Workation

TIME OUT FROM THE WORKPLACE

Workation: rarely has a trend presented both tourism and the world of work with new opportunities and challenges. How do we want to and how can we respond to it—and what does workation actually mean?

A dream could finally come true: just transfer your desk to a warm paradise island. Attend meetings before your next session on the slopes. Open your laptop in a fashionable city on the other side of the world. The portmanteau word “workation,” comprising “work” and “vacation,” describes just what many have been dreaming about for a long time: relaxed working where others go on vacation. Especially now that remote working and home offices have become established forms of a new kind of work. And when pictures of sun, beach, and laptop together with “Greetings from my new home office 😉” hit your LinkedIn feed, you ask yourself, could that also be something for me or our company?

Workation in companies

How does workation operate? What do employees and companies have to look out for? What are the best places for working with a holiday atmosphere? From field reports and planning tips to the top destinations, everything you need to benefit from this trend over the long term.

Workation in sales

How exciting is the topic of workation for sales? What are the challenges and new opportunities opening up for travel sales? From a new look at destinations through to products that support “new work”—what is important when giving advice, and what do suitable workation packages look like?

The workation: real-life accounts

Remote working, the workation, New Work—all terms that have been around for quite some time now. The workation, in particular, has become very exciting for companies and employees. But what does it look like in reality? We have talked to a few people and collected some accounts from “real life.”

To our customer interviews

The issue of new work

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more people have been working within their own four walls:

  • The office has been replaced by the home office.
  • Conferences have been exchanged for online meetings.
  • Meetings have migrated on-screen.

For a section of all employees this brings with it a great deal of freedom. Workation is the logical extension of this kind of flexible working and no longer just a lifestyle for digital nomads.

The travel industry is adapting to the demands of the new location independence. Coworking offices or a complete range of team offsites can be easily integrated into the booking flow. At home, on the beach, in a mountain cabin, wherever—we can work from anywhere. The most important requirements are Wi-Fi and a coffee machine—that’s the motto in a world of work that’s becoming more and more flexible.

So, if you’re thinking about going on workation, setting up workation in your company, or want to get comprehensive advice on the subject of workation, you should get to know the importance, advantages, and possibilities of workation for you, for your company, and for your customers.

The Lufthansa Group not only supports you with suitable flights, but also with extensive know-how and new products.