Rate a Tofino Trip With Friends

A Tofino trip with friends is easiest to remember if you rate it as it happens. The weekend moves fast, from a dawn paddle and a damp breakfast to a beach walk, a taco in the car park and a late dinner. Tag friends, rate each dish and build one shared list.

Name sections and stick to them, and let the friend who is already making notes start the list. Friends who are not in the app do not lose out, since an invite link lets them join.

What do you do before the Tofino trip with friends begins?

Connect. Follow the people you are travelling with, and ask them to follow you back, because some sharing works best when both sides follow. Find people by name or @handle, and check that everyone has the app on their phone before the signal thins on the highway. Agree one person to start a trip list, and share the invite link in your group chat.

How do you tag friends on a rating on Friday evening?

You arrive hungry and tired, probably a little late. Rate the first meal as you eat it: the app asks "What are you having?" and then "How was it?", and you can add dishes as they arrive. Tag the friends beside you with "Who were you with?" so they can add their own view of the same plate. It takes less time than reading the menu.

How does Saturday work for a surf crowd?

In shifts. Some surf, some walk, some sleep late. The group meets for the big meals, and each meal can be tagged. Quick Service and Good Portions are the tags surfers use, and Group Dining marks a place that looked after a table of friends. Remember that tags come from raters, so they are a pointer and not a promise. The taco guide helps with lunch.

Why share a Tofino food list instead of ten messages?

Because a list sits on a map, carries a note per place and survives the weekend. Invite friends who follow you back, or share an invite link; anyone with the link can join as a collaborator, even if they are not on Mosey yet. Only you and the people you invite can see a private list. When someone adds the bakery they found on Sunday, everyone sees it.

What is the map for?

Looking, not planning. Switch to Friends' picks and the map shows places the people you follow rated or saved. It shows your friends' choices, not a town's, so it helps most when your group has been eating widely. Home adds This week with friends, a feed of what they rated and saved. Both are ways to settle where to go for dinner without a vote.

Can the group rate a meal together?

Not as one rating. Each person rates the meal in their own words, and the tag links the ratings. A friend who thought the soup was too salty and a friend who loved it will both be heard. There is no group score, shared plan or poll in the app. Those jobs stay in your chat and with the restaurant.

What happens on Sunday morning?

You pack, you queue for a bun and you promise yourself you will do it again. Take two minutes to rate the last meal, move your favourites to the top of the list and add a note on what you would order next time. The breakfast guide lists a bakery for the final stop.

What is left when you get home?

A list the whole group built, a set of ratings with names attached and a record of where you ate. Send the list to the friend who could not come, or keep it for the next trip. If you rate five places of one kind, you may earn a badge. It was a weekend of sand and surf, and the list is the part that keeps.

How do you keep the list from getting messy?

Name sections and stick to them. One for Breakfast, one for Lunch, one for Dinner and one for Treats is enough. Ask each friend to add a line explaining why a place belongs, and to remove any duplicate. A tidy list is a gift to the next person who opens it, and a short one is easier to use than a long one.

Who should start the list?

The friend who is already making notes. Every group has one. Let them create the list, name it, set the visibility and send the link, and let everyone else add. If two people start separate lists, merge them in the chat, not in the app. One list is easier to use, and a single owner keeps it tidy.

Do friends who are not in the app lose out? No. They can join through the link and add a place.

Can I keep the list private? Yes. You choose who sees it.

For the places themselves, read the fish tacos guide, and for the rest of the province start at the Food in British Columbia page, while the Canadian food guides go beyond the province.

How this works in the app: Rate places and Make a list.

Before you load the car, get the Mosey app, tag the table and rate the dinner the group will still be talking about on Monday.