Incentive Travel Options When the Budget is Tight
Unfortunate economic times and reduced budgets do not require that your company cut incentive travel bonuses. Instead, there are many low cost plans that will meet your requirements and reward your employees for their hard work, without breaking the bank.For instance, entities situated in Los Angeles, or other Southern California cities can opt for incentive travel that is a bit closer to home and much more low cost than overstated, exotic trips. Two- to four-day incentive cruise that stop in San Diego and popular Mexican ports deliver many cost effective options for corporate travel. Alternate itineraries offer weekend trips to Solvang or Santa Barbara, or train trips up the West coast.Other companies based on the East coast can opt for an all inclusive cruise meeting that departs from New York for ports of call in New England, Nova Scotia or Bermuda. For those closer to Florida, the ports of Fort Lauderdale and Miami provide wonderful opportunities to see the Caribbean, Mexico as well as ports in Central and South America.Companies that are situated in Seattle, Tacoma or the Greater Puget Sound region also have a broad variety of cost effective incentive travel choices. Amtrak offers special train travel plans to the popular town of Leavenworth at selected times of the year and has regularly scheduled service to Vancouver, Canada. Seattle also has a major cruise seaport with cruise lines offering two- to four-day cruises to Victoria Island and Vancouver, or to ports of call along the coast to San Francisco, California.These, clearly, are just a small number of choices that are existing for these three major urban regions, but regardless of where your company is situated, there are low cost incentive travel plans available that will aid you in showing your appreciation to employees and encourage high productivity, while helping you stay within your allotted travel budget.An all inclusive group cruise event can save you up to 40% compared to land based venues since so much is included. Meals, meeting rooms, A/V, coffee breaks, activities, entertainment and even room service are part of the all-inclusive cruise fare.
