Adult scavenger hunt ideas for a weekend with friends
A weekend away with friends can easily turn into one long line of reservations, with not much in between. Let's Tingo gives the group a reason to explore between meals. You build a bingo board of things to find around the city, everyone gets their own board from the same list, and the first to fill five in a row calls a Tingo.
It's a scavenger hunt for adults that fits around whatever else you've planned, and if you're looking for adult scavenger hunt ideas closer to home, it works on an ordinary Saturday too.
A city scavenger hunt built around where you're going
Pick a game type, tell Let's Tingo which city you're visiting and what you've got planned, and it builds a list of finds from that: a street performer, a historic plaque, a rooftop garden. Keep the ones you like, reword or trash the rest, and add your own, like the bakery a friend told you not to miss.
In most games, finds are shared, so when anyone spots something, it shows up on every board that has it. If the group splits up for an hour, some to the museum and some to the market, everyone can see what the others just found.
Things to do with friends on the weekend, without leaving town
You don't need a plane ticket. Tell Let's Tingo you're spending Saturday in your own town, and the board fills with the things you walk past every week without really looking: a faded ghost sign, a mural down a side street, the oldest building downtown.
When you're short of things to do with friends, a board like that gives the day a shape. You walk somewhere new, stop when something catches your eye, and see the parts of town you'd usually drive straight past.
Photos of everything you found
Pick a camera game and every find needs a photo. Marking a find opens the camera, and the photo stays with that find for the whole group to see, so the board doubles as a record of the weekend.
A prize for the end of the trip
Make it a timed game, set it to end at dinner on the last night, and the board keeps going all weekend. Whoever has the most Tingos when it ends wins.
Name a prize when you set it up, the winner picks dinner or someone else buys the first round, and everyone sees what they're playing for.
Adult scavenger hunt ideas to get your board started
These are the kind of finds that make a good city scavenger hunt. Use them, change them, or let Let's Tingo suggest its own from what you tell it. For other occasions, browse more scavenger hunt ideas.
Around the city
- Street performer
- Historic plaque
- Rooftop garden
- City skyline
- Drawbridge
- Statue on horseback
- Public fountain
- Bike share dock
- Trolley
- Tour group
- City hall
- Art installation
Off the main street
- Ghost sign
- Hidden mural
- Record store
- Vintage shop
- Bookstore cat
- Cobblestone street
- Neon sign
- Ivy-covered wall
- Chess players
- Band poster
- Dog in a bandana
- Courtyard garden
Eating and drinking
- Food hall
- Farmers market
- Oyster bar
- Rooftop bar
- Local beer
- Taco truck
- Pastry case
- Open kitchen
- Corner diner
- Wine bar
- Coffee roaster
- Pretzel cart
Plan your weekend with friends
Build the board before you leave, and send the link while everyone's still packing. The same game works for bachelorette party games on the weekend before a wedding, a team building scavenger hunt with coworkers, and road trip games on the drive into the city.
Joining a game is always free, in the app or in a browser. Plenty of games are free to make, too.