Event format
The employee retreat & offsite hat bar
Retreats live or die on shared moments. A hat bar builds one into the schedule without eating an hour of programming: guests drift over between sessions, make a cap, and end the day matching without it feeling forced.
A takeaway that outlasts the retreat
Unlike a printed agenda or a branded notebook, the cap goes home and keeps going. People wear the retreat cap to the office, on the weekend, at the next offsite — a quiet, ongoing reminder of the team they're part of. For culture-heavy companies, that repeat exposure is the whole point.
Formats that fit an offsite
- Open bar all day: guests come and go between sessions at their own pace.
- Scheduled block: a set 90-minute window as a built-in break or team activity.
- Two silhouettes, one patch: a fitted Flexfit 110 for the active crowd, a soft dad cap for everyone else, unified by one embroidered team patch.
Retreats in Orange County, LA, and San Diego carry no travel fee; destination offsites elsewhere add a flat travel line. Send the resort or venue and your headcount and we'll plan around your agenda.
Plan your hat bar
Tell us about the event once.
Share the occasion, headcount, city or venue, and your target date. We come back with cap recommendations, a decoration method, staffing, and a clear quote — no guesswork, no template pricing.
Prefer to talk it through? Call (562) 614-4800 or email contact@merchtroop.com.