Smartphone Pub Treasure Hunt Stag Do
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A smartphone pub treasure hunt is a self-run pub crawl that uses GPS to send the stag party round local pubs and bars across the city. Once the app detects you are near a hotspot, it unlocks questions, challenges and quizzes for each team to complete. Stag groups split into teams, pick a name and compete on a live scoreboard throughout. There is no host and no fixed start time, which means the activity fits around the rest of the day without much planning.
What’s Included
- Start any time – you decide on the day
- Latest smartphone App technology
- Head to various GPS locations/pubs
- You choose the pub within the location
- Work in teams to answer pub trivia questions
- Name your team & take selfies
- Unlock clues, puzzles and challenges
- Live scoreboard makes it competitive and fun
- Pub Trivia includes Sport, History, Geography, Science & Nature, Entertainment and General Knowledge
How the Smartphone Pub Treasure Hunt Works for a Stag Do
Download the app before the day and activate it when everyone is ready to go. Teams are picked, names are chosen and a team photo is taken before heading out into the city. The app uses GPS to detect when you are near a hotspot, then unlocks questions, puzzles and challenges for each team to complete. Trivia categories include sport, history, geography, entertainment, science and general knowledge. A live scoreboard updates throughout, and a chat function lets teams send messages between each other. Drinks are each team's to buy at each venue as you go.
Why the Smartphone Pub Treasure Hunt Works for Stag Groups
Splitting into teams turns the whole thing competitive, and the live scoreboard means every team knows exactly where they stand. With no set start time and nothing to wait around for, it slots into the schedule wherever there's a gap, without much planning on the best man's part. The route runs through city centre pubs and bars, with challenges unlocking at each venue, so the pub stops are built into the activity rather than separate from it. It is also one of the most widely available activities on the site, useful whether the stag do is heading across Europe or staying in the UK.
Where Does the Smartphone Pub Treasure Hunt Take Place?
The hunt takes the stag party through city centre streets and pubs, with GPS hotspots directing teams to venues in your chosen city. It runs across one of the widest location lists of any activity on the site, covering UK and European stag destinations. UK cities include Brighton and Sheffield, along with Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh, plus many more. European destinations include Amsterdam, Barcelona and Prague, among others. Select your destination from the location menu at the top of the page to check availability.
Smartphone Pub Treasure Hunt Stag Do FAQs
A smartphone pub treasure hunt is a self-run activity where stag groups split into teams and complete GPS-unlocked questions, challenges and quizzes at pubs and bars across the city. The app tracks scores on a live leaderboard throughout. Everything runs from the group's phones, with no host needed and no fixed time to stick to. It is one of the most flexible activities available, working across a large number of UK and European stag destinations.
The app uses GPS to detect when the stag group arrives near a hotspot in the city, at which point it unlocks the challenges and questions for that location. Teams complete the questions, submit their answers and move on to the next hotspot. Scores update on the live leaderboard as answers are submitted. There is also a team chat function for sending messages between groups during the hunt.
Yes. The app needs to be downloaded and activated before the hunt begins. Phones need an active data plan and GPS enabled throughout. A technical support number is available on the day if anyone runs into any issues with the app.
Yes. The app directs the stag party to hotspot locations in the city, but the specific pubs and bars visited are chosen by the team within each location. This means the hunt can be tailored to the kind of places everyone wants to visit on the day.
No specialist knowledge is needed. The questions cover a range of categories including sport, history, geography, entertainment and general knowledge, so the format works well across a mixed stag group regardless of who knows what. The activity is designed to be accessible. The fun comes from the team competition and the live scoreboard rather than needing to be strong on any particular subject.
Looking for more to fill the stag weekend? Head to our stag do activities and ideas page to browse the full range.
Reviews
The treasure hunt itself was really well organised, and the tasks were great fun.
Definitely would recommend to a friend.
One of the teams finished in 2 hours, but i'm pretty sure they cheated!