Meetup

I have been an organizer for my group on meetup for about seven years. In June, they jumped their pricing sky high,
$44 for one month, $180 for six months, $300 for a year and encourage us to have members pay this.

Granted, we have 700 members, but that burden should not be placed on them (even 50 cents). When it was about $100 per year, I could justify the cost. At $300, I cannot any longer. And by the way, that is just their standard pricing. Meetup PRO is even more ridiculous than this.

When I tried to reach out to support about this, I literally got the cold shoulder. Not a single person contacted me from Meetup about this issue. That was the final straw.

Sure like most greedy corporations, they will get their money somehow. We just won't be one of their supporting groups.

I was treated rudely by a lead from the Meetup group Kildare / Dublin Hiking & Social, moreover he didn't provide any answers about an event, and coming from another country I had no choice but to book my flights: 375€ thrown in the bin. As the so-called lead decided to provide a delayed and super rude response, cancel the event, and remove me from the group for NO REASON.

I tried to raise my complaint with the MEETUP support team, but their response was vague and did not address the issue. Now, I know the type of platform it is. They contradict their policies and don't take any accountability for wrong practices and the mistreatment inflicted to the users.

I don't recommend Meetup!

Meetup is a great way to meet people with similar interests. I ran a group with 1,000+ members for about 8 years. Fees for organizers got too high so I left.
Now I've re-joined to go to other groups, donating to help cover their insanely high organizer fees.
Now MU is charging BOTH organizers and guests. So, obviously guests will no longer chip in on organizer fees.
MEETUP: CHARGING FROM BOTH ENDS IS BAFFLINGLY STUPID. YOU WON'T STAY IN BUSINESS THIS WAY. BYE.

I've managed several Meetup groups for years, and I can honestly say it's not worth the money or the time. Meetup does little to promote groups within their network, rather, they try and coerce you into creating ($$$) additional groups, rather than try and help you promote the groups that you are already paying them to promote. I'm done with Meetup, never again.

Company makes claims that are not true. They have no Online chat or helpline other than email and they Seem to be very slow responding. Their customer Services is the worst I have ever encountered

Organizer for 13 years. My experience lately, is meetup will not even bother to reply when there is a function problem. I have also been hacked through meetup. It has really gone downhill, and they disable functions, then ask you to pay extra.

I don't know what happened. I'm an organizer for a group with almost 500 people, have to pay them $200/year, and I don't get any notifications! Not by email or push notification. The programmers have completely tanked this site. There are so many glitches, the UI is abominable. We have resorted to building a website specifically for our group.

Empty shell; NO meetings, groups in my region: that is exceptional! Northern VA is a nest for hiking, acting, reading, etc. among a high density population with high income. You must do it on purpose to have nothing in this region (Washington DC region). But their website doesn';t inform you of hte number of groups before you have paid.
SCAM. Fraudulent practices. I.e: I was charged for a renewal of over $250 in fFebruary 2024 without any warning and certainly without my concern.
They became Fraud Central.

Do not put your credit card in there - you will not be able to delete the credit card. If any group decides to start charging fees, you will be charged and then the finger pointing begins. Meetup will not delete the card also, although they say they will remove it from the processor strip. Don't believe them. It is still there and will be charge. The only way out is to have them delete your whole account which will take a while. The organizers of the group will say they have no control of the charges to contact meetup and meetup says to contact the organizers. A real scam

I looked to meetup to get out and meet new people, do different things etc. It's been over a year someone took over Meetup. I can't see meetups outside my groups. If I do a search by location (NY), I get meetups from all over America. Everyone I talk to about this agrees: Meetup sucks. Bring back the previous managers. They ran it effectively. I find it sad because Meetup was my go-to place to get out and do something different. Not anymore. SAD.

Scamming and charging for services that their saying can be charged in 24 hours if no cancelation. I used it n within the hour was charged 4 different *******@50$ I canceled it soon as that 24 hour turned in the moment I used card. They should have repercussions or be shut down. Nothing good from the short time.I was raped for their greed,overall no one should use this phishing site due to privacy reasons I can't show u the right way so please let me warn others

I have used Meetup.com for Six years as of Nov 2017. They have been a problem ever since I started using them, and the app they just pushed out in Sept of 2016 has taken a bad situation to worse.The only thing this company will understand is falling revenue. They do not even have a contact us button on their main web page. The new logo is more like a blood splatter from a murderer and Rapes and assaults have been associated with this social media site. Be smarter use Facebook. Meetup just sucks. Update: Now they are going to modify the Web-page interface so it looks like the app. Useless non functionality is the goal, Please I beg everyone to just leave Meetup.com they don't give a damn who gets harmed by the unscrupulous organizers who lure people into situations that are not safe. I really wish this social media would have died in 2009, Use Facebook Groups they at least do not cost the owner money to operate.

My local Ayn Rand discussion group cheerfully used Meetup for many years for its convenience. That all changed in February 2017 when Meetup management in New York City decided to turn hard left with its anti-Trump #Resist effort. It would have been fine had they simply offered it as another topic on an equal playing field with all other topics charging the same fees. Instead, they offered "free" #Resist groups globally along with front page advertising, all subsidized by dues from paying groups. The result has been a massive loss of Meetup groups and members. My own core group immediately voted with their feet and left before I could even discuss it with them. We have since moved to the politically neutral and financially free Eventbrite tool for managing our events. Meetup may just go bankrupt because of this huge strategic blunder while deserving it richly. Sad!

I have nothing but very negative experiences with Meetup.com. I agree that Meetup.com is for losers who can't make friends in real life. The people who attend events are some of the most insane, emotionally disturbed, sycophants I've ever met!

As a female, attending the singles events are horrible! The men are socially $#*!ed and won't take "I'm not interested" "No I don't want to exchange numbers" and walking away from them as a sign to please leave me alone. They will follow you around the event and even send frightening stalker e-mails after the event.

I've deleted my profile and am trying to find other ways to meet people, because there is ZERO quality on Meetup.com.

Dear Meetup,

You ruined it.

Why #resist? I think perpetuating this kind of thinking is more divisive than anything, and definitely not what people in this country, or on your website, need right now.

You also seem confused about the issues. The president rightfully issued a temporary ban on people from seven countries not because of their religion, but because many people in those countries wish serious harm to citizens of the U.S. and the western world. Don't you think that Americans (both natives and legal immigrants) should be safe and able to pursue their dreams? This doesn't happen without laws! Our country would literally fall apart. Without structure and safety, we won't be able to offer any help at all to asylum seekers and immigrants, let alone the children of families who have been American for generations.

#Resist what? National security? Law? Reason? Please consider this - the ideology you are spreading is harmful, not peaceful.

Best,

Shannon

The know-it-all execs decided to be politically active against conservatives. By creating and promoting hundreds if not thousands of "Resist" Groups basically targeting half the US population, the entire company has essentially died in spectacular, hilarious fashion.