Tandem started with a simple goal: planning a great night out in Portland. Creating a perfect itinerary can take hours of planning, creates significant mental load, and can leave you anxious hoping everything works out. We wanted an easier way.
I'm Dylan. I've lived in Portland for two years and fell in love with it quickly: the food, the weirdness, the fact that you can pet a therapy llama at the airport. While Portland is rich with fun experiences, they can sometimes be hard to discover.
My girlfriend and I are both young professionals with full work schedules, leaving us with little time to plan a proper date night. Every time we tried to plan one, we'd spend 45 minutes on Yelp, get lost in all the options, and end up ordering pizza and staying home. We imagined a perfect evening, where everything was planned and seamless from the moment you left the house.
So I created Tandem, designed to take care of every facet of your experience. Just pick an experience, date, and time: Tandem will handle the bookings and make sure every stop is memorable and exciting. By booking with us, you'll save on experiences compared to booking each separately. A perfect date night, planned and booked within minutes.
Here's what we consider when designing our experiences:
Spending hours planning an itinerary can be frustrating and detract from your experience. With Tandem, we'll handle the logistics, leaving you fully present to enjoy Portland together.
We think hard about sequencing: what energy you'll arrive with, how that leads into the next stop, how the night ends. Each experience is designed so that the whole is greater than its parts.
While some might call Portland weird, this city is unique — The food scene, the eclectic community, the landscape. Every Tandem experience is built around what makes Portland great.
We pre-negotiate with every venue so a Tandem experience costs less than booking each stop yourself. It's an excellent way to enjoy the city without spending a fortune.
Portland gets written off as a city of coffee shops and rain. That's fine. The people who actually live here know what they have. World-class restaurants run by chefs who moved here specifically to do something they couldn't do anywhere else. Art installations everywhere you look. Neighborhoods with their own distinct personalities: the Pearl's galleries and cocktail bars, the quiet coziness of Sellwood, the hustle and bustle of downtown. We even inspired the food cart culture now copied in cities across the country.
What makes Portland great for a night out is that something enjoyable is around every corner if you know where to look. In a single evening you can go from a wine bar to a kayak on the Willamette to a candlelit dinner, without driving an hour or walking three miles between stops.
Tandem is designed for couples and groups who want a cohesive, thoughtful experience. It's perfect for those who are visiting from out of town, and also for locals who want to explore their own neighborhood in a different way.
We work with a small number of Portland venues whose quality we can vouch for personally. If you run a restaurant, bar, gallery, or experience worth including in a curated evening, we'd love to hear from you. We bring pre-committed guests who are already in the mood to spend, and we handle all the coordination so your team doesn't have to.
Prefer email? Reach us directly at info@tandem-pdx.com
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