Planning a Virtual Happy Hour for work or a Special Event? Our Virtual happy hours are social events held over video conferencing platforms like Zoom, Teams and others that make for a special gathering with your staff, clients or colleagues. The goal of these events is to have fun and build relationships between attendees. Virtual happy hour ideas are specific games, activities and themes that you can use to boost engagement further at your Special event. Other names for these events are commonly know as “online happy hours” and “remote happy hours”. Please see below a list of a few ideas that make for an Amazing Virtual Happy Hour experience, and we also provide onsite Happy Hours providing Corporate Entertainment that makes your Special event unforgettable.
Ice Breakers- Meet & Greet Sessions
Meet other team members from different departments with an Ice breaker- Matchmaking and Socializing sessions. Attendees are randomly broken up into groups to solve a problem, answer questions or trivia for their ice breaker challenges . Repeat this so everyone has a chance to meet new people at your event. Perfect at Corporate Meetings and Town hall functions to introduce everyone to other people in various departments both nationally and internationally. Sessions can be fast 10, 15, 30 minute sessions throughout Virtual event.
Virtual Escape Rooms & Challenges
Add a WOW Factor to elevate your Virtual Event! Deploy our Live Streaming Escape Rooms with Game Master host that is live hosting your event. Immerse your guests in problem solving challenges- in various environments customized to your event theme. We will make it easy for you and ensure your attendees have a memorable time during the event, and create post event buzz. We help you plan and execute an amazing Escape Room experience.
The Concept: We can create custom Virtual Escape Rooms that are streamed virtually that can be created based on your event theme. We challenge your attendees to solve problems with clues & puzzles and experiences so they can receive a certification of “Escaping the Room” or solving the challenge in our puzzle escape rooms.
Our Popular Themed Virtual Escape Rooms include: International Spy Mystery, Who dunnit Suspense Thriller, Escape the Pyramids, Bank Robbery Heist and popular Holiday themes and more virtual escape rooms! Groups of 3-6 per team can join a team online to solve a problem and then be rotated in and out to the next problem solving level to complete in order to escape from their captors!
Virtual Scavenger Hunt- Themed
Scavenger hunts are a very fun way to foster team building and have your attendees meet new people. The Host/Facilitator will provide riddles and clues that initiate your attendees to start hunting and racing against time to beat the other teams to find objects. This session can be broken up into 15- 30 minute sessions and create “lightning rounds” to include your Virtual Happy hour’
- Organize your people into teams (randomly or pre-registered) for point allocation and to win top standings on leaderboard
- Game Master will announce a series of objects one by one.
- Attendees race to find the object and show proof of object.
- Players win points for their team by being the first to show the object on screen.
We can customize your Virtual Scavenger Hunt for your specific themes, whether it’s for the Holiday or any type of theme for your event. Scavenger Hunt Objects can be customized to meet the needs of your event theme.
Virtual Happy Hour Cocktail Classes
Lean into the cocktail party-theme with a cocktail class. Similar to an online cooking class, an online cocktail class is an instructor-led event. In this case, a professional mixologist will show you how to mix up a few adult beverages, or enjoy a wine tasting with expert guidance. This will save you the trouble of choosing your own signature cocktail, and it’s a good activity for virtual happy hours of all sizes, whether large or small capacity.
Wine Tastings
A tasting is a great happy hour theme because it gets the conversation flowing. Send everyone a list of wines or beers to purchase (or better yet, send them the wines and beers ahead of time), try them together online, and compare notes.
To make things easier (and avoid the tragedy of everyone opening big bottles of wine only for it to go bad in a few days), we have options that use wine in mini bottles and beer that can be purchased by the bottle as part of a build-you-own six pack– which we can fully customize for your event needs with these solutions.
Around the World Cheers
Sharing a drink with coworkers and friends is an internationally beloved pastime, and you can pay tribute to that fact by hosting an international-themed happy hour. International online happy hour ideas include:
- Saying cheers in different languages
- Enjoying cocktails at the same time
- Swapping travel stories
- Compiling slideshows of teammate vacation pictures
- Competing in geography and cultural trivia
Travel and world culture are popular passions, so choosing this theme lets teammates connect and bond over shared interests.
Beach Blanket Bingo!
Craving some sun and looking forward to the beach during the year? The carefree atmosphere of a beach is the perfect backdrop to help your crew unwind. By throwing a beach-themed happy hour, you capture all the ease and fun of summer, while also relaxing with a drink in hand. Some beach-friendly virtual happy hour ideas include:
- Best Tropical Zoom backgrounds
- Curating a summery playlist with songs like Wipeout by the Surfaris, California Girls by Katy Perry, and anything by the Beach Boys
- Mixing and sipping exotic cocktails like Mai Tais, Daiquiris, and Piña Coladas.
- International Cheers!
- Running a scavenger hunt, where players scrounge up items like seashells, dolphin toys, and sunscreen
If you live in a colder climate, then this Virtual Happy Hour theme is an especially great way to chase away the crew’s midwinter blues.
Contact us for more information on how we can help you create an amazing Virtual Happy Hour experience!