Events & Adventures Reviews

Original Review: March 18, 2026

Please look more closely into the membership practices of Events & Adventures. They have misrepresented membership to deceive older people. I am 64 years old and the events I have attended are all young people. I have not met one person over 50. When I interviewed, they knew my age and did not share that this group was inherently young. I waited for the whole year to be done with my subscription, only to find out it is 18 months. I am requesting to cancel my membership immediately because I honestly feel that I should have been informed of the general age group, I feel misled and it is very embarrassing to go to an event when I am clearly decades older than the entire group. When I messaged them, they flat out said, NO REFUNDS. They are deceiving people and stealing their money and should be held accountable!

I'm a fine wine drinker. I’d go to a wine event in Fort Lauderdale, that kind of thing. And it's nice to know that they have a Southeast Florida chapter. They have chapters all over and that's cool. I'm also going to the Cookie Exchange, the New Year's Eve event, and a Dumplings and Cocktail event. I haven't gone on any trips, but I've got my eye on a couple of trips next year.

Events & Adventures is a good way to meet new people and try different things. It's nice that somebody does all the planning and logistics for you. I like that they do a variety of events to cater to different people's interests. I’ve made new friends, too.

But I haven't been super wanting to go to events because the demographic was different than I was expecting, at least in the chapter that I'm part of. Some of them are a lot older, in their late 30s, 50s, divorced or have kids, in different aspects of life. And I'm not against talking to people with different backgrounds. I had a great time, I enjoyed talking to them, but it just wasn't exactly what I was looking for in making friends.

I felt misled in the interview process where I was told I was gonna meet like-minded people that are extroverts. But a lot of the people I met, maybe socializing is tough for them. I felt like a lot of times I was carrying the conversation and it was draining. I wish they have given me recommendations and that they were a bit more transparent. I guess they want people to buy into it and join the club. It's disappointing when you buy a certain length of term and you end up not interested in going to events. I'm not in love with my experience with them.

You get somewhere in the US. They just take it from there. And if there's any issues, they deal with it. In Scotland, we were going from Scotland to Ireland, and the boat caught on fire before we got on it. But I didn't have to worry about it. They figured out how to get us there and how to set up the bus on the other side to get us to our hotel. They ended up ordering pizzas and having pizzas delivered and just took care of us. It was great. And we got in at about midnight with the next boat. Our driver had to drive us two hours in the middle of the night till about 2:00 in the morning and it was all worked out. We were there the next morning.

Another time I was in Australia and that's when COVID hit and we were going to Tahiti. Tahiti didn't want us there unless we all went to a doctor. So, they arranged all the doctor appointments. We had to pay 50 bucks, but it was fine. But they looked us over, took our temperature and throats. They set our times up and made it very easy for us. We didn't have to worry about calling anybody or doing anything. It was stress-free.

The Africa trip was amazing, and Galapagos Islands was amazing. There were several trips. I liked Thailand, Australia. Tahiti was great. They just figure out exactly what the big things are there. I swam in the Great Barrier Reef. It was all set up. There are options if you wanna do other things or not do things and there's time for yourself. They were all pretty amazing.

I did a Wolf Walk. They have unusual events. So, the Wolf Walk was in Colorado Springs, Garden of the Gods. It's where you get to go walk with wolves and hike with wolves. It's so cool. They really try to find the unusual things that are going on in town besides the standard. But we also do the standard things with bowling, wine tasting or dinners out. But they try to find the unique things around town and adventurous things which was really, really fun.

I actually tell people that aren't my friends. I mentioned to people that I find out are single. I'm like, "Oh, my gosh. You should check this out. Trips are amazing. The events are great. People are good. It's a great experience.

I've met several different guys. Dated a little, but not a ton. And I've made several friends through it that I'm still friends with today. It's nice because of friends in other states. On the trips, you meet people from other states and I've stayed friends with those people. We pick trips we wanna go on ‘cause we're good roommates. And so, we go on different trips together, and do stuff as well. It's been good.

And the only major complaints I've seen from people who have interacted with the group is about the membership fee. And that usually comes from people who, they sign up and the group isn't what they expected to be, and then they try and get out of the contract and they're not able to.

I've made so many friends because now, my social calendar is overloaded. I have invitations to birthdays and get-togethers but I can't be in two places at once. As far as a significant other, I have somebody I've been talking to for the past month but we’re not there yet.

The problem with Events & Adventures is that most people we meet are above 50. I'm in my 30s but it's once in a blue moon I see someone below 40. Out of 10 people, at least 8 people is above 60. That's a big caveat. We are paying monthly, but for every event you want to attend, there's an additional charge. Very few young people would be interested in paying monthly. They can simply go to a pub and enjoy. Maybe that's the reason why I don't see younger people there, because that kind of affordability only comes after a certain age with a certain bank balance.

It's a good place to explore and meet new people. If you're strictly looking to find a partner, I wouldn't recommend this. But if you're looking to find a group to just have fun with, Events & Adventures is a wonderful platform to have.

After I signed up, I started becoming an active member of the group. I would start scheduling my first events and my first activity. I was a little bit disappointed because in concept, they are good, but in the practice in the real life, it's not good. The groups are lacking people, especially young females. Most of the groups are people around 40s. They treat you well but if it is a young man in his 30s, not even mention 20-something, trying to find a female, it's almost impossible.

Secondly, most of the meetings is just guys. You go to a meeting hoping that you can find at least three girls that you can talk or have a good time with. Suddenly, there are only guys. The three ladies are over 40 years old and with a whole family. Their kids are my age. You don't know how many people are signed up to this or that meeting. You need to show up and see what happens. The hosts know how many people there will be and they know if they're all girls or boys. They share each other the information.

I have the opportunity to know some of these guy members that have been active for a couple of years and say the same thing that there aren't too many choices. If you want to hang out, it's not as great as I imagine it's gonna be. I don't even think that it's even worth it for the money I'm paying off, especially that there are other choices out there.

On my first meeting with E&A, it was just the host and three guys. My second meeting was five guys. The other two or three meetings after those were more or less the same thing. I don't think it's gonna get better in the next couple of months. I would like to cancel my subscription. I'll move forward with something else. When I was doing my interview, they mentioned that usually there are more girls than guys, but in reality, it's the opposite. The price is not worth it for the final result.

About two days later, I went to a new member mixer. It sucked. I thought I had wasted my money. I couldn't talk to people. There was loud music. It was a huge bar scene. There was a mix of non-E&A members with E&A members. I couldn't navigate my way through the crowd. It was a struggle. I then signed up for several events with smaller groups and I had the time of my life.

I signed up to go apple picking with a group of E&A members. We went out to the farm. I just went there to hang out with people. There was a nice lady who I met and she had never been apple picking before and I had done it many times in my life. So, I went around with her and helped her pick apples because I'm 6'2" and she was almost 5'3". I could get the apples off the top of the tree for her. Any apples she wanted, I picked them for her. I picked some apples for me just because I was there. We had a blast.

A week later, I went to a trivia event and she showed up again. It was nice to have somebody I knew and we were talking. Then, this other lady sat down next to me and I didn't even notice her at first. Several events later, she showed up again and she remembered me and she talked to me about my interests. Then, there was a third event and she sat next to me. There was a fourth event at the Shedd Aquarium where it was a dance and Latin music and tacos and we danced. We went out on our first date last week.

The only thing is for the last two weeks, they've had no events that I could go to. They schedule dinners at 8:00 at night. I'm on the south end of Chicagoland. I'm way down at the bottom, and all their events are gonna be in the more affluent neighborhoods. So, I'm gonna have an hour drive to and from any event minimum. I accepted that when I signed up, but if I'm eating dinner at 8:00 and dinner takes two hours and I'm getting out of the place at 10:00, I'll be home, at best, by 11:00 on a work night. That was not working. They sign up for a karaoke event that starts at 9:45 PM on a Monday.

I was a little frustrated for the last two weeks. But starting on Friday next week, I have events that I'm signed up for starting with that Friday all the way through to the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Overall, I had a blast with the things I did through E&A. Even though I really didn't hang out with the whole E&A crew, it was still fun. The fact that I've made five friends that likely will be good friends, given enough time to get to know each other, out of this was worth every penny I paid.

I joined Events and Adventures as I was interested in making friends, and I made invaluable friends. That was the best part ever. My friends and I were joking it was expensive, but I would have paid more to have these friends. The friendships that we built there are really solid. The very first event was at a bar and it was for a bingo thing. I felt uncomfortable at first because it seemed like everybody knew everybody else. Now, when I go to events for meet and greet, the first thing I do is not talk to all my friends. I introduce myself to all the new people so that they don't feel like what I did.

But by the second time I went, we were at Safety Harbor Spa and we were all dancing. People were more open. That was when I made those friends. I'm with one of my friends now and we're tight. We also just had a birthday party with some people that are still in Events & Adventures and some that weren't. We went to Cocoa Beach together.

I've done a lot of Florida staycation events. I've done bumper cars and an adult bounce thing too. We've also gone to many bars where people drink. I don't really drink, but I dance a lot. We've had a picnic where all the group gets together and they cook for us. There's been a pool party where everybody brings an inflatable pool and they play a movie when you hang out in your pool with your friends. I haven't been able to go on a boat because it's usually on Sunday and I don't do the Sunday.

In Florida, our area is great. I live in the most congested county, Pinellas, Tampa and St. Petersburg, and we have a lot of events, like two or three a day. We did a Memorial Day event when Carrie was there. She was the best host we ever had. We were on a plantation and there was a bunch of houses and it's right on the water. You do something to help out your friends but she wouldn't let us do anything. She and her friend cooked everything and cleaned everything as well. I didn't even know that's what it felt to be that relaxed.