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Corporate Team Building Activities in St. Augustine, FL
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- Founded
- 2010
- Group size
- 20 to 6,000+
- Where we run activities
- 50 states + Canada
- Formats
- In person or virtual
Why St. Augustine works for a corporate event
How it works with us here
St. Augustine groups come for the history, so the program booked most here is City SmartHunt®, which sends teams on foot through the old town with iPads we provide. Indoor programs run in the hotels: the Hilton on the bayfront, the World Golf Village Renaissance off I-95 and the Embassy Suites on St. Augustine Beach. We bring the facilitators and the equipment, and our Florida team in Palm Harbor plans the route around festival weekends and the Nights of Lights.
Most booked activities in St. Augustine, FL
The activities corporate groups book most often in St. Augustine, FL.
City SmartHunt®Work together while exploring with City SmartHunt®, the most advanced team building scavenger hunt on the market. This app-powered adventure turns any city,…- Length
- 2 to 2.5 hours
- Group size
- 30 to 1,000+ people
- Setting
- Indoor / Outdoor
Operation Military CareOperation Military Care is a powerful charitable team building event where collaboration, friendly competition, and gratitude unite to create meaningful care…- Length
- 1.5 to 2 hours
- Group size
- 30 to 1,000+ people
- Setting
- Indoor / Outdoor
Mavericks Murder MysteryMavericks Murder Mystery is a groundbreaking immersive team building game that combines virtual and augmented reality with classic detective-style gameplay. In…- Length
- 1 to 2 hours
- Group size
- 30 to 1000+ people
- Setting
- Indoor
Project Alzheimer’s™Project Alzheimer’s™ is a heartfelt charitable team-building experience inspired by the documentary Alive Inside and the remarkable connection between music…- Length
- 1.5 to 2 hours
- Group size
- 30 to 1,000+ people
- Setting
- Indoor / Outdoor
Putting for PetsPutting for Pets is a lively and imaginative team building experience where your group designs and builds custom miniature golf holes using pet supplies, which…- Length
- 1.5 to 2 hours
- Group size
- 30 to 1,000+ people
- Setting
- Indoor / Outdoor
Crack the Case!®Solve Puzzles, Share Clues, and Prove Your Detective Skills Crack the Case!® is a thrilling mystery-themed team building experience that challenges your group…- Length
- 1.5 to 2 hours
- Group size
- 30 to 1,000+ people
- Setting
- Indoor / Outdoor
Team OlympicsGo for the gold with Team Olympics, a high-energy program that combines athletic-inspired team challenges with spirited collaboration and friendly competition.…- Length
- 1.5 to 2 hours
- Group size
- 30 to 1,000+ people
- Setting
- Indoor / Outdoor
Bike Build Donation®How the Bike Build Donation® Program Works Teams compete in interactive challenges. Points earned are used to “purchase” bike parts. Teams assemble the…- Length
- 1.5 to 2 hours
- Group size
- 30 to 1,000+ people
- Setting
- Indoor / Outdoor
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The oldest streets as a course
The historic district packs the Castillo de San Marcos, the Plaza de la Constitución, St. George Street and the Bridge of Lions into a few blocks, which keeps a hunt on foot from start to finish. Clues can ask about the coquina walls of the fort, finished in 1695, or the lions guarding the bridge, and the answers are all within sight. Teams of eight to ten race between clue stops for 2 to 2.5 hours. A nonprofit booked one for a conference based at World Golf Village, and a second group chose the same program for a November meeting.
On Matanzas Bay
The Hilton St. Augustine Historic Bayfront faces the bay between the Castillo and the Bridge of Lions. An insurance company paired two programs there for one meeting: Operation Military Care, where teams earn and pack care packages for service members, and Mavericks Murder Mystery, a detective game played with VR crime scenes and AR evidence. The hotel's meeting rooms are compact, which suits a group of a few dozen, and the historic district starts across the street.
World Golf Village
The World Golf Village Renaissance St. Augustine Resort sits by two championship courses off I-95, about 11 miles northwest of the old town. It takes the larger conference groups, and a charitable build there combined a wheelchair build with Project Alzheimer's™, where teams earn MP3 players and music for people living with dementia.
On St. Augustine Beach
The Embassy Suites by Hilton St. Augustine Beach Oceanfront Resort sits on A1A between Anastasia State Park and the county pier, about ten minutes from downtown. A meeting services company ran Putting for Pets there: teams build mini-golf holes out of pet supplies, play the course, then donate the supplies to an animal shelter.
Around the Nights of Lights
From November 21, 2026 to January 18, 2027, the old town is lit for the Nights of Lights, and the evenings bring the year's heaviest crowds and traffic. A daytime SmartHunt works well in those weeks, and a hotel program in the evening keeps the group off the roads. The city runs a free park and ride on the busiest nights.
Along the First Coast
Jacksonville is about an hour north on I-95, Daytona Beach about an hour south, and Orlando under two hours away. The same team plans events in all of them.
Where we host in St. Augustine
Hotels and venues where we have run corporate events in St. Augustine, FL. Photos come from each venue's own website.
ResortWorld Golf Village Renaissance St. Augustine Resort
Conference groups: City SmartHunts and charitable builds with iPads
HotelHilton St. Augustine Historic Bayfront
Care-package builds and a VR murder mystery a few steps from the historic district
ResortEmbassy Suites by Hilton St. Augustine Beach Oceanfront Resort
Putting for Pets for a group meeting by the ocean
Planning guide
How much room each St. Augustine program needs
The bayfront hotel's meeting rooms are compact and the resort ballrooms are large, so the space per person tells you which programs fit where.
Floor area per person
- Operation Military Care25 sq ft
- Project Alzheimer's™25 sq ft
- Crack the Case!®25 sq ft
- Putting for Pets35 sq ft
A resort ballroom or an oceanfront terrace
- Team Olympics50 sq ft
The beach at St. Augustine Beach or a resort lawn
Measured another way
- City SmartHunt®
- A start at your hotel or the Visitor Information Center, with the historic district as the course.
- Mavericks Murder Mystery
- About 30 square feet for each team of five or six, in a meeting room.
Events on city property, such as the Plaza de la Constitución or Francis Field, follow the city's Terms of Use for Public Property Events Manual, updated for October 1, 2026, with its own block-out periods and fees. A group on foot using the sidewalks for a SmartHunt is a different matter, and we check your route with you.
A worked example
1,750 sq ft
70 people at 25 sq ft each
Mini-golf holes take more floor than a table build. For Putting for Pets, plan on the larger room.
Planning guide
St. Augustine weather and the festival calendar
Highs run from about 68 in January to 91 in July. August and September are the wettest months, with about 7 inches of rain each.
Outdoors
March to May
- Highs from the mid-70s to the mid-80s: the best weeks for a SmartHunt through the old town.
- March weekends bring festivals downtown, so we route around closures.
Indoors
June to September
- Highs near 90 and the rainy months. Run the care-package builds and the murder mystery indoors, or start a hunt early in the morning.
- Hurricane season runs June 1 to November 30.
Outdoors
October and November
- Highs in the low 80s falling to the mid-70s, and less rain. The Nights of Lights begin in late November.
Either way
December to February
- Highs in the upper 60s, fine for walking and cool for the beach. Evenings downtown are busy through the Nights of Lights.
Dates to plan around
- Spring festival weekends
- March to early April. In 2026: the Celtic Festival, the Lions Seafood Festival, the Old Town Art Show, the Blessing of the Fleet and the Easter parade.
- Concerts in the Plaza
- Thursdays, late May to early September. Free evening concerts in the Plaza de la Constitución, May 28 to September 3 in 2026.
- Nights of Lights
- November 21, 2026 to January 18, 2027. The old town's holiday lights draw its biggest crowds of the year.
- Hurricane season
- June 1 to November 30. Keep a hotel room on hold for any outdoor date from August to October.
The Thursday concerts fill the Plaza in the evening. For a SmartHunt on a summer Thursday, finish before 6:00pm.
Planning guide
Getting to St. Augustine and around the old town
Most groups fly into Jacksonville and drive down I-95. Downtown, a group moves on foot or on the free city circulator.
Flying in
- Jacksonville International (JAX)
- About an hour north by car, with nonstop flights from many major cities.
- Daytona Beach International (DAB)
- About an hour south, for groups coming from the other direction.
Driving
- I-95
- World Golf Village is right off the interstate; the old town is east along State Road 16 or King Street.
- Parking
- The Historic Downtown Parking Facility at the Visitor Information Center, 10 S. Castillo Drive, has live space counts on the city's Parking Finder.
Downtown
- STAR Circulator
- Free shuttles from the Visitor Information Center to the bayfront and Cathedral Place, and from October 1, 2026 on to St. Augustine Beach.
Planning guide
When to book a St. Augustine event
10+ weeks out
Any date during the Nights of Lights or the March festival weekends, when downtown rooms go first.
6 to 8 weeks out
Other dates at the bayfront hotel, World Golf Village or the beach resort.
2 weeks out
Final headcount and meeting point. For a SmartHunt we confirm the route against the city's event calendar for that week.
On the day
Our facilitators hand out the iPads, brief the teams and meet everyone at the finish.
Summer weekdays are the easiest to book at short notice, so ask about a close date. 800.849.8326
Ways to run your event
Choose the format that fits your team.
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