Black Cat Treasure Hunts News and Views

By Tim Carter (Owner of Black Cat Treasure Hunts)

Two companies who recently completed team building treasure hunts in Brighton took very different approaches to organising their stay, but both achieved successful conclusions. This made me look at whether there were consistent guidelines to be given when choosing team building in Brighton. Here is Black Cat Treasure Hunts 5 po....

By Tim Carter (owner of Black Cat Treasure Hunts)

I worked at a company once where I was in charge of placing orders. I know..I know..sounds like a big risk on their part already! The main bit of advice I got, apart from get three quotes, was to spend the money as if it was my own. Now,  I would say I`m fairly cautious with spending my money so that suggestion probably wo....

By Tim Carter (Owner of Black Cat Treasure Hunts)

Well it looked like her. It certainly sounded like her. I mean those Zoom meeting calls on my laptop are not always perfectly clear in vision or acoustically, but I`m pretty confident it`s her. We`ve never met of course, but seeing as I have been at the company for five years I really should make an effort. She`s talking ....

By Tim Carter (Owner of Black Cat Treasure Hunts)

So...it`s 12th October today and you`re telling me there`s only 49 and a half days to Christmas?! Even with basic maths I can tell you that there are 73 and a half to go! Why are Black Cat Treasure Hunts trying to confuse the issue and other great mysteries solved....

1. Christmas comes early, but don`t leave booking....

By Tim Carter (Owner of Black Cat Treasure Hunts)

I hope you are having one or two of those nice sunny (albeit slightly chilly) Autumn days this week? It has got me thinking whether a treasure hunt `season` exists in the same way that the Premier League runs from August to May or cricket in England from April to September. I initially came to the conclusion that  March to....

By Tim Carter (owner of Black Cat Treasure Hunts)

I had an advance booking for thirteen months' time, during the Summer, which initially I thought was a bit excessive. I was pleased of course for the booking, but it got me wondering what had prompted this bout of organisation. It was for a hen party treasure hunt in 2022 and it was that aspect which made me realise I was depen....

By Tim Carter (Owner of Black Cat Treasure Hunts)

The key to any successful business, apart from getting lots of customers, is to get repeat purchases. When I set up Black Cat Treasure Hunts, there was a worry that once you had completed one of these original hunts you would look at alternative types of activites in the future. The past week I have written treasure hunts ....

By Tim Carter (Black Cat Treasure Hunts)

The theme of this blog is all about making connections or, as importantly, re-connections through the use of a treasure hunt. Black Cat Treasure Hunts has put together a top 5 of the best ways this has been enabled through recent bookings.

1. Back In the Office: This company organised their first team social since the pandemic b....

By Tim Carter (Owner of Black Cat Treasure Hunts)

With the school holidays here, companies trying to re-engage their employees as restrictions ease and Britain on a staycation...it`s time for a Black Cat Treasure Hunts Q and A session about all your pressing enquiries.

Q1: What are the most appropriate treasure hunts for families that you do?
A1: The on-line treasur....

Black Cat Treasure Hunts specialise in treasure hunts that are personalised or bespoke. This often means including info and photos about/of the participants such as for teambuilding. Another popular way to do this is by using a theme to time together a good selection of the questions, challenges and presentation of the hunt. If you are stuck on deciding a theme or want to know about some very....