Festive Explorer
Festive Explorer is a holiday scavenger hunt experience that turns your chosen city or neighbourhood into a festive team building adventure.
- In-Person
- 120 mins
- 8–500 people
Booked by 88+ teams
on average
$49per participant
DIY & Self-Managed Team Building Activities For Work
Limited budget? Running your own activity could be the ideal solution! Our self-managed team building activities are a more affordable alternative to hosted events.
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The Ultimate
A fast-paced GPS treasure hunt packed with trivia, creative challenges, and competitive team tasks.
- In-Person
- 90–120 mins
- 8–500 people
Booked by 895+ teams
on average
$49per participant
Escape: Arctic Survival
Work together to survive the frozen wilderness in this immersive challenge focused on teamwork and strategy.
- In-PersonVirtualHybrid
- 60–90 mins
- 5–500 people
Booked by 1784+ teams
on average
$36per participant
Escape: Art Heist
Crack codes, solve puzzles, and escape before time runs out in this thrilling team heist experience.
- VirtualHybrid
- 60–90 mins
- 5–300 people
Booked by 1905+ teams
on average
$36per participant
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Spy School in the Field
Become undercover agents as your team cracks codes, completes missions, and competes in outdoor spy challenges.
- In-Person
- 120 mins
- 8–500 people
Booked by 361+ teams
on average
$49per participant
Urban Explorer
Turn any city into an interactive playground with GPS challenges, hidden landmarks, and team competition.
- In-Person
- 90–120 mins
- 8–500 people
Booked by 1184+ teams
on average
$49per participant
Murder on the Train
Step into the roaring twenties for a glamorous virtual murder mystery full of clues, secrets, and suspense.
- In-PersonVirtualHybrid
- 90 mins
- 5–500 people
Booked by 729+ teams
on average
$36per participant
Pub Explorer
Combine pub crawl fun with GPS team challenges, trivia, and friendly competition across local venues.
- In-Person
- 120 mins
- 8–500 people
on average
$49per participant
Around the World
Travel across continents through interactive challenges, trivia, and creative team tasks inspired by global cultures.
- In-PersonVirtualHybrid
- 60–90 mins
- 8–500 people
Booked by 599+ teams
on average
$36per participant
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Best Self-Managed Team Building Activities
Save money and plan your self-hosted activity with our range of DIY team building activities. With games lasting between 60 - 120 minutes, you can easily combine them into conferences, meetings, and team away days. Not sure which theme to choose? Browse our range of self-managed escape rooms, murder mysteries, outdoor GPS games, and more.
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Why Play a Self-Managed Team Building Activity?
Thanks to their flexibility and low cost, self-managed team building activities are becoming increasingly popular. During 2022, our customers ran over 770 self-managed events for their teams! One of the many advantages of self-managed team activities is that they can fit around your schedule. Need to start your activity earlier? Run into some delays? No problem - your activity is valid for the entire day of your booking! Get all the engagement and fun of our most popular team activities but without the added cost of a Remote Host. Take on one of our virtual murder mysteries or a and make it personal with self-hosting!
Learn How Others Are Using Team Building Activities
Team Building in Amsterdam for 100+ Employees: Remote or Onsite Hosting with Wildgoose
How A&O Shearman brought 100 colleagues together in Amsterdam with The Ultimate — a GPS outdoor challenge run by a remote host and finished at the firm's own office.
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FindAUniversity Movie Studio Case Study
FindAUniversity brought their team of 70 together in Sheffield for Movie Studio, turning the post-lunch slump into a high-energy, collaborative film-making experience.
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Amazon Multi-City Case Study
Amazon connected 113 colleagues across London, Luxembourg and Madrid with a simultaneous multi-city GPS challenge, all competing on one shared leaderboard.
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London to Paris: monday.com's Repeatable Team Building Win
After a successful London event, monday.com ran The Ultimate Challenge again for its Paris office, proving the format repeats across borders.
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University of Bath: 5 Years, 250 Scholars, One Annual Adventure
For five years running, the University of Bath Gold Scholarship Programme has partnered with Wildgoose to deliver an annual team and confidence-building day in London for 50 students.
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How KBS Maritime Hired Apprentices with a GPS Treasure Hunt
Discover how KBS Maritime used a custom GPS treasure hunt at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard to assess apprentice candidates, resulting in 7 interviews and 3 successful hires from their recruitment day.
Read case studySelf-Managed Team Building FAQs
Can we run a self-managed team building event in person?
Yes, our self-managed activities are incredibly flexible and ideal for in-person events. Options include Around the World, Murder on the Train and Spy School: In the Field.
How long do your self-managed team building activities last?
Our self-managed activities are designed to last between 60 and 120 minutes, depending on the type of game you choose. You can find game durations in the “How can this event be delivered?” section on our individual game pages.
What are the best self-managed team building activities for small groups?
If you’re organising a self-managed team building activity for a small group, we highly recommend games that encourage lots of communication and engagement. Fun self-hosted ideas for small groups, both virtual and in person, include Manor House Murder, Pub Explorer and Escape: Arctic Survival.
How are your self-managed team activities delivered?
No matter which event delivery type you choose, we’ll provide you with step-by-step instructions ahead of the day.
In person: In-person team building activities are designed to physically bring everyone together to complete a series of challenges or tasks. Quick team building activities played in person are designed for indoor spaces, such as your office, conference room or a space of your choice.
Virtual: Virtual team building activities use many of the same elements as in-person activities, but they’re designed to be played remotely. Teams are divided into groups and complete a series of tasks or challenges that encourage engagement and fun, and they can play from anywhere.
Hybrid: Hybrid team building activities offer a blended option that suits both in-person and remote teams, using gameplay that can be adapted for participants both in and out of the office.
Is a self-hosted team building activity right for me?
This can depend on the kind of team activity you’re looking for and the outcomes you’d like to achieve. A self-managed team building activity could be right for you if:
- You’re on a budget or booking a last-minute team event.
- You want a virtual or in-person game that’s easy to set up.
- You’re looking for a flexible activity with no time restrictions.
- You would rather run or personalise your activity in-house.
What is a self-managed team building activity?
Self-managed team building activities are low-cost team events that participants can run themselves. They do not include a professional event host, so a team member, usually one nominated person in the group, will organise and guide the activity. They can be played online or in person. Self-managed team building activities are also known as DIY team building activities or self-hosted team events.