Clash Scavenger Hunts

I’m assuming this establishment is CLOSED because we have been trying for over a month to try and book a date for a scavenger hunt but have not received one phone call back regarding our multiple voicemail inquiries. We are returning customers so how long does it take to call back and set a date and time? We don’t need hand holding or any specific information; we know the drill. CLOSED until proven otherwise. I’d give zero stars if I could.

Unilocal characterizes this 1-​star review as: «Eek! Methinks not.» Pretty much sums up my sentiment after trying to deal with Clash Scavenger Hunts. I left a message expressing my interest in arranging a scavenger hunt for my company (80 – 90 people — which amounts to a fair chunk of change for them) and I heard back within 15 minutes from the head honcho, «Captain Joe.» He was actually delightful. I gave him some details and he followed up fairly immediately with a proposal; well, not so much a proposal but just a resending of their generic pitch deck, not customized, so he didn’t really give me any more information than I already had but, hey, he tried. My team deliberated and we decided to go for it! I emailed back saying we’d like to pull the trigger and to please let me know next steps on how best to proceed. When I didn’t hear back, I called and left a message sharing our excitement at getting this party started! Woo hoo! And when I didn’t hear back I emailed again. And when I didn’t hear back I called again. Me: «We can’t confirm the after-​party location until we know for sure we’re confirmed wit Clash, otherwise we may need to be looking at a different area so I would just really appreciate a call back whenever someone has time.» Them: Nada. So when I didn’t hear back I emailed again. And when I didn’t hear back I called again. And so on, for A MONTH! A month. In his voicemail messages, Joe says they’ll get back to you «as soon as humanly possible» but I don’t think that sentence means what he thinks it does. And on his personal voicemail he says that if I leave a message I «won’t regret it» which is sneaky because, he’s right, I don’t regret attempting communication — who would? — but the fine print there is that he never actually commits to calling you back. I’m such a sucker! Joke’s on me, Joe. You got me, good. But now that I’m letting the Unilocalverse know what a clown show Clash is, I’m hoping the joke is on Joe and that he definitely regrets not leaving me a message. And that he gets his stuff together as soon as humanly possible. Oh, and I’d recommend GoGames or SmartHunts if you’re looking for a scavenger hunt in SF. They’re professional and responsive and do what they say they will and can be trusted. Good luck out there, (scavenger) hunters!

Clever. High energy. Used them for an Yale graduate school event bringing together 400 (!) students from disparate schools to get fierce in a way I expected from the MBAs but not the PhDs. Professional, hilarious and worth every penny. Students after the event were fighting on who would get to host the next annual scavenger hunt and bring in CLASH. Love love love.

I have the fun and challenging task of coordinating incentive trips that include team building activities for my company. Our most recent trip to San Francisco included CLASH Scavenger Hunt as an activity.
The process to coordinate the scavenger hunt was pretty painless. The hardest part was getting responses; it took a while, but they always got back to me.
My other biggest challenge that was no fault of CLASH or anyone, was to get people excited about a scavenger hunt. There’s a fuddy duddy stigma around scavenger hunts. I heard a lot of «Uhhh, meh, nah. Ugh» BUT once we got them there and doing the hunt, it was GAME ON! They loosened up with a couple drinks, face painting and skee ball. Also, some self-​deprecating stretching got them to loosen up (literally and figuratively).
The hunt took place mostly around Union Square, which was great. They also let us have our mascot be a part of the hunt.
All in all, we had a wonderful time and I would highly encourage you to consider CLASH for a team building event.
BRAVO!

I planned a company event with CLASH and had high expectations from the outset. CLASH did not disappoint!
We had a group of 21 and Captain Joe divided us into teams. He got all of us pumped up, painted (I went a little crazy) and let us loose on the city (lots of running!).
We’re a fairly small company so we all know each other pretty well, but we definitely got to know each other even better. The hunt made us all jump out of our bubbles for an afternoon to do some crazy stuff and figure out how to get it done together.
EVERY person who attended the event left with huge smiles and there was a ton of laughter.
I recommend this for any size company and, well, really anyone who has a group that wants to do something fun and interesting.
Thank you CLASH!

I have a low tolerance for forced-​fun, especially on a record-​breaking hot day in the city, but this turned out to be a really good time. My team of coworkers got surprisingly competitive about it and it was great to laugh over the photos afterward.
I like that the hunt was limited to a small area — Union Square in our case — so we could complete the tasks within an hour, and not have to run all over the city like maniacs (I’ve done those urban race hunts and HATE them).
And I have to say, the hunt is very San Francisco, in the sense that many of the point-​earning activities would get you beat up (or worse) in other cities. It’s pretty amazing what people are cool with here.

BEST TEAM BUILDING EVER.
We had Clash come out for our annual sales team meeting in PA for our team building activity. We typically have the team break out and go to the spa or golfing, so I was a bit nervous that a scavenger hunt wouldn’t be as well received. The Hunt exceeded all expectations and then some! Our teams were made up of all ages, and everyone enjoyed the afternoon shenanigans. I was particularly impressed with how much detail Captain Joe and the team put into the hunt– they had designed it all around some cool landmarks in Bethlehem and some specific fun facts about our team members. Everyone was into it, by the end we were all laughing hysterically and toasting one another. We’ll be talking about this for meetings to come.

Hands down, one of the best/​most active team building events!
Coming out of a very stressful day, we definitely did not have fun faces on. Thanks to Lesley and Kyle. They got us going with face paint, drinks, and a little competition!
Needless to say, moments later we were yelling, screaming, and had the BEST TIME EVER!
Suggestion:
1) REALLY wear your workout clothes. They always say wear comfortable shoes. NOPE. We were so sweaty and sprinting all over the place. You really need your sweat-​absorbing sweats.
2) Pick the two most competitive teammates and have them on separate teams. In this case we pre-​picked our teams. (huge time saver) Everyone was trash talking before hand. It was so great!
Overall, we had a great time! Big thanks to Joe, Kyle and Lesley! I’d really like a fanny pack but twerking on the wall in front of my boss (SVP of the company) was just not gonna happen. HAHAHAH OH WELL! Thanks for the fun time CLASH!

Sometimes you have to get out of the office with your team, and get out of your comfort zone.
I hate team building activities. They always seem like forced fun interaction that feel awkward, but Clash was different!
The Clash team has incredible enthusiasm and you can tell that they just love what they do. We met at their clubhouse in Union Square for some pre-​drinking and skee ball. We split up into teams and were assigned bright neon colored headbands and then off on our scavenger hunt around Union Square.
Some Tips on setting up teams:
Would assign teams strategically with one person from each department and separate executives and managers evenly so that there are not more than one on each team if possible.
Don’t let the executives be a team leader! This is a day where you should all change roles.
Also a great idea to split the teams into people who don’t usually interface with each other, or groups that need to see each other in a different light.
Our team so needed this and we had a blast!
Thank you!
Product and Marketing Team at SOL REPUBLIC

My company did a hunt in Burlingame, CA it was a ton of fun. I cannot wait to see the photos!!!
I definitely got to know my co-​workers better and had a great time doing it.
The coordinators that guide you through the whole thing are very energetic and keep it fun and lively.

My boss coordinated a scavenger hunt with Clash for our annual January sales kick-​off event. This was an amazing team building exercise and so much fun! Even the super grumpy guy ended up getting into it and had a blast. We are all sales people and naturally competitive, so the team competition really gave us a great opportunity to work together to accomplish a common goal: to crush every other team and WIN!
After the competition was over, we all convened in a tiny room and made fun of each other’s team pics. My old boss, an actual preacher by the way, showed a truly different side of himself with a shirtless photo of himself in union square holding a muffin– the «Stud muffin». These photos were great to review in our week end wrap up after SKO. Truly a great way to bond with co-​workers, get out of your shell, and interact in a way that we would have never done at just another happy hour.
I can’t say enough good things about this experience, other than Clash is truly an EXPERIENCE. If you are looking for a team building event for your company, seriously, call Clash first. This is the best forced team bonding event I’ve ever been to and I kind of wish I could do it all over again with the exact same crew.

I worked with CLASH to plan a company outing and it was the absolute best activity my coworkers and I have ever done with each other. After reading all the reviews, I had high expectations and was super stoked, yet the CLASH team still managed to blow all expectations out of the water. Melissa, Jenessa, and Lesley are all super awesome — they agreed to help me with my secret plans of embarrassing specific people within our group and they also went out of their way to try to help me find a birthday sash :) Overall, our scavenger hunt was such a blast (I still can’t believe my boss painted his toe nail…) and two months later, my coworkers and I still talk about it and torment each other about our ridiculous pictures and memories. To anyone who plans on going, I highly recommend going with ultra-​competitive people… it makes it so much more fun.

Long story short: Clash is amazing, highly recommended!!!
We came to Clash for our first annual company outing/​team building event and I must say, it far exceeded my expectations. Everyone had a great time!
We started off with drinks and skeeball at the Clash clubhouse while our hunt leader pumped everyone up with some music and face paint. A quick mini-​hunt at the clubhouse was the perfect icebreaker and got our whole group excited for what was to come.
That actual run was more active than I had expected, but everyone had a great time running through the city taking funny pictures with strangers.
Once we were back at Clash they opened the bar back up and we all shared stories and pictures. Even the quietest and most reserved members of our company were all smiles and stories once the hunt was done. We were shown a slideshow of the best photos and our hunt leader announced the winning team… win or lose, everyone was happy!
I don’t think we could have picked a better place to hold our company outing! Everyone is already talking about returning next year and making Clash our go-​to for team building activities.

It was a fun scavenger hunt! Though I think some residents of SF might be annoyed that we asked them to do random stuff with us and pose for a picture. But overall, a great team bonding activity and a great work out (running all over the city). Love their company HQ. A small cosy place with an old arcade game of rolling ball into the holes (like mini bowling?).
I only wish their mobile app took clear pictures and their instructions/​point system (items on the scavenger hunt) were less complicated… also feeding us a buffet spread before the hunt was probably a bad idea.
We had a mini pre-​scavenger hunt before departing. They made us pair up someone else and find items in the room. It was a great ice-​breaker before the real deal when they unleashed us on Union to do all sorts of weird poses with random strangers and embarrassing activities… but all in good fun of course!
Definitely not your average scavenger hunt! It’s a great work out too!

I’m not a fan of scavenger hunts.
I’m not a fan of faux 80s parties.
I’m not a fan of people in my face attempting to paint my face (allergic to weird stuff on my skin).
I’m not a fan of super peppy, loud people forcing me to have fun.
Having said that, I walked in annoyed and walked out pretty amused and have to admit, had a pretty good time with my co-​workers.

SO. MUCH. FUN. This was a great team building event for our team. WEAR COMFORTABLE SHOES. I didn’t listen when they told us this, and I regret it.
You start at their venue with some drinks and mini-​hunts, then head out into union square. They give you a great list of fun and exciting things to find. HIGHLY recommend this for any group.

We had a team building event here last week and had a blast. We had eight teams with seven or eight people on them, so it was a massive group but they were very accommodating and super fun and energetic.
Start off in the clubhouse for some adult beverages, stretching and mini in-​house hunts. Then they read off the rules and how it’s going to go down. Then you’re off, running through the Union Square area trying to check off as many checkpoints and extra point challenges.
Wear running shoes and shorts. Your feet are going to ache the next day for sure.

Imagine walking through a portal which turns dull team building activities into a super fun exciting thrill roller coaster for you and your coworkers.
You might be thinking, nay, Jenny, such a portal does not exist, we are limited to bowling and picnics.
*queue Eye of the Tiger by Survivor*
It does with Clash!
Imagine your most quiet co-​worker. Yeah you know him, you aren’t sure if he’s just really shy or just hates all of you.
Now imagine that co-​worker running down the streets of San Francisco giggling like a school girl while snapping photos with random strangers.
Now amplify that image with more neon and more giggling and you have Clash.
Do it, your company retention will thank me later.

After reading an article about CLASH on the Bold Italic, I was inspired and immediately started planning my company’s annual team building event with CLASH.
Captain Joe is Awesome! His energy and enthusiasm is infectious! From the first time I met him, I knew this event was going to be FUN. Way different than other team building activities we’d done in the past. An event our employees could get jazzed about.
We had a great turnout. Most all of our employees made it to the CLASH clubhouse, rockin’ crazy neon outfits (go team Animation Mentor!), ready for an energetic fun-​filled day, bonding with coworkers. CLASH employees Janessa & Melissa were super friendly and engaging and helped get the party started!
The team at CLASH orchestrated one of the best best team building activities Animation Mentor has done. The pictures say it all! Employees have not stopped talking about the hunt, sharing hilarious stories from all the shenanigans. I hope I get an opportunity to plan another event with CLASH.

I wanted something different to do for my b-​day, and that’s exactly what Clash SF gave me (in the best way possible). Everyone was a little skeptical at first and did not know what to expect, but it ended up being a blast.
Captain Joe and his team were super helpful and made the day stress free. The scavenger hunt was crazy fun and the stops were hilarious (I would love to say what they were, but I don’t want to spoil it). Overall a fabulous experience.
Some things I would note:
1. Due to high demand, prices have increased from reviews below. I still think it was 100% worth it.
2. They provide you with an amazing slideshow at the end. However, this only includes some of the photos. Make sure to request all the photos, or take your own while roaming around the city.
I cannot thank their team enough. They made my birthdays one of the best yet.