buckt.uk

Decent concept but some things to note

Buckt was coming to my local area and for a £15 introductory offer I thought I'd give it a go. The concept is decent, you pay for a subscription and get 5 activities to book in your local area; it does take the pain from looking for activities but there are some mighty large caveats with this.First, when you sign up you don't get your activities until the start of the following month. Personally I don't mind this, but they delayed mine for another month on top of that. I gather this isn't the norm but it does mean depending when you sign up you will be waiting until the start of the next month.Second, they decided not to roll out to my area after all. I was called by a nice member of staff to alert me of this and they offered me another city. In principle this shouldn't be a problem and if you're in a well established Buckt area then you won't have the same issue. For me this meant another hour of travel and even then the activities weren't actually in that city. That said, when you come to actually booking the activities, some let you book in a different city though I'm not sure if this is frowned upon.Third, you randomly get activities and it's a mix bag. I had a VR experience, archery, a comedy club, meditation and a walking tour. So the first 2, pretty decent but the rest are really naff. There isn't an option to change or swap these so either you need to be open to try new things or just accept that some months you'll get things you may not want - I guess you can let someone else go for you.I decided To cancel after 1 month. Buckt are upfront with how to do this though it seemed complex it really wasn't. You log onto a different platform and follow their instructions. The only thing I worried about is that it said you lose your activities if you cancel so I made sure to book mine first just in case.So is Buckt worth it? For £15 for 2 people, yes. Even with 3 less than great activities, the 2 good ones probably make it worth it and I'll do the walking tour regardless because I like walking. I think for the full price you need to be open to try everything to make it worth it but I like the concept and if you want to get out and do things it's a good idea.What could be better? Maybe asking people what they liked to tailor activities to their interests and ability. Maybe allowing people to shuffle what they get so that if they get meditation they can swap it? Edit: 8th Dec.The owner of Buckt called me to discuss the issues that I experienced. I understand what I went through, with the longer than usual delays, the change of city etc. isn't the norm. They also offered me a full refund but for the price I paid for my activities and the fact that I am going to do a couple of them so that seemed wrong, so I declined.Off the back of our talk I have decided to modify my review, but not remove it completely. It's a fair representation of my experience and if Buckt came back to my area I would want to give it another go.

Date of experience: Nov 03, 2023