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Organizing a Snowboarding Trip

Gina — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 19:08:48 +0000

HooplaGuru helped our snowboarding trip go so smoothly.

Me and eight of my friends do an annual snowboarding trip, and this past year was the first time we used an app to help organize the trip.

Our first trip was back in 2018 to New York and it didn’t go as well as I had hoped. The first 15 minutes I was on the slopes I twisted my knee out and had to spend the rest of the time at the resort restaurants and bars. With hours to kill I bounced around some of the restaurants and my friends had a hard time keeping up with me on their breaks. We couldn’t find one friend for a few hours because he went down the backside of the mountain and had trouble getting back to us. Most of them couldn’t remember what time we wanted to wind down and head back to the lodge, so one night we didn’t end up having dinner until 9:30pm because everyone stayed up on the slopes.

Our 2019 Colorado trip went much smoother. This time I organized our snowboarding trip we used the HooplaGuru app.had people flying in from 3 different states, and with the app I could track everyone’s arrival times and gates. I set Union Station as our meeting place once everyone was in town, from there we were able to collect our rental car and head to the lodge.

I planned out the different ski resorts we would hit and which days we’d hit them. With the app, I was able to tag the locations of the resort restaurants and bars where we planned to take breaks or meet for a quick drink, and I set times for each break so everyone knew when to get there. What was really great about the app was that we could track who said they’d be at which break spot, that way we knew who to wait for and who was staying on the mountain. I created a separate event for our group dinner, so even if you were the last one on the mountain you knew exactly where to head when you finished your run.

A bonus feature of the app was that we could share photos and videos of the trip just with each other. We didn’t have to airdrop with the 5 friends that had Apple and text the other 3 who didn’t. It was fun to look through them all at the end of the day to see who recorded some really good runs, watch each other eating it, and see some nice group photos. Everyone could easily download the ones they wanted from there.

We had one friend who had a military discount pass that let him go to other resorts, so when he wanted to meet back up with us, all he had to do was check the app to see which resort we’d be at and which restaurant we were taking a break at next.

No one had to text different people to see what was happening or wait for someone to actually check their phone if they even remembered to. We just opened the app, looked at the right day and time and we knew where to go. We had one of our best trips yet when I used the app to organize everything and we didn’t lose anyone on the mountain this time, and yes, that did happen in 2018. This app seriously saved us so much time and frustration compared to our first trip. I will definitely be using this app to organize my bridal shower and bachelorette party, and probably any other event.

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Weddings

Michael Blalock — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 14:19:16 +0000

When it’s time to celebrate your nuptials in front of friends and family (weddings), we can help! The HooplaGuru app lets you coordinate and share everything, right from your mobile device or our website:

Multiple itineraries with multiple RSVPs
Photo sharing – Private event photo sharing!
Calendar Sync – Automatically updates for any changes to your itinerary
Easy to navigate and instantly communicate with your guests
Capture every moment and relive the memories on the event wall
Instant notifications

This free and private (unless you set it to “public”) app lets everyone share and uploads photos and videos of your special events! Who doesn’t want to get more photos and videos shot from different angles and perspectives???

Please check out our sample wedding event (it will look even better when you download the app and view it on your phone) and then create you own event and invite your friends – it’s that easy!

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School Trip Planner

Michael Blalock — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 14:12:39 +0000

When you are taking hundreds of students to see a new part of the world to learn and experience new cultures, the HOOPLAGURU app makes it easier and faster to coordinate the students schedules and let the parents know what they are doing. The HOOPLAGURU app is completely private (unless you set the event to “public”), so only the parents, children and chaperones are able to access the info.

The chaperones create the event, right from your mobile device or our website:

Multiple itineraries with multiple RSVPs
Photo sharing – Private event photo sharing!
Calendar Sync – Automatically updates for any changes to your itinerary
Easy to navigate and instantly communicate with your guests
Capture every moment and relive the memories on the event wall
Instant notifications

Schools (School Trip Planner) across the country are gearing up for activities week/curriculum enrichment week this June. Activities week provides a great opportunity for students to learn new skills in or outside of school, which is, of course, a value we share as educational travel specialists.

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Bachelorette Party

Michael Blalock — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 14:06:15 +0000

Ladies, when it’s time to send one your besties into marriage, you deserve one last blowout to celebrate her impending nuptials!

We can help you coordinate the messaging, photos and videos (if you dare), calendar syncs and more, right from your mobile device or our website:

Multiple itineraries with multiple RSVPs
Photo sharing – Private event photo sharing!
Calendar Sync – Automatically updates for any changes to your itinerary
Easy to navigate and instantly communicate with your guests
Capture every moment and relive the memories on the event wall
Instant notifications

Check out our sample event for Jane’s Bachelor Party (or Bachelorette Party)! Create your own and invite your crew – it’s that easy!

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Vacation to Costa Rica

Michael Blalock — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 11:06:53 +0000

Taking a trip as a family is always exciting! We love to expose our family (Vacation to Costa Rica) new places, see new sites and learn about unique and different places!

The HOOPLAGURU app makes it easier and faster to plan and manage your next event right from your mobile device or our website:

Multiple itineraries with multiple RSVPs
Photo sharing – Private event photo sharing!
Calendar Sync – Automatically updates for any changes to your itinerary
Easy to navigate and instantly communicate with your guests
Capture every moment and relive the memories on the event wall
Instant notifications

Everyone can upload and share their own photos and videos in one place! The kids will know the exact times and locations of all of the planned activities. Your parents will love having everything so accessible.

Check out our sample family vacation and create your own event that includes and capture all of your memories in one place!

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Corporate Travel Management

Michael Blalock — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 11:56:43 +0000

When you are coordinating and planning your corporate team retreats and destination events, use the HOOPLAGURU app to make it easier and faster to plan and manage your next event. You can use it on your mobile device or our website:

Multiple itineraries with multiple RSVPs
Photo sharing – Private event photo sharing!
Calendar Sync – Automatically updates for any changes to your itinerary
Easy to navigate and instantly communicate with your guests
Capture every moment and relive the memories on the event wall
Instant notifications

Use HooplaGuru to plan celebrations with multiple events, such as meeting times and locations, fun outings such as happy hours, dining and sporting events. Our free and easy to use app syncs all of the itineraries.

No two approaches to corporate travel management are the same. You may be a startup business just finding its business travel bearings, with limited budget and limited technology. Or you may be bringing a thousand people as a multi-national powerhouse with complex cost control requirements, duty of care obligations and rigorous travel policy analysis.

However, whatever the size of your business or the complexity of your travel policies, there are a few uniting principles that ring true for every business travel program. Our app helps coordinate all of your travel needs.

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