we uploaded the picture of the things we found and she responded to what we created or found. We then at the end of the hunt received how many points we got and where we stood on the leaderboard. It was an easy 2 hours that was a great experience.

Response from the operator: Our waiver is standard. We had a workable solution for them had we heard from them in advance but we did not. They got a full refund from the platform after not attending. They requested a separate refund for us too. We wish them only good will.

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Not what I was expecting

Not what I was expecting. I wanted personable interaction. I view scavenger hunts as a team thing of more than 2 people. Plus it was hard to understand directions and keep up with the hunt.

Response from the operator: We are so sorry to hear of your troubles. We weren’t made aware of them at the time, unfortunately. How did you expect us to provide you with opponents to race? Please call us so that we can understand and we can also extend a half off discount on your next hunt with us in another city. But we will never be able to guarantee you opponents to race against. Sometimes others sign up and other times they don’t and I’m sure you can appreciate we can’t control that. What part of the directions did you have difficulty with? We reviewed your hunt and didn’t see that you asked your host any questions or shared that you had any issues. Our team is very skilled at helping our hunters in the moment if needed, but only if we know. Please contact us to elaborate so that at least we can help you after the fact. Thank you!

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