Dockers Brought 55 People to Barcelona by Bus — the Route Had to End Exactly Where the Bus Was Waiting

Case Study

A Levi Strauss & Co. internal meeting needed a treasure hunt that started and finished around a chartered bus, not a walk back to a hotel.

The Brief: A Large Internal Meeting on a Bus Schedule

Stephen Robert's inquiry for a teambuilding Barcelona activity came in for a 60-person internal company meeting, confirmed shortly after at 55 participants. The group was staying at Hotel Hoxton Poblenou and had a chartered bus bringing them into the city centre and back out again afterward, with a lunch booked for 1pm — meaning the game's finishing point needed to work around the bus's own return schedule, not the other way around.

The Solution: A Route That Ends Where the Bus Is Waiting

Event Manager Martina Martišková quoted 1,320 EUR (excl. VAT) for the group of up to 60, with the meeting point set outside the Jaume I Metro exit in front of Hotel Suizo — reachable easily by bus drop-off in the Gothic Quarter. With two guides assigned to manage a group this size, the game ran its standard two-hour route through the old town.

Execution: Moving the Finish Line to Match the Return Trip

The finishing point took a round of back-and-forth to lock in. Stephen initially planned for the bus to collect the group at the same point they'd started, but as planning progressed, Martina flagged a better option: finishing near the Museum of the History of Catalonia, with the bus able to collect the group directly from there rather than routing back to the original meeting point. Stephen agreed, and asked for the award ceremony to happen right there at the museum before boarding — turning the last stretch of the game directly into the group's departure point.

Results and Client Testimonial

Feedback arrived specific and warm, alongside a request that showed the group had engaged well beyond the basics:

“Hi Martina, I am doing great thank you and you? 😊 We had a great time and everyone really enjoyed their time thank you very much! Special thanks to our two great guides who really helped everyone get into the activity! I didn't think people would take the time for the extra quests but apparently it really made the activity all the more enjoyable for everyone, I personally loved it! 😊”

— Stephen Robert, Dockers® / Levi Strauss & Co.

Stephen closed the loop just as smoothly on the practical side, sending invoicing details, requesting a credit card payment link, and asking for the event photos to be resent — every request handled the same day, ending with a simple “thank you very much :) … thank you and have a great day!”

Outcome at a glance:

• A 55-person group's finishing point adjusted to align exactly with a chartered bus's return schedule
• Two guides assigned to keep a large group organized throughout
• Optional “extra quests” that turned out to be one of the most enjoyed parts of the day, by the organizer's own account
• A fast, friction-free close: photos resent, invoice settled by card, positive feedback all within days of the event

Key Takeaways

For large groups arriving by chartered transport, the finishing point matters as much as the meeting point — building the route to end exactly where a bus can collect the group, rather than requiring a walk back to the original starting point, removes one more logistical headache for the organizer. Optional extra content, like the bonus quests here, is easy to treat as filler — but Stephen's feedback singled it out as a highlight he “personally loved,” a reminder that giving an engaged group more to do, rather than less, tends to pay off in how the event is remembered.

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