Free Travel Clubs - An easy employee engagement win!
For companies and employees alike, the recession is hitting pockets hard, encouraging everyone to reassess how they can make the most of their budget. A likely response is to cut back on spending and when it comes to employee rewards, benefits and incentives, many companies have had to review their offering.
But cutting back on benefits is only likely to lead to a disengaged workforce, declining productivity and an increase in sickness absence levels. So how can you make your workforce happy without spending a huge amount of money in your efforts to increase engagement and efficiency?
Travel clubs are one solution that can be offered to employees free of charge. Capital World Travel Club from Accor Services for example, can be quickly and cost-effectively implemented and as employees start to think about their summer holidays, it's the perfect time to incorporate it into your employee benefits offering.
Travel club members are entitled to a wide range of guaranteed discounts on worldwide holidays from ABTA operators, as well as other benefits, including:
- Monthly offers from specific retailers, such as, 7% off all Virgin and Thomas Cook holidays
- Access to late availability holidays
- Discounted rates on car hire and airport parking
- No surcharges when paying by credit card - saving individuals
up to 4%
Employees can also access a dedicated team of experienced travel consultants who specialise in areas such as skiing, cruises and Australasia tours. This ensures employees can source a highly professional and value-for-money holiday service through you, highlighting that you acknowledge household budgets are under pressure and that you want employees to make the most of their time away from the office.
Travel Clubs are an excellent way of increasing the range of benefits you offer for very little investment. Not only can they provide an edge to your standard benefits packages, but they can also be an extremely beneficial tool when recruiting the best, as well as increasing levels of loyalty and staff retention generally.
The individual corporate branding that is available through Capital World Travel Clubs can again help to strengthen the relationship between you and your people. By incorporating your logo on all of the marketing literature, and with company specific telephone lines, employees can also feel a positive link between the service and the employer.
Andy Philpott, marketing director at Accor Services says, “In today's tough trading environment, employers want people who will go the extra mile and engage with their organisation, their peers and their job. On the flip side, employees want to work for fulfilling and rewarding organisations that recognise the difficulties they're facing at the moment.”
So whilst the weather is getting hotter, and summer is rapidly approaching, why not introduce a travel club for your company? After all, a relaxed and rested workforce leads to an engaged and profitable company.
What do I do next?
Setting up a travel club with Capital World Travel is easy.
- Simply get in touch with Capital World Travel. All they require is a primary contact who will be emailed holiday & travel offers each month, which can then be forwarded onto your employees.
- Capital World Travel can help with a launch email for you to send to employees in advance of the first offers email.
- If you would like to operate your scheme with your own branding throughout the communication process then discuss your requirements with Capital World Travel who can agree an implementation plan with you.
