Playbooks for planning your
best team travel.
Key insights and tips for best practice on team travel from our experts at Workgrounds.
Planning a Work-Free Week: One Chief of Staff’s Unique Approach to Team Gatherings
storyarb Chief of Staff Lauren Layton planned a work-free week for the full team — with a secluded venue, on-site activities, and a budget under $75k for 16 people. Here’s how she did it.
Food and Beverage Minimums: Everything You Need to Know About F&B When Booking Hotel Meeting Spaces and Room Blocks
Food and beverage (F&B) minimums are one of the most important (and often misunderstood) components of booking a company gathering at a hotel. Here’s everything organizers need to know.
How Lithic Turns $1M+ in Company Gatherings Into Strategic Business Wins
Morgan Stanley, Lithic's Head of People, shares her 4-step process for turning $1M+ in company gatherings into strategic business wins with structured events, transparent budgeting, and intentional design.
How PebblePost Completed 2 Months of Problem-Solving Work in 2 Hours
Discover how PebblePost's annual team meeting drives results throughout the year with strategic planning, collaboration, and actionable outcomes.
How to Get Real ROI From Your Next Team Gathering
You have two goals when planning in-person gatherings: strengthen team culture and have real ROI attached. Learn the PAPER Framework for transforming events from expensive costs to revenue AND culture-driving investments.
How to Plan Multi-Stakeholder Conferences Without the Chaos
When you're planning a user conference, it can feel like you're trying to be a mind reader, logistics coordinator, and brand ambassador all at once. Learn how to run smooth user conferences that keep everyone happy.
The MATCH Framework: Turning Team Events Into Revenue Drivers
When your teams are spread out, the bottom line can look better. At first, at least. Learn the MATCH framework for turning team gatherings into strategic business tools.
The Hidden Cost of Unstrategic Team Gatherings (And How to Fix It)
Most companies plan team gatherings completely backwards. They start with 'Wouldn't it be nice if everyone got together?' instead of 'What specific business problem are we trying to solve?'
Perfect Hotel RFPs: Insight from Both Sides of the Negotiation Table
There's a huge breakdown in comms between corporate planners and hotels. Learn the insider approach to getting better rates and making hidden fees disappear.
How Sidecar Health Transformed Their SKO Team Gathering Experience
When Sidecar Health CMO Kevin Knight needed to bring his sales and marketing team together, he faced the classic team travel paradox: these gatherings are absolutely essential, but organizing them is painfully inefficient.
Connection is Everything: The Case for Intentional In-Person Events
You know when you're stuck on a problem, shooting emails and Slacks back and forth all day, and then you grab coffee with a coworker and suddenly figure it out? That's what happens when people talk face-to-face.
The Power of In-Person Collaboration — and How To Bring People Together
Planning a trip is way less fun than being on one. And planning a work trip is way more work than it should be. Learn how to bring your team together without the logistical nightmares.
Repeat Founder Duo Raises $2.6M and Launches Workgrounds
Nikhil Sethi & Garrett Ullom have raised $2.6M for Workgrounds, solving hotel room block management for group bookings with AI automation.