Five tips to help you rock bleisure travel during the summer
Short on leave? This is how you make the most of your business/pleasure travel.
With Christmas Day falling on a Sunday this year, we lose out on one less, paid public holiday. Ouch! This means that while you’re hankering after a summer getaway, you could find yourself both low on leave and stressing over the current sky-high prices for airfares. Wouldn’t it be amazing to find a way to have someone else foot the bill for your flights? Enter bleisure travel!
Imagine a weekend down the coast after catching up with clients in Cape Town. Or spending a few days after a business meeting with the ex-pat family in London. With these tips from Corporate Traveller, you can make it happen:
- Business first, bike later
Got a business trip planned for Cape Town? An international break may not be in your budget this year, but you can experience a small taste of France in the Western Cape’s Franschhoek – only an hour from the Mother City. Burn off the stress of your weekday meetings with a mountain bike tour through the vineyards with a Bikes ‘n Wines tour.
- Take a slow trip home
Heading to Durbs for a meeting? Make the return trip luxe and slow. Rovos Rail Tours offers a two- day “safari” between Durban and Pretoria. The 800km ride includes battlefield excursions, a game drive and meandering in the Midlands.
- Avoid crowded airports
Doing business in Europe? For your weekend break, you can avoid the chaos of international terminals like Heathrow, by hopping onto a plane at London City Airport. A couple of hours later, you could be skiing in France.
