Global Scavenger Hunt

With a price tag of $10k I’m not the target audience for this adventure, but I’ve very tempted to make my own Global Scavenger Hunt. In their game, you are given a travel itinerary and a set of tasks to complete in each location. I imagine that for a couple in their 40s-50s who are looking for a brief taste of backpacker style adventure it is just about right.

The basic idea of a scavenger hunt is great, I think it’s just the way they play that isn’t right. How about this for a set of rules:

1. There are 100 different tasks with a variable number of points for perceived difficulty (ie: visit the highest and lowest points on a continent within 72 hours – 50 points, sail across an ocean – 75 points, visit as many countries as possible in 24 hours – 1 point per country)
2. No flights longer than 1 hour.
3. You have 365 days to gather as many points as possible at meet back at the starting point.
4. Each team has $10,000 per member starting money, but you can spend any other money that you earn during the year.
5. Teams can have any number of members, but all members must be present for every activity for points to count.

If you ask me, that would make for a hell of a year of adventure. I bet you could even make a pretty wicked show out of it, which might help pay for prizes for the winning team. And it would certainly be a better way to spend $10k traveling if you ask me.