{"id":709,"date":"2012-06-28T23:11:49","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T03:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/?p=709"},"modified":"2021-01-02T10:26:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T15:26:19","slug":"scavenger-hunt-around-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/scavenger-hunt-around-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Scavenger Hunt around Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scavenger hunts can be used for so many different occasions and events including:<br \/>\n&#8211; Easter Scavenger Hunt<br \/>\n&#8211; Birthdays<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-714\" title=\"party\" src=\"https:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/party-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"331\" height=\"253\" \/><br \/>\n&#8211; Anniversaries<br \/>\n&#8211; Team Building<br \/>\n&#8211; Bachelorettes<br \/>\n&#8211; For some general fun<br \/>\nand many more events&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>There are so many different ways that you can run a scavenger hunt these days, however now that the majority of the population has access to a cell phone, why not save yourself some trouble setting up a scavenger hunt with paper clues all over the city and have automatic clues sent via the cell phone? This can be done through an easy-to-use tool called <a title=\"TextClues\" href=\"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\">TextClues<\/a>. With <a title=\"TextClues\" href=\"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\">TextClues<\/a>, all you have to do is input the cell phone #s of who will be participating in the event, enter all of the clues, schedule the scavenger hunt and away you go!\u00a0 If you want scavenger hunt teams to not necessarily set off on the hunt in the same order, you can use the Shuffle feature to mix up the clues so everybody will be running around town in all sorts of different ways.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have the teams setup, and everyone setup on <a title=\"TextClues\" href=\"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\">TextClues<\/a>, it is time to start the scavenger hunt around town. Away you go!!!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Clue<\/strong><\/em>: Collect a take-out menu from a pizza shop. Reply &#8220;done&#8221; without quotations when found.<br \/>\n<em><strong>Answer<\/strong><\/em>: Done<br \/>\n<em><strong>Clue<\/strong><\/em>: Collect a coaster from a local pub or restaurant. Reply &#8220;done&#8221; when found.<br \/>\n<em><strong>A<\/strong><\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-711\" title=\"statue\" src=\"https:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/statue-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"224\" \/><em><strong>nswer<\/strong><\/em>: Done<br \/>\n<em><strong>Clue<\/strong><\/em>: Take a group photo with a statue. Reply &#8220;done&#8221; when complete.<br \/>\n<em><strong>Answer<\/strong><\/em>: Done<br \/>\n<em><strong>Clue<\/strong><\/em>: Collect a flyer for an upcoming event in the city. Reply &#8220;done&#8221; when found.<br \/>\n<em><strong>Answer<\/strong><\/em>: Done<br \/>\n<em><strong>Clue<\/strong><\/em>: Take a photo with a man or woman wearing a pink shirt. Reply &#8220;done&#8221; when complete.<br \/>\n<em><strong>Answer<\/strong><\/em>: Done<br \/>\n<em><strong>Clue<\/strong><\/em>: Purchase an item that cost less than $0.50 and keep the receipt. Reply &#8220;done&#8221; when complete.<br \/>\n<em><strong>Answer<\/strong><\/em>: Done<br \/>\n<em><strong>Clue<\/strong><\/em>: Take a photo with someone&#8217;s pet. Reply &#8220;done&#8221; when complete.<br \/>\n<em><strong>Answer<\/strong><\/em>: Done<br \/>\n<em><strong>Clue<\/strong><\/em>: Collect the business card for a chinese restaurant. Reply &#8220;done&#8221; when complete.<br \/>\n<em><strong>Answer<\/strong><\/em>: Done<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-717\" title=\"certificate\" src=\"https:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/certificate-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"200\" \/><br \/>\n<em><strong>Winning Clue<\/strong><\/em>: Head on back to Joe&#8217;s apartment to see if you are the first one back to win the prize!!!<\/p>\n<p>The clues can so easily be tailored to places that might be convenient and accessible around your city or town.\u00a0 A scavenger hunt can be created within a matter of minutes, but can provide fun and entertainment for a group of people for hours! Use <a title=\"TextClues\" href=\"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\">TextClues<\/a> and a scavenger hunt for your next event, and we guarantee you will have a very satisfied group of people that will be craving for more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scavenger hunts can be used for so many different occasions and events including: &#8211; Easter Scavenger Hunt &#8211; Birthdays &#8211; Anniversaries &#8211; Team Building &#8211; Bachelorettes &#8211; For some general fun and many more events&#8230; There are so many different &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/scavenger-hunt-around-town\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[58,3,5,8,4,28],"tags":[117,157,159,156,158],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1863,"href":"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions\/1863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.textclues.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}