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For Hosts

Host the thing you were going to do anyway.

A walk, a match, a film, a trek. Say what you’re doing and when, decide who comes, and meet at a place you chose. You don’t need to be an expert or run a club — just to turn up and do what you said.

Three steps, then publish

Only what’s needed is asked for up front. Everything else is under “Add details”.

  1. 01

    What

    Pick a category — cycling, board games, birding, one of nearly fifty — and give it a name.

  2. 02

    When and where

    The day, the start time and roughly how long it lasts. People meet 20 minutes before unless you change it. Put the pin on a public meeting point, describe it for the Crew, and name the area everyone else will see.

  3. 03

    Who

    How many people, including you. Who can find it: everyone nearby, or only your Buddies. Accept the Host Code, and publish.

Add details, if they help

Every Host accepts the Host Code.

It’s short, and it’s what the Crew can expect of you. You accept it before you publish. When it changes, you accept the new version before your next Activity.

The Host Code

In practice, as a Host:

  1. Describe the Activity truthfully.
  2. Say clearly what it costs.
  3. Use the agreed meeting point.
  4. Look after your Crew until the Activity ends.
  5. Respect anyone who leaves.
  6. No surprise guests — only the Crew you accepted.
  7. Follow the safety requirements for your category.

Once the Activity ends, you’re no longer responsible for the Crew. From then on, everyone is responsible for their own decisions.

Read it in the Terms

You decide who comes.

Nobody joins your Activity without you saying yes. Nobody sees the exact meeting point until you do.

  • Accept, decline or waitlist

    Each request comes with the person’s confirmation of your requirements and any note they added. Waitlist people you’d take if someone drops out — when a place opens, it’s offered to the waitlist.

  • No request hangs around

    A request you haven’t answered expires an hour before the meet-up, so nobody turns up hoping.

  • Numbers stay private, both ways

    You never see a requester’s phone number, and they never see yours. You talk in the Crew chat.

On the day: the check-in code

Check-in is how Happenous knows who turned up. For the Host, it’s holding up your phone.

Quick updates save a phone call. In Activity Mode, one tap tells the Crew chat you’re at the meeting point, it’s still on, or you’re running late.

When plans change

They do. The app makes sure the Crew hears about it from you, straight away.

Sharing your Activity

For bringing in people who aren’t on Happenous yet, or keeping a plan to the people you choose.

  • A link to your Activity

    Send it wherever your people already are — a WhatsApp group, your cycling club’s chat. It opens a web page about the Activity that shows only the approximate area, never the meeting point. People ask to join in the app, and you still decide who comes.

  • Invite-only Activities

    Kept out of Happening and search. Invite Buddies by name, or make a private link and share it. Anyone you pass the link to can open it and ask to join, so share it where you’d share the plan — you still accept everyone who comes. Turn a link off at any time and nobody new can open it.

  • Buddies only

    Or choose “Buddies only” when you publish, and only your Buddies can find it.

Hosts are reviewed too.

Everyone who checked in can review you, the same way you review them: did you turn up when you said, were you who your profile described, were you good to be around.

Hosting shows up in Recognition.

Host an Activity that people joined and your profile says so. Accept ten people across your Activities and it says that too. Nothing is handed out; it’s all worked out from what happened. See the badges

Host your first Activity.

Hosting is free. You need the app and to be 18 or over.

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