Why Ghost Tours Make Great Team Building Activities

Mike Huberty • July 5, 2023

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Feeling like a zombie at work? Want to infuse some life into your team? Why not take them on a ghost tour? It may sound crazy, but trust us, it's a unique and unforgettable experience that will bring your team closer than ever before. Trust falls and awkward icebreakers are so last year. Here are some reasons why a spooky adventure can really bring your team together:

Unique Experience

Let's be real, how many team building activities involve hunting ghosts? None that we know of. Exploring haunted places, hearing ghost stories, and experiencing paranormal activity provides a little something different that your team will be talking about for weeks (or maybe even years) to come.

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Builds Trust

Nothing brings people closer than the fear of the unknown. By facing their fears together, your team will be better equipped to trust each other in the office. Plus, it's always great to have a buddy to hold onto when things get spooky! Who knows, maybe you'll even see your boss scream like a little girl.

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Encourages Communication

What's scarier than a ghost? Miscommunication in the workplace! Our guides make our tours interactive and you can even request a paranormal investigation component. Maybe they'll even discover some hidden talents they never knew they had, like who's the bravest of them all or who's the fastest runner when a spectre is chasing them.

Fosters Creativity

Ghost stories are nothing if not creative! By exposing your team to new and unusual ideas, they'll be able to approach old problems with fresh perspectives. Perhaps your next big breakthrough will come from a terrifying encounter with a supernatural entity. You might even come up with a new product idea like "Ghost-Be-Gone" or "Ghost Radar."

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Provides a Shared Experience

Nothing bonds a team like a shared experience. By facing their fears together, your team will have a new story to tell for years to come. Plus, they'll feel closer knowing that they all survived the same haunted tour. You'll never forget the time when your colleague mistook a poltergeist for a coworker or when your boss screamed "I quit!" and then came back five minutes later.

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Offers a Break from Routine

Are your team meetings feeling like they're never-ending? Let us help break that monotony! By stepping outside of the office, your team can recharge their batteries and come back to work with a fresh perspective (and maybe a few ghost stories to share). Our motto is "Work hard, haunt harder" and that attitude is infectious!

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Provides Networking Opportunities

Paranormal investigations are great for networking! Interact, share experiences, build relationships. We bring people together and give them a great time. And what better way to get to know your colleagues than by bonding over your shared fear of ghosts? Who doesn't want to make a ghost-busting buddy?

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Don't just take our word for it, here's a recent review of a Chicago event:

I am Vitali Sevastian, a real estate and a mortgage broker from Toronto, ON have been in Chicago for at least 22 - 24 times for the past 4 - 5 years for great concerts and shows, fascinating museums, an Art Institute, and of course fine dining. Well, this time I decided to take American Ghost Walks Tours.

Thank you so much American Ghost Walks and thank you so much Tony for bringing deep historical knowledge, I learned a lot about amazing Chicago's history.

I have never expected the tours to be so interesting, comprehensive, and very easy to absorb... I will definitely take a Lincoln Park Tour... next time I am in Chicago and will be recommending your company to my broad real estate network.

American Ghost Walks specializes in customizing events for groups from regular walking tours to haunted dinner spots to longer bus excursions or pub options. We service large metros like Los Angeles, Chicagoland, the Twin Cities, as well as Milwaukee and Madison in Wisconsin. And if your group is traveling, we have vacation destinations like Maui, Puerto Rico, New Orleans, coastal Maine, as well as some of Wisconsin and Minnesota's best resort spots like Lake Geneva or Stillwater.

Just remember to bring your sense of humor and maybe a change of pants. Click here to get started on a custom experience!