# Signal & Noise

> Four escape rooms, a private venue, and a facilitated debrief that turns "we ran out of time" into something the team can actually use on Monday.

Package K-02 from Offsyte, corporate recreation in the UAE · [Facilitated team building](https://offsyte.ae/catalog/facilitated-team-building/) · Web page: https://offsyte.ae/packages/signal-and-noise/

- **Duration:** 4.5 hrs
- **Ideal start time:** 13:00 — an afternoon slot leaves the client's morning intact
- **Departure window:** 09:00–14:00
- **Group size:** 16 min — 48 max
- **Emirate / venue:** Dubai — private venue buyout, Al Quoz or Business Bay
- **Season:** Year-round. Fully indoor.
- **Booking lead time:** 10 days

## Price per person, excluding 5% VAT

| Group size | Per person | Billed for at least |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| 16–29 people | AED 530 | 27 people |
| 30–47 people | AED 470 | 31 people |
| 48+ people | AED 420 | — |

A group smaller than a band's "billed for at least" figure is still served, and is invoiced for that many people.
Where a larger band costs less in total, it is quoted instead: groups of 28–29 are billed as 31 people at the rate for 30–47 people; groups of 43–47 are billed as 48 people at the rate for 48+ people.

Payment: 50% advance on signature. 100% cleared 3 working days before the event. Numbers lock 7 days prior.

## Why this is not the retail version

A public escape room booking is **AED 150–200 a person.** Eight people book a room, they win or they lose, they go for coffee, and nothing about how the team works is different the next morning. That is a nice afternoon and it is not what a company should be buying with an engagement budget.

Three things are different here. The venue is **bought out** — no strangers, no waiting on a public slot, the group moves as one. There are **two rotations**, so a team that got lucky on an easy room cannot claim the result. And there is a **facilitator in the building the whole time whose job is not the game.**

The debrief is the product. It is 75 minutes on what the observer actually saw — the person who solved it in minute four and was talked over, the team that never once said "I don't know". A room full of people recognise themselves in that, and it is why the escape room is the vehicle and not the point.

**Position it against K-01, not against a retail booking.** It is the entry rung of facilitated work — a third of the price of the Alignment Day, no pre-work, and the right answer for a team that is functional but not candid.

## Timeline

- **13:00** — Transfer from client office. Arrival, welcome, teams announced
- **13:20** — Observation brief. Facilitator explains what is actually being watched — who speaks, who is heard, what happens to information
- **13:40** — Round one. Four teams, four rooms, 60 minutes. Facilitator observes across all four
- **14:45** — Break and refreshments
- **15:00** — Round two. Rooms rotate — every team faces a puzzle type it did not see first
- **16:05** — Teams reconvene
- **16:15** — The debrief. Not scores. What the observer saw: where information got lost, who had the answer and did not say it, how the group handled being wrong
- **17:15** — Commitments — three things this team changes about how it communicates
- **17:30** — Close and transfer back

## Included

- Return transfer from client office
- Private venue buyout — four rooms, no members of the public, group runs on its own schedule
- Two full rotations so no team competes on a room it has already seen
- Facilitated observation and debrief by an independent practitioner, present in the venue throughout
- Working lunch or refreshments depending on slot
- Branded welcome setup and team signage
- Photographer, half day — 40+ retouched stills within 5 working days
- Written debrief summary within 3 working days
- Event coordinator on site

## Not included

- Psychometric instruments
- Follow-up sessions (see add-ons)
- Alcohol
- 5% VAT

## Weather and backup plan

- **Trigger:** None — fully indoor, short transfer.
- **Fallback:** Venue failure moves to a contracted alternate venue in the same district at 48 hours' notice. Facilitator illness is covered by a contracted named backup; unlike K-01 there is no pre-work to inherit, so the substitution is clean.
- **You are told by:** Immediate if the venue moves.

## Customisation options

- Extend to a full day with a third rotation and a longer debrief: AED 180/person
- Written individual feedback for team leads: AED 2,400/event
- 90-day follow-up session, half day: AED 6,500/event
- Dinner after the debrief: AED 65–90/person
- Videographer + edited reel: AED 1,200
- Branded t-shirts: AED 45–90/person
- Upgrade to a competing-departments format across two venues: AED 4,800/event

## Questions about Signal & Noise

### How much does Signal & Noise cost per person?

AED 530 per person for 16–29 people; AED 470 per person for 30–47 people; AED 420 per person for 48+ people. All figures exclude 5% VAT. A group below a band's minimum chargeable size is billed at that minimum: 27 people in the 16–29 band, 31 people in the 30–47 band. Where a larger band costs less in total, it is quoted instead: groups of 28–29 are billed as 31 people at the rate for 30–47 people; groups of 43–47 are billed as 48 people at the rate for 48+ people.

### How long does Signal & Noise take, and when does it start?

4.5 hrs. Ideal start: 13:00 — an afternoon slot leaves the client's morning intact. Departure window: 09:00–14:00.

### What is not included in Signal & Noise?

Psychometric instruments; Follow-up sessions (see add-ons); Alcohol; 5% VAT. These are stated before enquiry rather than raised at invoice time.

### What happens to Signal & Noise if the weather turns?

Trigger: None — fully indoor, short transfer. Fallback: Venue failure moves to a contracted alternate venue in the same district at 48 hours' notice. Facilitator illness is covered by a contracted named backup; unlike K-01 there is no pre-work to inherit, so the substitution is clean. You are told: Immediate if the venue moves.

### How far in advance do we need to book Signal & Noise?

The booking lead time is 10 days. Ramadan and December dates book out first.

## Read before you book

- [Escape rooms for team building in Dubai](https://offsyte.ae/blog/escape-room-team-building-dubai/): Why a team of 30 can't do one escape room together, when a facilitated version earns the extra cost, and real prices from AED 420 a person.
- [Renting an event venue in Dubai: what it really costs](https://offsyte.ae/blog/corporate-event-venue-hire-dubai/): The four ways Dubai venues charge for space, what a hire fee never includes, and how to turn any venue quote into a total you can compare at your headcount.
- [Small corporate event venues in Dubai, with prices](https://offsyte.ae/blog/small-corporate-event-venues-dubai/): Where a company event for 12 to 50 people works in Dubai, what each venue costs as a total rather than a rate, and why the floor matters more than the rate.
- [Warehouse event space in Dubai, priced per head](https://offsyte.ae/blog/warehouse-event-space-dubai/): What an Al Quoz warehouse event space costs per day, how many people it holds, and the seven lines the day rate leaves out — one of which rules out summer.

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