Essential Adventure Reviews

Name: Essential Adventure
Address: Newminster House, 27-29 Baldwin Street, Bristol, Somerset
Rating: 4.79

4.8 Rating 469 Reviews

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4.8

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About Essential Adventure:

We arrange adventure activities and activity holidays. Our range of services is vast, from a single activity event, up to a week long all inclusive activity holiday. Whether you're looking to book an activity day for your mate's birthday, a stag or hen weekend, or a week long school residential, we've got what's required to provide a seamless booking and an unforgettable experience at the end of it!

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01752418042

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Newminster House,
27-29 Baldwin Street,
Bristol
Somerset
BS1 1LT

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“What an amazing company, weel organised and very good communication from Matt , I would recomend this company to anyone who is arranging a stag do and I would use them again. 10/10 100% Great company ,”

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(Bristol) - Posted 9 years ago

“Accommodation very good, basic but gave us everything we needed. The outdoor space was brilliant for the children to run around safely. Activities were great, all the children (7-9 year olds) loved every minute. It was a non stop. Matt at Essential Adventures organised everything perfectly. Always on hand to answer questions or sort things out, brilliant service.”

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(Poole) - Posted 9 years ago

“Matt and his team have done an absolutely amazing job, so very professional from day one! He organised a packed and interesting ;) weekend for a stag do of 13 people!! We thoroughly enjoyed it and especially the coasteering! If your struggling for a stag do event and you want some excitement for your mates that is truly unforgettable I would pick this activity every single time! We would never use another events company now and are already looking at booking another event with him! Matt thanks for all you done! All the best!”

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(Bournemouth) - Posted 9 years ago

“I couldn't have arranged such a fab weekend without Essential Adventure! Lots of options, really reasonably priced, Taylor made weekend that all 16 hens loved! Thank you so much for all your help!”

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(Brecon) - Posted 9 years ago

“Was easy to set up the stag do, very useful with recommendations and links to websites and reviews! Very flexible as well. Matt was very good!”

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(Cardiff) - Posted 9 years ago

“I got all the hep and information I needed from 'Matt' during the booking process. I booked a cocktail making class for a hen party on sat 18th April at a private cottage in Derbyshire. 'Kevin' the cocktail instructor was AMAZING and I would definitely recommend him to ANYONE considering using a service like this.”

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(Buxton) - Posted 9 years ago

“Yyy @9”

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(Dartmouth) - Posted 9 years ago

“I used Essential Adventure for my stag do to Exeter. I was delighted with the complete package. It was very reasonable, it was organised with minimal effort, 12 people, and the staff at essential adventure could not do enough for you. The activities were excellent fun and Exeter was quite a nice evening venue for a stag do. I would highly recommend them, superb!”

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(Exeter) - Posted 9 years ago

“Decent service and Matt really seems to care about his customers.”

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(Reading) - Posted 9 years ago

“I booked a quad biking event through Essential Adventure and dealt with Matt. His knowledge of the local companies that offered what I wanted was excellent. I highly recommend using the company to book your events and I know I will be using them again for both personal and corporate events.”

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(Exeter) - Posted 9 years ago

“Thank you so much! The whole process of booking my brothers stag do was so easy and stress free,my brother and all the guys had the best time! Fantastic fun had by all. Thanks again rich Pym”

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(Exeter) - Posted 9 years ago

“Booked mine and my brothers joint stag do through Matt at essential adventure and was always a pleasure to deal with, always at the end of the phone no matter what with any queries or problems. The stag do itself didn't turn out as we'd thought with a few activities not being able to do, not fault of anyone's, weather wasn't on our side! And was stated before hand But regardless of the weather the team of instructors did their best to make sure we had a good time and made up for the lost activities with some archery etc in the morning. All in all was a memorable stag do and glad we booked it through this company many thanks :-)”

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(Exeter) - Posted 9 years ago

“excellent afternoon had by all, great instuctors at max events bristol.defnitley recommend . thanks matt at essential adventure for organising it all,top class company to deal with. steve”

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(Bristol) - Posted 9 years ago

Hi Steve, Great to hear you all had a good time in Bristol and many thanks for taking the time to leave feedback for us. Kind regards Matt Trenchard Director, Essential Adventure

Posted 9 years ago

“They where very helpful and very professional, worked with in the budget and around the ideas I supplied, All in all a great company and will use them again. Thank you Essentail Adventure”

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(River Dart) - Posted 9 years ago

“Didn't get as far as booking anything as the constant texting, emailing and phoning within the space of a week following an online request for a quote put me off. Harassment. Sometimes you have a busy week, sometimes you like to look at all options, sometimes you need to speak to other people involved in the organisation of your trip. All I asked for was a quote. When I asked them to remove my details from their database by text they asked for my name, despite texting me numerous times to my number using my name. When I didn't respond within 11 minutes because I was making my tea, I got another text saying 'If you don't let us have your name, I can't remove your details'. I won't be responding. Not the kind of people I want to deal with.”

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Posted 9 years ago

“sorry but overpriced £145.00 for basically clay pigeon shooting which should have cost no more than £20 per head, not your fault about canoeing being cancelled,given 6 pheasants and 2 rabbits (frozen) to cook at no cost to your company sunday a bit of archery shooting over all i was not very impressed with the whole experience and think that you should offer the whole group a refund of 50%”

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(River Dart) - Posted 9 years ago

Hi Paul, We're very sorry to hear that you didn't enjoy the Stag Do. We appreciate your feedback and hope you appreciate our thoughts in reply. Just to clarify to others reading this, you were part of a Stag Do booked for a Clay Shoot - with expert tuition + 25 clays each, followed by a 24 hour canoeing, bushcraft & survival expedition on the River Dart. Our Shooting & Survival weekends are extremely popular and customer feedback in the past has always been very positive - about the trip content and value for money. Although the Canoeing was cancelled due to adverse weather, the guides laid on a weekend which was as close to the planned itinerary as possible - with a packed schedule of bushcraft & survival themed activities. Archery and crossbow shooting was also added to the event at no extra cost. Planning and running a trip of this nature involves a lot of hard work and preparation: - Three experienced guides spend at least half a day either side of the trip preparing the kit and packing ready for the trip, maintaining and loading the canoe trailers, packing all the necessary cooking equipment and supplies, food shopping etc, and other general preparations. - Time spent liaising with Darryl (one of the Stags) about the package details, putting the itinerary together, booking suppliers, managing guest invitations for 20 people, administering and reconciling 50-100 payments received via our individual guest payment system and communicating important details to each of the guests by email and text message. - We also have many overheads, a proportion of which need to be in our pricing – including public liability insurance, office rent & wages, plus other overheads – all of which is required to provide a high quality and efficient service to our clients. - To answer your specific points, you would struggle to book good quality clay shooting (25 clays) for any less than £30 per person; and the pheasants/rabbits have to be brought in at a cost. We appreciate that guests attending our trips can have a varied experience. I refer to a review from David Kemp who also attended, who wrote that, “Pete, anton and the guys made the experience most enjoyable and got involved with the stag party's atmosphere, quality bushcraft and training in all skills demonstrated and if you haven't booked a party through them yet all I can say is why not?! Awesome time had by all, thanks guys”. We also had positive verbal feedback from one of the stags. Having had time to consider and reflect on our comments, we would be grateful if you could reconsider your rating. We also welcome any further feedback or comments you may wish to add. My direct dial is 01752 349793 if you’d like to get in touch. Kind regards Matt Trenchard Director, Essential Adventure

Posted 9 years ago

“Very good enjoyable weekend . would recommend and do it again. Well layed out planned days . cattering for all abilities of group members.”

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(Exeter) - Posted 9 years ago

“The whole event was well managed with considerations and planning for all aspects of the weekend. Personal and direct communication with the organiser was consistent throughout the process.”

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(Exeter) - Posted 9 years ago

“Pete, anton and the guys made the experience most enjoyable and got involved with the stag party's atmosphere, quality bushcraft and training in all skills demonstrated and if you haven't booked a party through them yet all I can say is why not?! Awesome time had by all, thanks guys”

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(Exeter) - Posted 9 years ago

“Matt and the team did a fantastic job in organising a great weekend and the lads thoroughly enjoyed it. I would highly recommend essential adventure and I look forward to using them again in the future.”

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Posted 9 years ago

Essential Adventure is rated 4.8 based on 469 reviews