Corporate Travel Destinations

Companies have offered incentive cruise travel to employees and even partners for years now, but the tightening of budgets has caused some companies to drop their incentive cruise travel plans and other perks. As the economy starts to recover, this could prove to be a critical mistake that might end up in a massive exodus of workers from companies that do not offer incentive cruise travel to those that do.

Here’s the problem: the workers that have not been offered sufficient incentives seem to be ready to leave their jobs at the soonest possible convenience. This means that they are usually feeling under appreciated in the sense that matters most to them: the pocketbook. There are plenty of options to get around this, but paying every worker what they are worth is the most expensive choice. Offering inclusive cruise travel with or without additional duties such as meeting with clients or partners can easily offer a tangible incentive for the whole office.

Incentive cruise travel and be a single or periodic replacement for offering proper financial compensation for dozens of employees during financially lean times. When the bottom line improves, by all means start paying more to keep talent. Until then, consider using incentive cruise travel to keep employees loyal and working hard instead of hardly looking while browsing Monster.com in their spare time.

Nearly all corporate travel destinations will have numerous museums that have permanent historical exhibits, host art exhibits or provide access to rotating cultural exhibits and events. Many cities even have a particular district that is home to several museums within walking distance of each other, such as Tacoma’s Museum District, San Diego’s Balboa Park, Cape Town’s Green Point District and Houston’s Museum District. With many options in close proximity, your attendees will have increased choices and the ability to select the exhibits that are of the most interest to them. This makes museums an easy, convenient option for adding to a list of local attractions given to attendees; however, you may also want to consider this low-cost entertainment option as part of your scheduled activities.

Museums usually offer rather affordable admission rates, making them a cost-effective option for corporate travel planners. But, savvy planners know that they can save even more by looking into group discounts or looking for free admission days that coincide with the dates of their corporate event. It is quite common for museums to offer at least one free admission day each month, with some entire districts offering free admission to all of the museums on a particular day. If this day happens to fall during your planned event, this is a great opportunity to offer an educational, enticing activity that will appeal to your attendees and help you stay within budget.

The Fantasy Springs Resorts and Casino in the Palm Springs area of California, offers "Meeting Planner" packages, including complimentary meeting rooms, one VIP amenity for every 20 rooms booked, no resort fees, no occupancy tax, and much more.

With 100,000 sq. ft. of indoor and outdoor meeting and banquet space, 250 luxury rooms and suites, five restaurants, golf course, live music and casino, Fantasy Springs is a great place to host a meeting and stay on budget. 

Learn more at www.FantasySpringsResort.com/meetings

Alaska is one of those dream destinations.  Imagine seeing the aurora borealis, or magnificent glaciers.  During the summer it is the land of the midnight sun, while in the winter months, there is little or no sunlight in many areas of Alaska – making summer the more popular time for visitors, although those wishing to see the aurora borealis will have to brave the winter months.

Why not think about hosting your next corporate meeting event in Alaska?  There is something for everyone.  Outdoors men will be in heaven!  Fishing, hunting, hiking, and many more activities are available.  Want to hunt for gold?  You can do that too.  Or why not book a group cruise through the inside passage to see glaciers and whales? 

The sky's the limit, and Alaska cruise events are always popular, especially for those attendees with families.  So give it some thought for your next corporate meeting event.  Cruise events are generally much more economical than land based events, since cruises are all inclusive.  So you can stay within your budget and plan a meeting event that your attendees will be talking about for the next year.