Events and Adventures

Scam. Waste of money. Stay away!!!
They have great sales people. Lena basically lied to my face, but she’s good at her job, so congratulations on the sale. I’ve met so many people who have thrown away money to this (obviously too late), so now I’m one of them.
Don’t get sucked in. Literally impossible to cancel. You’ve been warned.

Events and Adventures has been horrible experience for me. First there was a large sign up fee, and a monthly fee but I figured as long as meet someone it would be worth it. Well the events sucked and they cost money too. So it’s not worth it you can get just as good stuff going to free online meet-​up sites.
After I signed up the made canceling impossible. When you call them they are pleasant but give you the run around. Even after I moved out of the area they insisted on collecting a monthly fee and made it very difficult to cancel. I did not enjoy my experience with the company and would caution anyone thinking of joining to reconsider.

Ok, let me start off by saying I am that nice guy that tries to find positive in everything and not quick to pull the race card.
However, this Events and Adventures Club made it extremely clear from the start that I was not a fit for their club and also from the start assumed I couldn’t afford to join.
This place sucked in more ways than one. Lena — the lady I met with, was very standoffish, rude, demeaning and in my humble opinion «racish» (racist qualities — lol).
She told me that there was no way I found them on
(the site I listed on my form) cause Events and Adventures is an «elite professional» club that costs a minimum of $ 2,000 to join and would NEVER be listed on a site like that. This woman attempted to insult my intelligence in every way possible.
Conversation ended when she advised me to just stick with
. Little did she know the moment I walked in the lobby I knew this group wasn’t for me.
I feel sorry for this woman. To have to work in that dull ugly office everyday with a window facing a corroded garage has to keep her mad and judgmental and more than likely she couldn’t even afford to join her own club if she didn’t work for them.
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This worthless institution should be completely shut down, it deserves a negative five it is run so poorly. Events and Adventures is the utter Anathama of dating services and should be expunged from the earth. All they are interested in is getting your credit card number and charging you monthly no matter what. If you like the money you earn, THAN AVOID THIS SHAM, you will thank every reviewer who gave it one star and told you why. The staff are abominably rude, abnoxious and try to make you feel guilty for not shelling out cash to them for nothing. THEY HAVE NO CONSCIENCE AT ALL… SHAME ON ALL OF YOU! I hope you get fired and never get another job, it is like a ponzi scheme! None of us are exaggerating, stay away and never even listen to the ads, they are the kiss of death.

I had signed up for Events and Adventures last year after my friends had started to settle down and get married or start to have children. I was starting to feel a little like a third wheel when we would go out. I didn’t have a bad experience with the lady I signed up through and I went to my first event and I ended up meeting another member and we started dating and have been ever since.
We continued to sign up for the same events for about 7 or 8 months and then her membership expired. I then signed her up as a guest for events for another couple months as my membership was still valid. For personal reasons I had to cancel the events that we signed up for. I bring this to the end of Sept 2013 and I signed us up for something that we had to pay for. This was done a few weeks in advance without any issues during the payment.
A few days before the event we get an e-​mail addressed to both my e-​mail address and my girlfriend’s e-​mail address from the same «manager» if you want to call her that stating that she was an expired member and she was no longer allowed to attend events even if my membership was still good. And that they «would let this weekends event slide but, in the future she would be taken off the guest list without a refund.» This was never explained or put into anything in the contract or the other membership manual you get when you sign up. I replied to the e-​mail and the «manager» if you will, contacted me back stating that the rule had been put in place over 2 years ago to «close a loophole in which expired members were still gaining access to the website and still signing up for events.» I found it funny that a rule that was put in place over 2 years prior was never brought up until when I replied to her e-​mail.
I wish I could say that was all that happened and that’s why I’m writing this review. Unfortunately, there were other things to include the following. Included with the e-​mail we received with the expired membership communication was certain personal information that should have been kept between my girlfriend and Events and Adventures. I found this to be very unprofessional for someone to do this and it looks bad on her and the organization she represents. I could tell this wasn’t sent by accident as it was only one e-​mail which contained the expired membership and the mentioned personal information sent to both of us.
On more than one occasion when you attend an event that you sign up for the people that are running it can’t find your name or you’re left off the guest list when you know you’ve signed up for it. Also, during a trivia event in particular we were supposed to be put into teams. However, when we got there the coordinator put us at a table by ourselves while everyone with Events and Adventures was at two other tables all grouped together. Even though we were both on the list to play trivia. Then the coordinator never came back to attempt to pair us up with anyone else from Events and Adventures.
If you hear their ad on the radio or television or see it in the newspaper they really make it sound like its the best thing to sign up for however, I can only hope that this review as well as the other reviews help you think twice about signing up for it.

I was treated in a terrible manner by Events and Adventures. I am providing this distressing critique of this cruel sales technique and disgraceful behavior. I was golden at the start of my appointment until I didn’t plunk down money. Then I was considered low class trash and treated as such. How awful to be treated like trash when I never did anything to that awful representative or the Events and Adventures company. The representative additionally was racist making a comment about a previous meeting with a black man stating he «didn’t fit». Was it because of his skin or because he saw right through her as the empty, superficial and manipulative person she was. I asked to speak to a manager or supervisor after my ugly experience and was contacted by no one– NOT A SOUL! As a result, I insist NO ONE waste their time with this low class company using base and degrading techniques to sell that even a used car dealer wouldn’t be caught dead practicing… I think Meet up has it all over this despicable group of banal individuals as they play greedy, hurtful games and make repulsively discriminatory comments. I only «fit in» while there was chance I would put my name on a contract the very same half hour. I didn’t, but I might have when my teacher’s salary started back AND had I been treated with respect (not even close!). I stated that I required time for my pay checks to start back again, but the nasty representative then insisted I didn’t fit in. Her tone turned to nasty as I was heading toward the door pulling papers from my hand. Those are papers I wished I kept as these people are NOT to be trusted with anyone’s personal information including address, phone number and income range. Who would wish to «fit in» with such a base company that offers nothing so special you can’t find elsewhere with nicer people and a lower price tag. I am now flattered I am no longer seen in their favored light as that would say I am ridiculously superficial and a sucker. Do NOT at all contemplate joining this highly manipulative and shallow group. You would be wasting your time and money.

absolutely the worst experience ive ever had, anywhere. this place is a group you sign up to be a part of, pay a fee, and then attend certain social events that are set up by the company. i had a consultation at this place about possibly joining immediately after i broke up with a long term boyfriend, so i was very vulnerable. i was left alone in the waiting area, which looked extremely 80’s and outdated, for at least 20 minutes with no one saying a word to me. i finally was greeted by a lady that blamed the long wait on the fact that the door was quiet and she couldnt hear me come in. i fill out a paper about myself, and we go in her office to talk. one of the very first things she said to me after we sat down together was «i dont know if this is going to be a financial fit». one of the questions on the form was what my income is. very very unwelcoming, basically saying i cant afford them, on top of keeping me waiting for 20 minutes and then not accepting responsibility for it. during a lot of the conversation we had, she somehow found ways to talk about herself and kept circling the conversation back to stuff about her. we talked about my career and the field i’m in, and she talked about how many people she knows in my industry and how she knows and did lots of unnecessary name-​dropping. i already knew by this point that i did not want to join their «club», so i decided to tell the lady about how unwelcome i felt when i arrived there, which i normally do not do. i did so, and the lady AGAIN talked about the door being quiet, and just evaded the topic. i said to her, «really, saying a simple ‘i’m sorry’ would have made me feel better and more welcome» and even after saying that, i never got an «i’m sorry,» only random babbling on and on about nothing.
i dont think i am usually this picky or anal about the businesses i visit, but on this day i felt very vulnerable/​embarrased about breaking up with my boyfriend, and possibly paying to be part of a club to find friends. it wasnt just a trip to starbucks. and i feel like the employees of this place should know that, and be EXTRA caring and welcoming to people. which they were so not. at all. i cried on the way home.