A: Fixed Location Games (a typical “escape room”)
B: Fixed Location-Based (Virtual Reality Escape Room Game)
C: Online/Virtual Games
D: Live-streaming With Avatar Games
E: Small Portable Games (ex: tent based, small group of people)
F: Large Portable Games (ex: tabletop game for corporate, schools, and other large groups)
G: Mobile Games (ex: a trailer or bus)
H: City-wide Games (ex: a game using ClueKeeper)

A: I am planning to add a game in the next year
B: I am planning to replace a game in the next year
C: I am planning to remodel a game in the next year
D: I am planning to offer special large group and corporate bookings.
E: I am planning to open a new location(s)
F: I am planning to sell my business within the next year schools, and other large groups)
G: I am planning to close a location(s)
H: I am planning to cut back staff hours within the next year
I: I am planning to cut staff within the next year
J: I am planning to close my business altogether within the next year

WaiverCountNotesLink
None52
Buzzshot22
Custom20
Escape Games Global17
Print Out (Paper)14
Resova10
Google forms8
Escape Kit8
Escape Room Master7
Escape Room Admin4
4escape4
Yomigo3
Smartwaiver3
JotForm3
Quinbook2
Xola2
Wordpress Plugin2
M3 - Mythric Mystery Master2
Google docs2
EWaiver Pro2
Escapekit2
Booking Phoenix2
Swiftwaiver1
Zoho forms1
Wherewolf1
WebWaiver2
Website - Gravity forms1
Web designer1
Waiverly1
WaiverForever1
Waiverfile1
Waiverelectronic1
UserQuest1
Typeform1
OnSpot Social1
Ninja forms1
Mythric1
Knack 1
Houdini1
Fare Harbor1
EscapeAll1
ERM1
Create Bookings1
Contraform1
Peek1
Acuity1
Total216
Booking SolutionCountNotesLink
Bookeo87
Resova (merged with Clubspeed)69
Custom booking solution26
FareHarbor11
Xola9
Wix Bookings6
Escapeall6
4escape6
Wordpress booking5
Booking Phoenix4
WooCommerce Bookings4
Quinbook4
Checkfront3
Peek3
Recras3
Acuity3
BookingBug/JRNI2
SimplyBook2
YouCanBookMe2
TuriTop2
Tempus Workforce2
Bookly2
WhatsApp1
vCita1
Ticketself1
Thryv1
Telephone and Facebook1
Telephone and Email1
Square booking/invoicing1
Setmore1
Rezdy1
Planyo1
Planway1
Picktime1
OS Services Booking1
Niceday1
Lock.me (Escape room directory)1
Lenimal1
gAppointments1
Escapetix/Passage1
Easy Appointments1
Create Bookings1
Booknetic1
BookMe1
bookio1
bookinkit1
Amelia1
AION1
Now Escape1
Total287

A: Per Player
B: Per Team
C: Hybrid: Base team price + Per Player for each additional head

A: Solve a mystery (murder, theft, sabotage, etc)
B: Break out of a specific place (dungeon, school, etc)
C: Create something (e.g. a potion), or find something (e.g. stones with special powers) magical
D: Be an adventurer (includes adventures in space)
E: Ticking time bomb (defuse a time bomb, rescue a hostage, etc)
F: Engage with the supernatural year schools, and other large groups)
G: Carry out a heist
H: Just survive!
I: Gather intelligence or espionage-based
J: Break into a specific place (prison, office, etc)
K: Free a person or animal
L: Find a missing person
M: Abstract notion of escape
N:
Conduct military operations
O:
Carry out an assassination

A: Mystery (e.g. Solve a murder, CSI etc)
B: Happy fantasy (involving wizards, magical kingdoms etc)
C: Historical fantasy (Aztec temples, Pyramids, Wild West, etc)
D: Horror
E: Science/Laboratory
F: Seasonal (Christmas, Halloween)
G: Security services (military, secret agents, hostage situations, etc)
H: Everyday life (School, Office, Nightclub, etc)
I: Dark fantasy (zombies, aliens, etc.)
J: Prison
K: Future/Technological
L: Based on an entertainment franchise (Star Wars, James Bond, etc.)
M: Apocalyptic (Including disasters, natural disasters, zombie outbreaks)
N:
Steampunk
O:
Alternate Reality
P: Toy room
Q:
Heist
R:
Cartoon/Anime
S:
Religious (e.g. Crusades-based)
T:
School

A: Creating Room Elements That Won’t Be Destroyed Easily
B: Balancing the Difficulty of Puzzles
C: Integrating the Puzzle and Narrative
D: Puzzle Creation
E: Creating room elements that can be easily reset
F: Getting the Timing right
G: Developing a Narrative
H: Playtesting the Rooms

A: Marketing
B: Building the escape rooms
C: Getting the Automation / Tech to work correctly
D: Hiring and training staff
E: Getting a premise(s)
F: Designing the escape room games (Execution)
G: Getting funding
H: Planning the escape room games (Conceptualization)
I: Sales
J:
Website, booking system, etc related
K:
Planning the administration (e.g. staff rostering system)
L:
Acquiring props

A: Rented/Leased
B: Shared occupant in a single building
C: Sole occupant in the entire building
D: In a shopping complex with more than one building
E: Bought
F: Owned previously

A: Various/Local Broker
B: ESP Specialty Insurance
C: State Farm
D: Don’t Have
E: AXA
F: Allianz
G: Liberty Mutual
H: Generali

A: General Insurance
B: Commercial Property Insurance
C: Workers Compensation Insurance
D: Umbrella Insurance
E: None
F: Liability Insurance

A: I invested my own money
B: I borrowed from my family and friends
C: I got formal credit from a bank or other financial institution
D: I partnered or sold shares in the Escape Room business to raise funds
E: Crowdfunding
F: Funding program (government and/or private)
G: Other informal financing

A: Sanitization between games
B: Staff asking for higher than usual wages
C: Providing players with protective equipment (like gloves and masks)
D: Rent
E: Mandatory private booking (reduced revenue per game)
F: Paying employees with empty time slots
G: Staffing Issues
H: Advertising and Marketing
I: Inflation
J:
Repaying Covid Loans
K:
Other COVID hygiene measures
L:
Capacity Restrictions