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The offsite, handled.
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The offsite
The first night opens on a rooftop over El Poblado — the valley lights climbing the hills, a long table for thirty, the team finally in one place instead of thirty squares on a screen. The next morning the room is sharp and caffeinated, and by lunch you've shipped the three decisions that have been stuck in Slack for a quarter. On the reward day you trade the city for the green hills near Guatapé, where the water goes still and the only thing on the agenda is the team catching its breath.
One base hotel with a real meeting room, walkable nightlife at the door, and a city that's cheap to fly into and punches far above its cost. Your people sleep, meet, and eat in one place — so the days hold together instead of scattering across a map.
Lock these early
- The venue + meeting space — the good ones book 3+ months out; the room that holds a real plenary goes first. Venue + meeting room in your plan
- The group flight block — one block, held before fares climb and seats split across cabins. Fare block + timing in your plan
- The reward-day operator — the one that runs the hills well, on the day that lands. Operator + day in your plan
- The welcome-dinner room — the rooftop table that actually seats thirty over El Poblado. Room + table in your plan
Your objectives
Strategy, bonding and a reward — balanced so no one burns out. A morning that ships decisions, an afternoon that pulls the team together, and a day that pays everyone back for the year. We pace all three so the trip lands as one arc, not a checklist.
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Getting there
Your team flies in from three common hubs into Medellín (MDE). Prices are per-person round-trip, booked as one group block.
A direct run down for the east-coast contingent — no connection, no missed-bag risk on a tight first night.
Carrier + routing in your planOne stop for the central and west-coast team — timed so everyone arrives the same afternoon for the welcome dinner.
Carrier + routing in your planGroup fares + name changes are handled as one block — in your plan.
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The venue
One venue for sleep, sessions and meals — so the team never scatters between a hotel, a conference room across town and a restaurant a cab ride away. We name it, with the live rate, in your plan.
Our pick — a real meeting room for the plenary, a rooftop for the welcome dinner, and the nightlife of El Poblado on foot. Thirty rooms held under one rate.
Hotel + group rate in your planA larger plenary room with production-grade A/V built in — the call if your sessions need a stage, screens and breakout rooms.
Hotel + group rate in your planBuy out a villa in the hills and the whole team has the place to itself — meals, sessions and downtime under one roof, no outside guests.
Villa + buyout rate in your plan
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The math
What "Northbeam" was about to pay booking it themselves, versus the Travel Hack plan — same offsite, 30 people, 4 days / 3 nights, all-cash.
| Line item | DIY | Travel Hack |
|---|---|---|
| Group flights (30, RT) | $13,500 | $11,400 |
| Venue — 30 rooms × 3 nights + meeting space | $24,300 | $19,800 |
| Ground transport (airport + activities) | $3,600 | $2,700 |
| Activities + team dinners | $9,000 | $7,200 |
| Total | $50,400 | $41,100 |
| Saved | $9,300 | |
Offsite planning from $1,500 — net savings still $7,800.
Where the gaps come from: a group fare individuals can't book on their own, a venue rate with the meeting space folded in, ground transport contracted as one block, and a reward day booked direct instead of through a reseller. The full version of this document shows every line.
"They found us a boutique hotel that wasn't on any booking site. Half the price of what I was about to pay. Worth every penny."
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Day-by-day
| Day | When | Theme | Anchor |
|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | Thu | Arrival | Airport pickups as the team lands, check-in at one base, then a rooftop welcome dinner over El Poblado — thirty people, one long table, the year's first night together. (Room locked.) |
| D2 | Fri | Strategy + city | A plenary in the morning that ships the stuck decisions, then Comuna 13 and a street-food walk with a local in the afternoon, capped by a team dinner. (Guide + table locked.) |
| D3 | Sat | Reward day | Out to the green hills near Guatapé — the rock, a lakeside lunch, and a free evening for the team to spend its own way. (Operator + day locked.) |
| D4 | Sun | Wrap + fly home | A closing session to land the week's decisions, a late checkout, and transfers back to MDE as a single block. (Transfers locked.) |
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Two days, up close
Day 2 — the strategy-and-city day
The morning is the one that earns the whole trip. The room is set before anyone walks in, the A/V works on the first try, and the agenda is built to close decisions instead of opening tabs — by lunch the quarter's stuck calls are made. Then the afternoon flips the energy: you take the team up into Comuna 13, where the escalators climb past murals that tell the neighborhood's own story, and a local walks you through it with street food at every landing. The team comes back loud, fed, and closer than it left.
Without a local partner: you book a downtown hotel with no real meeting room, lose a morning to bad A/V, and march 30 people through the tourist version of Comuna 13. Our plan names the room that works, the guide who shows the real story, and the table that holds 30.
Room, guide & table in your plan
Day 3 — the reward day
This is the day the team finally exhales. You leave the city behind for the green hills near Guatapé — the water flat and bright, the rock waiting for whoever wants the climb, and a lakeside lunch with no laptops in sight. It runs on getting two things right: the operator who handles thirty people without it feeling like a tour, and the timing that beats the crowds to the water.
Without a local partner: you hire the wrong operator, arrive when every other bus does, and spend the reward day in lines instead of on the lake. Our plan names the operator who runs it well and the timing that keeps the day yours.
Operator & timing in your plan
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What we handle
- The venue + meeting space — the good rooms book 3+ months out; we hold yours the day your dates lock.
- One group flight block — one invoice, name changes absorbed, the whole team ticketed together instead of thirty separate bookings.
- Ground transport as a single contract — airport pickups, the city day and the reward day moved as one block, not thirty taxis.
- Dietary for 30, across every meal — allergies and preferences handled with each venue before the team arrives.
- A reward day that lands — the right operator on the right day, timed so the team gets the hills, not the lines.
- One point of contact, one document — a single advisor and a single booking-ready plan, from brief to wheels-up.
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What's included
- Everything this sample holds back — the venue named with its live group rate, the exact flights and when to buy them, the reward-day operator and the welcome-dinner room, every booking link, and the day-by-day timed to the hour.
- Named venue + live group rate — the hotel, the meeting space and the rate held under one block.
- Exact flights + buy-timing — the carriers, the routings, and the day to lock the group fare.
- One invoice — flights, venue, ground and activities settled as a single bill.
- Advisor on-call during the trip — a real person reachable while your team is on the ground.
- Planning from $1,500 — net savings on this sample still $7,800.
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