It all depends on how often you're free to go out. Most events are nights and weekends, which can be hard dependong on your schedule. But if you're willing to get out there and have the funds to do so, join up and get out! There are all kinds of events from big to small and even some you would really never have thought existed. Life's an adventure, get out there and live it! read more

Fees are high and if you try to cancel.. you will get hit on your credit report almost 5 years later! They expect almost $2,000 in fees in order to get this off my credit!! People beware!! read more

BUYER BEWARE! Please search how many complaints have been filed with the Better Business Bureau around the country. This supposed singles club with "like-minded people" was not my experience whatsoever. Make sure you go to one of their events within the first three days and cancel per their contract if you don't like it. If you miss that short window upon joining, they will somehow finagle things to say you're not paying when you express your dissatisfaction--even though they have your credit card information to charge you their precious MONEY--and try to make you pay the thousands of dollars you "owe" them through a collections company. Apparently that's all they are about--Collections, not connections. Run! Try Meet Up for free. Do anything but pay money for a nasty, unethical club with a nasty money-focused contract club like this one. Please no response from anyone affiliated with this club. Shame on this whole outfit for preying on singles. read more

What a total rip off !!!!! I was Told if I move out of the area where they don't have a club I could get out of paying for FULL 2 year program... Total LIE I've sent proof I no longer live in the Dallas area or State of Texas. Sent proof of Living in a state Where NO Club is in any area. I'm STILL getting Billed for FULL AMOUNT of CONTRACT. MY CREDIT is taking a big hit due to the LIES I was told upon sign up. Besides I didn't have a chance to do anything due to my work schedule. Advents offered during the week when I was off was playing pool or darts in Bars. read more

In less than a year of membership, I've participated in soo many new activities- things I would have never thought to do! It's a great way to meet people in a safe, fun environment. Try it, you'll like it! read more

I would think site Meetup would be a better way to go cost wise. You can pick and choose your interest or singles meetups and unless the organizer asks you to pitch in for the Meetup fees costs the only thing you pay for is the cost of dinner or whatever the event is. Some would be free like festivals. People are generally nice and if you don't like one meetup group you can just move on to the next. read more

Jacque and her group stayed with us at Zip Inn and ziplined with us at Zip Nac! What a great group. They were fun, respectful of our property and are welcome back anytime! read more

Buyer beware!! I never attended any event and they are trying to make me pay after I gave a 30 day written notice as requested to cancel. The caliber of ethics is horrible. You can only cancel by mail. Very misleading and false promises. read more

DO NOT JOIN! THIS IS A SCAM! DO NOT SIGN A CONTRACT! Rated as a C- from BBB for a reason! I'll keep this as short as I can. Beware of: 1. False advertising. E&A advertizes themselves as a social events planner for singles in their 20s-30s. During my "pre screening" interview, I specifically asked what the age demographic of attendees was. Wendy (my interviewer) told me most people who attend the scheduled events are between 20-30 years old. At all the events I have attended, I noticed demographic is 40+, not 20-30s as I was told in my initial interview. During my 17-days of attending six events, I met a total of five people who are in their 20s as attending. 2. Poor customer service. When I was uncomfortable socializing with divorcees a generation older than myself, I brought my concerns to the manager. Rene (the manager) was especially condescending when she talked to me. She refused to give any credence to any of my concerns. When I told her people in the 20-30 age demographic weren't showing up, she simply restated over and over that E&A has over 3,000 members in this age group in the Dallas area. Regardless of how many members E&A has, the members in their 20-30s aren't showing up--which makes the membership pointless for my purposes. Since E&A was unable to provide the services they promised, I asked to cancel my membership. I was surprised to learn of Rene's lack of cooperation to reimburse me due to undelivered service. It is a wide practice for good businesses to reimburse dissatisfied customers and cancel membership. It has been a nightmare trying to get out of this contract and stop E&A from billing me. I could discuss several other complaints, but I feel these two are the most important. If you google this company, you will find dozens of other forums filled with negative posts about this company. Many of the negative posts cite strikingly similar complaints as my own. read more

Events & Adventures is great for meeting new people! I moved to DFW with no friends my age for work a little over 2 years ago and signed up with E&A as soon as I heard about them on the radio. I have met a lot of people and made a lot of friends in my time in the club. There is something to do basically every day, but they vary a lot so you'll always be able to find something you want to do at least once a week. I like some of the active events like flag football, shooting, indoor surfing, wakeboarding, and just events like going to a bar for happy hour or a night of pub crawling. A lot of women like the painting and wine nights, goat yoga, and things like that. If you put in the effort to go, I'm sure you'll have a good time and make friends, and maybe even find a special someone like quite a few of my couple friends have! read more

My favorite thing about my membership is that it's travels as much as I do! I used to get bored on work trips but being a part of A&E has totally changed that! Last week when I was out here on business I decided to try the naughty paint night and it was a BLAST! It's definitely making me more excited for my next trip! read more

I was interested in learning more about this group, and seeing as how there was no actual details listed on their website, I signed up for a free call. I assumed this would be for me to ask questions, find out cost, and see if it was a good fit for me. I started the call asking about the costs, and the interviewer immediately went from awkward small talk to aggressive guilt tripping. He started asking very prying questions about my finances, health, and relationship history-all EXTREMELY inappropriate. When I didn't give him the very personal answers he was after, he accused me of being "defensive" and kept repeating "I'm not trying to sell you on anything here, I'm just trying to see if you're committed enough to join our club." He kept saying things like "If you can't afford $150 a month then you probably don't belong in our club? Do you really have to think twice about how $150 fits in your budget-come on that's a tiny amount of money". They require a 12 month commitment minimum, and when I told him point blank I was not going to sign up today, he promptly ended the call. And the cherry on top was that at the very end of the call I noticed the little red dot at the top of the zoom window and realized he had been recording our entire conversation. This is clearly a scam. I did some googling and found that they had been sued (and lost) for illegally recording prospective member's interviews. STAY AWAY. read more

Unfortunately, I joined in 2013 when they still sold "lifetime" memberships, meaning I paid a LOT of money so I could be a member forever, and never pay monthly dues. Well, after all that money wasted, I was told they do background checks on the people they let be a member. Fine with me, except later I discovered that was a lie, because I saw members who were CLEARLY deranged, with prison records even. The large number of members they have are not even active members (they do not show up to events) so the people who DO show up to events are either (1) divorced, (2) have kids, (3) are 45+yrs old, or (4) have a very bad mental disability. Of the FEW people I have met that are nice and friendly, they are nice friends to have, but it was not worth the amount of money I have spent. The events are all repeated. I've seen the same events on the calendar time and time again. 99% of the events have alcohol present. Every Wednesday during the summer, they go to play volleyball at the same location- meaning, if you don't like that event, you are out of luck! Many of the events are at bars or restaurants, which are not "adventurous" but rather just another night where I have to pay money to eat and sit with strangers. I'd say out of all events in the month (one event per day), 1 or 2 events have a "reduced" price, compared to what you'd pay if you were by yourself. I thought my membership paid to have ALL events reduced price or free, but that was another lie. My dues seem to pay for (1) someone to "plan" events each month that have very little thought put into them, and (2) an office staff who is rude. read more

Awesome Parties & Events has provided entertainment services to Events & Adventures on more than 5 occasions and we LOVE working with them! This singles group has by far the most friendly members and the staff make our jobs so easy! Can't wait to see them again on New Years Eve for the 3rd year!!!! read more

Events and Adventures is a great club, if you choose to get involved and are willing to step out of your comfort zone in order to meet new people. The daily events are plentiful and are interesting, and the overnight camping trips are a blast! Of course you're not guaranteed to find your soul mate, but you will make a bunch of new friends. read more

Don't believe their lies! Credit claim against me for over $2000. I'm a homeless war vet and don't know what I was thinking. While on my PTSD meds I joined one day while depressed. They told me both parties E&A or myself could discontinue the membership anytime. I attended a couple of events, if that's what you would call them, the first week. I told them I wasn't a good fit and should not have joined as I just got out of the VA hospital. They refused to cancel and called only about their money. I paid the first month up front. I really didn't have to money to spend but I wasn't right mentally. Long story short they harassed me about $125 and then stopped. Now they have started again with a credit ping over 2k. I have explained to them but they are based in California and are very rude and aggressive. If you want lame events and a big bill you must pay, then join them ASAP! read more

As someone who has recently moved to Texas, I have LOVED Events and Adventures! Always something to do and someone to do it with!!!

I have been a member of E&A for almost two years and I have loved every minute of it. I have made some great friends, a lot of times after just one event together. I also have met a lot of people I may have never given a second glance in another setting, but they all turn out to be great people. I have been as active in E&A since the time a joined because everyone is super friendly and I never feel like I don't fit in. I would recommend it to anyone, for any reason. read more

I was with E & A for a year, during that time, I met some of the greatest people I've ever met. Everyone is down to earth and so kind hearted. I just renewed my membership because after a few months of being out of the club, my life seemed boring again. I am 28 years old and have friends of all ages in the club. Some older, some younger, but I would say the largest demografic is late 20s to mid 40s. There is always something fun to do, events every night! I've even met some great guys! I am so excited to start attending events again and meet all the new people who've joined since I left. Many of my old friends are either still members or will be renewing their memberships soon, so I have that to look forward to aswell. Also, sand volleyball season is just around the corner, maybe I'll go skydiving again with the group. :-) read more

This company is a scam. They tell you that your monthly dues will cover everything but drinks and the like at bars or restaurants. This is not true. There is no indication your dues help you at all. There is no diversity in the group, and women far outnumber men. There is absolutely no customer service, and the Event Leaders will do nothing to foster an interactive environment. I'm embarrassed to have been taken in by this, but I would like to protect others. read more

***Update: As you can see below the owner responded to my comments. I would like to respond to his comments. First of all, it's funny that they are trying to 'contact' me, considering that I have not only spoken with their Dallas office but have also spoken to their main headquarters. Both of which told me the same thing, no canceling, and the main office went so far as to hang up on my father when he tried to talk to them. (After they told him that Wendy was the ONLY person he could speak to about canceling and then put him on hold for a long period of time. Then they told him they couldn't speak to him about it without my permission. I gave it, and she then said "I'm sorry sir, I have to go" and hung up on him. If that is "trying to contact me" you need a new way of doing business.) As for the age and singles statistics, I am not the only one who has found these problems. In fact, there are numerous reports of my same experience. See below. I also find it immature to state that I was the reason guys didn't want relationships. What a cop out. In fact, I made several friends in the group, all of which were guys, and on multiple occasions they discussed with me that they saw no point of dating permanently any girl in the club because then it would just be their money down the drain. I also know that when I asked if I was to get into a relationship what should I do they told me I could still come. This is bizarre for a club that claims to be for single people. They also claimed that I could 'freeze' my account if I moved, also not the case. I have also done my research, so I know that their parent company (great expectations) got in trouble with the government for these same problems. They were told as a dating and matchmaking company they couldn't pull all of the things they were, so they just changed to a 'events group'. A rat is still a rat, no matter what you call it. http://www.bbb.org/new-york-city/business-reviews/dating-service/great-expectations-in-roslyn-ny-70674 (or go to the bbb website type in events and adventures and on page 2 is events and adventures aka great expectations.) You may be right about the $19,000 Mark. She may have misspoke and meant $1900. But, no matter how I add it, nothing seems to match what my contract says to what they are claiming I owe in the main office. Let me just get down to the nitty gritty of it. If I was with the club for three years and I had never paid a dime, I would understand that I would need to pay them for time served. However, I have faithfully paid $100 dues every month and paid for every event I went to. In what world does it make sense to pay for services not rendered yet or for future services that I no longer want or can use. My account is cancelled on the website, I can no longer access it. But I have to pay you for something that isn't being used because you claim to have a hold on me? This is not a service, this is a contract of enslavement. You are a scam company. http://www.enewsbuilder.net/stlouisbbbnews/e_article001524832.cfm?x=b11,0,w http://advice.eharmony.com/boards/dating-advice/dating/4374-any-events-and-adventures-casualties-out-there.html http://www.complaintboard.com/events-and-adventures-l9209.html http://www.ripoffreport.com/party-planners/events-adventures-da/events-adventures-dallas-67e10.htm http://consumerist.com/2009/01/better-to-be-alone-than-shell-out-for-shady-singles-club.html http://www.ripoffreport.com/clubs-organizations/events-adventures-in/events-adventures-inc-rip-a2234.htm http://www.ripoffreport.com/dating-services/events-adventures/events-adventures-e-a-even-c6649.htm I signed up for Events and Adventures thinking it would be fun to meet new people and find my soul mate. I went into the office wanting to think about it and from the get go they pressured me to sign up that day, saying the price would go up after I left. The young man that interviewed me was cute and my age. I asked him if there were lots of guys our age in the group, he told me there were and that none of them were in relationships (not true, nor do any of the guys in the club actually want a relationship. Why get involved? If you do you are losing money.) So, I signed up, paying an abosorbant fee. I went to the event that very night and continued to go. I found that not only was almost every activity costing something but everyone was in their 40's or early 20's and drunk. There were mostly women and only a handful of guys. By the time summer came I lost my job and was going to have to move 7 hours away where there isn't a EA. They told me that I cannot cancel and that, in fact, I have to continue to pay them until my 'contract' is up. I can barely afford to eat and they want me to pay them at least $100 a month. OR I can pay them $19,000 now. What a scam. DO NOT join this club. read more

Signing up for this social club was a horrible experience for me. The sales process was very deceptive. No event calendars were available until after signing up, and the "example" calendar with promised event frequency and options did not match my actual experience once I was a member. Most events that were fun or held interest involved additional costs. There were very few actual free events, despite how it was sold. Even house parties usually involved an additional few or the need to provide food and were not very entertaining. I was sadly roped into a long-term commitment with the club, and they were not at all willing to work with me to end my membership early. The final few years were paying only, and I attended no events and received zero benefit from this club. Even though I had family medical circumstances that completely changed my schedule and financial circumstances, the club was unwilling to work with me at all when I called to discuss. This was sold as a wonderful opportunity that would provide entertainment and the opportunity to meet new people with little financial impact to existing social outing expenses. This was not at all my experience and instead this was just a money pit that I would warn others against. Please be wiser than I was and learn from my mistake - save your money and steer clear. read more

Scammers! They want to meet you in person for the high-pressure sale so they can "make sure you're single and do a felony check" Baloney!!! This can easily be done in about five minutes over the Internet. read more

I thought this would be a better alternative to online dating and has a solid business plan, but after I marinated on it, I realized that $4,000 for 3 years to essentially make friends with hopes of meeting a spouse was absurd. I called to cancel in less than 24 hours which per the contract meant I was due a full refund. I then received a call from Wendy in the cancellation department that per the contract I was not due a refund since I attended an event. I signed up at 9pm on a Wednesday and cancelled at 5pm on Thursday at what point would I have attended an event. After 2 days of me stalker gf dialing her and her computer crashing I received a voicemail stating that there was an error at the corporate office and I would be getting a refund but I had to call and initiate that with yet another person. We are now 2 weeks into my cancellation, they still have not received my cancellation letter and per the contract they have 30 business days to process my refund. It took you a hot 10 seconds to withdrawal the money and now you get to sit on it for 30 business days. The people working for this company should be ashamed to be associate with a scam. If it is so popular and they have so many members it should not cost a kidney to be a part of. I would not recommend this to my worst enemy. Find an alternative to meet people. :-/ read more

Warning Think long and hard about joining this group billed as a "wonderful array of adventures all thoroughly planned by our expert event staff. Each event is designed so that singles with common interest can get together in a relaxed environment to socialize and have fun! " On May 15, 2007, I joined Events and Adventures, a club that offers monthly social events for professional singles at a high contract amount. Prior to visiting their Dallas offices, I called their headquarters in Seattle Washington to inquire about the ratio of men to women in my age category (55 - 60) I was told the membership was a 50/50 ratio of men and women in Dallas. The slick salesperson at the Dallas place of business, verified this ratio. I specifically told him I did not want to be part of an organization that was primarily younger or older women. Further, at such a high contract rate I wasn't going to take a risk. He told me the ratio mimicked Dallas demographics Again this is untrue as proved by the last census. When asked if I could visit an event before signing the contract I was told "no." On May 18, 2007, I attended the first event. Attendance was mostly women 10 - 20 years younger than me. Other women at the event said most of the activities are attended by women. I never attended another event. I called the salesperson on May 19th to cancel the contract. He was "on vacation" When I finally spoke with him he admitted that the real ratio was 70% women and 30% men. I was told I would lose my $300 deposit if I canceled the contract. I informed him that I didn't have all pages of the contract which were then faxed over to me. On May 24, 2007, I sent a certified letter to the National Sales Manager. No response. I sent another on June 18th. My attorney sent a letter on August 16, 2007. The organization continued to debit my account without contacting me. I filed a complaint with the bank and the money was returned and the account closed. On July 24th 2007, I faxed all the information to someone else who agreed to look over everything and put the account on hold. We never heard back from her. My attorney and I tried many times to resolve this matter. I did not receive any letters or calls for a year. In December 2008, I received a request for payment for $2096. The contract amount was for $1895. Again my attorney and I tried to contact the company for resolution. We were passed from person to person and were given no direct answer. Some of these individuals said it would be taken care of yet nothing has been done. In January 2009, I received a letter saying the accounts would go to collections. Then I received an undated letter from the owner saying they wouldn't cancel the contract. The letter from the owner was addressed to me but was written to "my client" which clearly shows they don't know who they were writing too. My attorney called them again and was told by someone else that they had tried to send this letter before but it was returned. This is impossible since I've received all of their other mail. In all of this I have tried to resolve these issues yet here I am 2 years later with no resolution and no one who has any authority to act. So I submitted this to the better business bureau. E&A gave them their same pat answer. My next step is to take them to small claims courts read more

I am very impressed with the quality of the members and the amazing activities for every day of the week. It is a great way to meet and make new friends and enjoy activities with others that like the same things. I am definitely a fan! read more

I have had a horrible experience with my short time with Events and Adventures. I originally submitted in interest via email in learning about the group. I was on a business trip when some woman in their corporate office literally stalked me by voice mail leaving me no less than 8 messages in 3 days. When I came to the "interview" at the Dallas office I was left sitting for 30 minutes by my interviewer as she "chatted" with the receptionist. During the interview she told me that there were plenty of events near where I live and this was "her club" so she only let in people she felt would be good members. I was lied to as there has been nothing less than 40 minutes from my home. I don't drink and drive, so some of the "bar events" were even more concerning. I was told just for me she was giving me a "special price". I have since heard that same story from other members. There must be a lot of "special membership prices". In August I realized this was in my opinion a "scam". I have left messages at their corporate office since August with no return phone calls. It was not until I had a representative from Citi Bank get on the phone was I even able to speak with someone. Today, in speaking with one of their representatives Michael, they plan to hold me to the contract regardless of the fact that I was lied to and I have received absolutely no customer service. He spoke to me in simple English as thought I was dumb. He told me that he was going to send me a copy of my contract and "while I may not want to read it, I must read it". Finally he the never to tell me no one calls me back because I am upset. No one has spoken to me in 8 months of trying to cancel this membership, I would hardly say they don't call me back because I am upset. I would recommend staying as far away as possible unless you like being lied to. Check the site "ripped off" as there are some interesting comments there as well about Events and Adventures. read more

E and A has a little something for everybody. I still enjoy most anything to do with sports or games, playing and watching. But I also like the opportunity to try new things, like dance lessons or going to a local honky-tonk and try learning the 2-step. Who new counting 1,2 could be so difficult. We have made suggestions in the past for things we would like to see as events and they quite often end upon the list of events to try. I would like to see the club become more creative in signing new members, but more importantly, in keeping existing members. After being in the club awhile, you develop a trend in events you like to attend. It would be nice to see opportunities for members to possibly re-sign for just the certain events they are interested in, a limited tyupe membership perhaps. Just a thought. read more

I just recently signed up with events and adventures and I'm glad I did. I am recently divorced and the opportunity to get out and be social without the dread of romantic expectations was awesome for me. My ex-husbands's friends were the only people I knew. Now I have a life again on my own with friends. I wish I did this a long time ago. read more

Geoff is awesome!! He made me feel so comfortable doing the interview, I actually had fun doing it. I was nervous beforehand so the laid back atmosphere and how cool everyone is makes it totally with it. If you join and go to the interview ask if you can do it with Geoff because he is awesome! read more

This place is awesome! I enjoy meeting people face to face as I can really tell who they are. This beats the heck out of chatting online and looking at a picture that is 5 years old. You can really get a sense of you are dealing with and there true personality. I think anyone looking to meet others should try this route first. Great events, nice people, and face to face. read more

I love this club!! After my husband died prematurely I was looking for single friends to do things with. Although I have lots of friends, most are married or they simply don't want to start over again. Not being the stay-at-home type I wanted to get out there and have fun. When I saw E&A on Facebook it looked like just the thing for me. And it is! I've learned more about activities in the DFW area in the past year than I knew in over 20 years of living here. From volleyball to skydiving, group trips to local and international locales, we do it all, There's something to do EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. I have so much fun my Facebook friends ask if I'm sick if I don't post something fun every week! The friends who didn't want to start over say I'm never home. No, I'm not ... because I'm having a blast. I've made so many new friends (and even met a few cute guys!) Ages vary widely and there's a good cross section. Whether you're looking to meet someone or just have a good time staying active, I highly recommend this club. read more

don't sign up.....don't sign up.or if u do..do it for one year.they didn't tell me if i sign up for 3years i won't be able to cancel it for 3years.disgusting.i tried it out and i didn't like it.i wanted to cancel it but they won't allow me to do it.i have to pay weather i go ot not.they shouldn't do it.i should sue them read more

SCAM forsure, I signed up when I first moved to Texas and wanted to meet new people and they were all about bringing me in for an "interview" psssh, BS.....they were giving me their selling pitch and got me to sign up for an outrageous $$$$ and they get you good with there slamming contract. Went to one even....it was sooo boring and everyone that showed was out of my age group (which I was told there'd be plenty 20 somethings there) Nothing was included in the membership fee, had to pay for any drinks or food i purchased. I tried cancelling my membership that very next day and no one would get back to me, I wrote the headquarters and office in my area about my disappointment with the club and how I wanted out of my contract....they didn't comply and I had to cancel my credit card so payments wouldn't go through. Of course I'm getting notices that I need to pay....but I refuse to after being taken advantage of like that. I WARN EVERYONE THINKING ABOUT JOINING!DON'T! NOT WORTH IT and they will suck you dry if you let them! read more

E&A has really helped me get out of a rut. I have been on my own for over 4 years and before that, not since college, which was about 20 years ago. I have met people with common interests, as well as many diverse people that have been wonderful to know. I have tried things like ziplining and a ropes course that I never thought I would, because I had a fear of heights. Not that my fear has been conquered, but it was really great to have the support of a group of people that knew very little about me, but cheered me on anyway. I took a trip of a lifetime to Australia and met members of the club from California and Canada, that I would have never met otherwise. The trip was phenomenal and I now have friends in a few more places of the world. Aside from all of these things, I really like the fact that there is not necessarily an agenda. Many of us are just looking to get out and meet people and have something to do. There is no pressure. I'm not trying to impress anyone. We can be real and from the conversations I've had, there are many of us at a place in our lives where we are so ready for exactly that; real people with real lives. Yes, some are looking for relationships and some find them whether they wanted to originally or not. But bottom line is that I enjoy this group immensely because I am allowed to be who I am and where I am in my "relationship" journey. I have become more outgoing. I like to draw the shy people in and show them what I've found in the group and help them to open up and make friends and do things that they wouldn't have chosen to do before. read more