I think this is a phenomenal team building exercise, even if your entire team normally works from the same office.
Being in a place other than home removes all sorts of distractions from your regular life and you can focus on (a) work and (b) spending time getting to know your teammates, if that sort of thing is important to you.
Question: do you have rough guesstimate on what this sort of thing will cost per person, after all is said and done?
I'm guessing:
1000 airfare + 200/night/4 people for lodging + 50/person/day for food + 50/person/day for entertainment/booze ==
$12k for a 4 person team to go to spain from Chicago for 10 days? Is that about fair?
We've found it to be a lot less than that generally - almost half your estimates.
[Edit] re-reading, I think your flight costs are accurate from Chicago to Spain. They are less for us because half the team travelled from London. If you are all in Chicago, you should go to Canada or Mexico or Central America - lower cost to achieve the same goal.
You arguably don't have to go that far from home I guess - depending on where you live - just needs to be "away" and a great place (and have great Internet!)
That was my thought, this sounds like a great idea, but definitely seems a little pricey for a startup, would love to know the numbers (maybe the increased productivity is worth it)
Being in a place other than home removes all sorts of distractions from your regular life and you can focus on (a) work and (b) spending time getting to know your teammates, if that sort of thing is important to you.
Question: do you have rough guesstimate on what this sort of thing will cost per person, after all is said and done?
I'm guessing: 1000 airfare + 200/night/4 people for lodging + 50/person/day for food + 50/person/day for entertainment/booze ==
$12k for a 4 person team to go to spain from Chicago for 10 days? Is that about fair?