GROUND RULES

1. Respect others.

2. Do not share information about your PIP (Project Intimacy Partner) with anyone else.

3. Be mindful. Although we are encouraging connection with a stranger, it is your responsibility to safeguard yourself.

4. Participants must be 18 years or older.

5. Abusive or offensive behaviour will not be tolerated and anyone who does experience this can contact Riptide at: info@theriptide.co.uk or the Riptide mobile number you receive on Day One for support.

6. WhatsApp must be used and participants must hide/change their name and profile picture to keep their anonymity.

Terms and Conditions can be found here.

We have created this experience in good faith, and we are relying on participants to self-police and buy into the shared ground rules and terms and conditions at all times.

On the very rare occasion participants want to stop the experience they will be talked through the blocking process by us.

Riptide are one text or call away from stepping in an helping with whatever your problem might be.

You will receive Riptide’s number on day one of the experience.

You are paired based on your questionnaire answers. Participants fill in a questionnaire after they buy a ticket.

We pair you based on your preferences for a partner, your shared values and beliefs and shared interests and hobbies.

Yes. Although this is not guaranteed and you won’t know if you have received your preference.

You won’t be able to choose a specific person, but you can choose to be paired with someone with a specific characteristic, for example, someone of the same or different gender.

During the first half of the experience, you will not know anything about your partner.

No, this experience is between real people and hope to promote connection with others.

We are working on a version of The Lucky Ones, which will include interactions with actors in a theatrical experience. Sign up to our mailing list for advanced warning of these limited tickets.

We will ask you for your name, UK phone number, availability and preferences. We will also ask you to complete a questionnaire when you buy a ticket which we will use to enhance your experience. It will ask you questions about your values and hobbies).

The only information we will share with your partner is your phone number. They will need that to make contact with you. We do not want this experience to be about your name, age gender or appearance.

The answers you give us in the pre-experience questionnaire will be for Riptide only. We use the answers to pair you with the right partner.

Riptide may prompt participants to share some information (e.g. first name) if participants are comfortable to do so. In the meantime, it is up to you what name to save their number under!

No, Project Intimacy is about exploring connections with others - if you want to explore a new dating experience try 14 DAYS!

This has happened when we paired two best friends together (shows that our pairing system works at least!)
If you happen to be paired with someone you know and would prefer to be paired with a stranger, either text the Project Intimacy number or email alex@theriptide.co.uk

This experience will last two weeks. You will be notified of your partner’s number on day one with instructions (around midday).
You will then continue to receive instructions daily throughout the experience.

Riptide will prompt you to contact your partner once per day, although if both participants agree you can have contact more or less often.

All interaction times will vary depending on the availability you set out in your questionnaire response. We will do our best to pair you with someone who has similar availability to you.

There are no specific trigger warnings for the experience, but we would point out that you are agreeing to listen to details about a stranger’s life. We cannot predict what you will both talk about (and that is part of the beauty of this experience).

We would ask participants to think before sharing potentially triggering material.

Riptide will prompt participants by WhatsApp. This will be the form of communication we will start with. You may decide together that another form of communication is preferable over this, and that is fine.

Please email Riptide at: info@theriptide.co.uk or text the Riptide phone number to tell us why you are unhappy.
We will try our best to accommodate your request to find another partner, although this cannot be guaranteed.

Yes if both participants are willing. We created this project for people to find new friends and connections that they might never have found otherwise.

Many of our previous participants still continue to talk and meet up with each other in person.

Yes, there is nothing stopping people from continuing their connections after the two-week period. This is the ultimate aim of the project after all.

Please note that participants will no longer receive prompts from Riptide and will be fully responsible for their interactions.

Yes, we aim to curate the conversations participants will have, we have modelled this on scientific research done into how we make connections with strangers. All participants will receive WhatsApp messages with conversation starters and prompts, but you are welcome to discuss going off-piste!

Your data will be stored for the duration of the project on a password-protected Google Spreadsheet, both for the safety and enhancement of the experience.

Your data will not be shared with any third-party organisations and will be used strictly for this experience alone. We will delete your data after the dates of your project.

Sorry, we don’t offer refunds for this experience. The only scenario in which we will refund you is if we are unable to connect you with a partner at the start of the project.

If you choose to drop out of the experience, a refund will not be possible.

Yes and many people have done this. Simply put their name on the booking information.
It might be wise to tell them that they need to fill in a questionnaire!