A successful corporate team outing gives the entire team a chance to get to know each other better, in a more casual setting, helps to solidify bonds between colleagues and gives them an opportunity to communicate and collaborate outside of the workplace. So it becomes essential for companies to look beyond creating an ideal workspace and to boost employee morale by giving them an environment to bond beyond the workplace.
But when planning a corporate team outing, what should you consider while choosing a resort? Here are some tips to help you plan for your next team outing:
- How much can you spend?: One of the most important factors to consider when choosing a resort for your corporate team outing is your budget. Depending on the budget allocated for this outing, you can choose to plan for a day trip or a longer outing as well. Proper financial planning needs to include comfortable expenditures like food, lodging, excursions at the destination, and other similar expenses.
- How far is it?: If you are looking for a corporate outing in Bangalore or nearby, you need to determine how far away from the city does your budget allow you to travel, as you would have to include significant transportation costs to and fro from the destination. It is not necessary that you only consider destinations away from the city when planning an outing of a longer duration, there are several beautiful destinations not far from Bangalore which is suitable for a day trip.
- When can you go?: As is with all events, when planning your team outing, it is important to ensure that most of the team members are able to attend it to make it successful. While planning this aspect, you also need to keep in mind the time that it would take to reach the destination and accordingly choose a date convenient for all or most team members to attend the outing. Apart from this, you would also need to consider the time of year when you would be planning for the outing. Many destinations have a “best time” to visit and a time when it is not suitable to visit. So make sure you find out about that as well.
- What all can you do?: When choosing a resort for your corporate outing, it is essential to first research and find out about the activities possible at the resort. You would have to make your choice depending on the distance, the time it takes to get to the resort, your budget and what activities would you like the team to participate in. The Discovery Village resorts have resorts in Bangalore, Kabini, Masinagudi and Nandi hills; and are equipped with all the modern necessities required for a comfortable stay. With expert staff and trained professional overseeing all adventure activities, these resorts are the ideal choice for a corporate team outing. With a plethora of activities to choose from, such as mountain climbing, trekking, zorbing, and paragliding, you could also choose an activity like camping, zip lining, and tent pitching.
- Choose your activities well: While there are many options for a day out resorts in Bangalore, when you have made your final choice for where to stay, you also have to choose your activities well. Corporate outings can be used to work on several skills, in a different way. It is a proven fact that retention through team building and engaging activities is better than information provided through Powerpoint presentations. The Discovery Village resort is a perfect destination for such purposes as they provide leadership and team building activities like survival camping and raft building. With innovative and interesting activities such as paintballing, rappelling, dynamic obstacle courses, rope course challenges, and twister, the excitement and anticipation for the outing would definitely build up once you introduce the idea of this corporate outing to your team.
The success of your corporate outing is not only dependent on the effort and planning, but also on the fun that you and your team would have. So while you may be engrossed in ensuring all things are carried out smoothly, don’t forget to enjoy with your team!