Online dating and dating apps often stay rooted firmly in the online world — to the frustration of many users — so 'Camp Meets Bagel', from the dating platform Coffee Meets Bagel, aims to get its users to meet each other in person. The experience, which was created in partnership with 'Camp No Counselors', brings users out into the wilderness of a summer camp for a weekend of games and (ideally) romance.
Camp Meets Bagel is part of CMB Experiences, a new initiative from coffee meets bagel to help its users meet up with each other in the real world. Other live dating events under the CMB Experiences banner have included a 5 kilometer run that doubled as a meet-up.
Experiential Dating App Events
Camp Meets Bagel is Part of Coffee Meets Bagel's CMB Experiences
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