Retreats and Venues Blog

What Is a President’s Club Trip? A President’s Club trip is not a company vacation with better branding, though it’s easy to see why people mix the two up. It’s a formal recognition program, usually reserved for the small percentage of employees, most commonly in sales, who hit a defined performance bar over a defined […]

When Bram Greijmans talks about Sendcloud’s leadership offsites, he doesn’t start with the venue or the itinerary. He starts with the question the whole trip is built to answer. As Chief of Staff at the Netherlands-based shipping platform, Bram has spent three and a half years turning twice-yearly executive retreats into one of the company’s […]

When Vanja Witwicky organized Visionect’s first company retreat in 2022, she did not have a detailed playbook. What she had was a team that had been apart for two years, a week to decide, and a destination: Spain. What happened next changed how Visionect thinks about bringing people together entirely. Starting from scratch after COVID […]

Finding team-building activities that actually work for a remote team is harder than it sounds. Video call trivia nights are fine. Virtual happy hours have their place. But after a while, anything that requires everyone to be on a screen at the same time starts to feel like more work than fun, and the connection […]

Here’s what usually happens after a company retreat: people get home, they’re tired but happy, there’s a flurry of Slack messages about how great it was, and then everyone goes back to their normal jobs. Two weeks later, nobody can quite remember what was decided about the Q4 roadmap, or whether the venue was the […]

Everyone loves retreats. There’s the beauty of the venue, the chill atmosphere, the activities prepared for everyone, and, of course, the company swag items or kits that tie the event together.  Except, plans to send swag to retreat venues can get a little tricky, especially when the venues are overseas. That’s why it’s important to […]

The most expensive mistake in planning a large company retreat isn’t booking the wrong venue. It’s starting the search four months out when you needed nine — and then making every subsequent decision under pressure because the window has already closed. It plays out the same way each time. A company wants to bring 120 […]

Quick summary:The best way to plan a corporate retreat is not by choosing the “perfect tool,” but by designing a system that supports both logistics and human connection. Most planning teams rely on a hybrid stack—spreadsheets, sourcing platforms, AI tools, and coordination workflows—to streamline execution. But tools alone don’t create a successful retreat. What matters […]

Quick summary: The best non-hotel remote work retreats are not just about location—they’re about designing environments that enable real connection, productivity, and momentum. Unlike traditional hotels, these retreats combine fast wi-fi, intentional community, and shared living experiences that actually mirror how modern teams and remote workers operate. Whether you’re planning a corporate retreat, exploring digital […]

When we started Pioneers in Culture, we didn’t set out to publish predictions about corporate retreat trends. We set out to ask company leaders one focused question at a time: What actually works when you bring your team together in person? And why corporate retreats are important in a world where most collaboration now happens […]