more money more problems, let luxset deal with it

if you've ever had a friend that bails on a bill, or you're the organizer of all your group of friends events and then you get stuck footing the bill, or someone cancels or shows up running on Cuban time- then Luxset is the site for you. 

 

Luxset a local online start-up is an online marketplace that lets you split the bill upfront on group activities, making it easy to "get together and pay together." Want to go on a Seaplane? Rent a yacht? A limo to the U2 concert? A keg? Everyone pays their part ahead of time on Luxset and then you're good to go. No dealing with the bill after. No awkward tipping. No one bailing and sticking you with the check. It's all taken care of. 

When the Luxset girls reached out to me about meeting them I quickly confused the site for a Gilt or Groupon flash-sale sight. The super nice folks at Luxset, located in Buro a chic industrial loft style shared workspace (more on that later) in Midtown cleared it up for me- and it's even better. There's no need to rush to the computer to make it on time, or pester your friends with emails to hurry up and jump on the sale, it's more of a marketplace, where they'll continue to add new fun things to do with your friends (A makeup class! A culinary tour! A scuba class! Are these people reading my mind?!) as they find them. 

 

Suddenly, organizing a group activity any other way starts to seem impossibly antiquated. Why deal with the hassle of throwing down ten credit cards and then being told you can only split it two ways when you could type in your credit card number a la any online purchase? If throwing down your card on a whim worries you, there's no obligation until your group reaches the capacity of the event. So if you are interested in a scuba trip for five and you send out the invitation to ten friends, until five sign up no one get charged. Invite, no hassle, no risk, no pestering, no payment issues- so easy to say let's do it- A Peruvian Cooking Class! A Helicopter Tour! Cocktails and yoga on the beach! Ready, Luxset, Go!