The work and travel method is predicted to become a trend, especially during the pandemic.
Workation is a combination of "work" and "vacation" (holiday). The two concepts of work and vacation can never seem to come together, the former can be frustrating for many people because it blurs the line between work and relaxation. But workation has now become the solution for those who are passionate about moving and still want to secure their jobs. Young travel bloggers are the ones who have successfully applied this method.
'Work is very important, discovering a new land is equally important'
Travel blogger Mavis Vi Vu Ky, real name Nguyen Khanh Hoang Anh, born in 1997, currently has two main jobs: creating tourism content and creating tourism content. Marketing and communication specialist of a multinational company. She started working on a regular basis a year ago when she was transferred to the regional department and team members worked remotely on many continents. She doesn't have to go directly to the office much.
The biggest difficulty that female bloggers face is how to balance work productivity and enjoy the travel atmosphere. "For me, responsibility for work is very important, and it is equally important to wholeheartedly explore a new land," Hoang Anh shared.
Hoang Anh has memorable experiences when doing workation. Photo: Mavis Vi Vu Ky
While working and traveling, sometimes the young girl has to face many unforgettable experiences: "If she planned to run here and there to explore, she had to have an urgent meeting, or had an unexpected project. . Sometimes working in remote places will lack the signal, the network will be unstable." Hoang Anh's most memorable work experience was bringing his laptop to Ta Xua (Son La). The cold weather caused the keyboard to be paralyzed, including the key in the password, so the girl could not open it. Fortunately, the laptop was saved when she used the dryer.
Since starting work, Hoang Anh has found that life has become richer because he is not attached to the office and the city. Young girls have the opportunity to go, explore and experience more than before. Also from workation, Hoang Anh has more lessons for himself, especially how to manage work, arrange time, and balance many things in life. "My income has not decreased, on the other hand, because the working time is also relatively flexible, I can do more to create travel content, sometimes take freelance jobs to add income."
Has been doing work for a while, but recently Hoang Anh is also strongly inspired by a Japanese friend. This person often combines work and travel for many years, has set foot in 41 countries and is working in Vietnam.
Sharing the secrets to implementing workation, Hoang Anh said that you should always work effectively and create trust and prestige for your boss and department, learn the company culture carefully and ask about the policies one by one. skillful way. During workation, spend at least the first 5 minutes of the day planning and organizing your time, make sure you get the work done early, there's still time to work. And do a thorough research on Internet problems where you're going.
"I think, this method of workation has no age restriction. You just need to have a laptop, suitable working conditions and love for travel. The right occupations for workation are those that work with computers. Occupations that are difficult to have the opportunity to work can be combined with long-distance business trips", Hoang Anh shared and believes that workation is one of the tourism trends of the future.
'Instead of working from home, try working from another country'
Ly Thanh Co reconciles work and travel. He has never had a salary reduction when applying workation, even received a raise and promotion due to good performance at work. Photo: Ly Thanh Co
Ly Thanh Co, born in 1992, works in marketing and is currently a creative director for a brand in Ho Chi Minh City. He is an influential travel blogger who has produced 3 books on travel, consecutively from 2018 to 2020. Co shared, he has been living with workation since 2014.
According to Ly Thanh Co, workation is a trend suitable for all ages but not for all professions. For example, it will be difficult for you to work when doing jobs such as doctors, engineers, lawyers, need to be present at the office. "You will work more easily when doing creative work. Many people often go to cafes to find more comfortable and open working spaces. But instead of coffee shops, Co chooses to go. another country, another place, but still get the job done," he said.
In order to carry out the workation, Co often arranges long trips, informing the company about 3-4 months in advance, from which he can choose the time frame in which he will work according to the location he is going to. For example, if you go to Europe, the time is about 6-7 hours from Vietnam. Co said, workation is an experience that not everyone can do, but if you are really good at your job and can manage it remotely, you should try it. "Recently, many people are used to working from home. If you have experience, instead of working from home, try working in another country." Sharing mechanism.
'Travel helps sales'
Nguyen Khai Trung, born in 1997, lives in Hanoi, works as a travel blogger and does an online business. He said that the peculiarity of an online business is that there is no need to sit in one place, even if you are far away, even moving on the road, you can still sell and handle everything. Sometimes, travel also helps with sales: taking photos of products that need a beautiful background, going to the provinces to deliver goods, picking up goods, making business connections...
However, workation is both an advantage and a challenge. hesitate. At the beginning, Trung did not know how to balance work and travel. Known as a travel blogger in the direction of backpacking, often having to ride a motorbike for long distances, sometimes Trung doesn't hold his phone, or the phone loses signal, causing delays, confusion, and trips. no income. Once while on a backpacking trip, Trung had to drive a motorbike 500 km from Lai Chau to Hanoi urgently in a day.
Doing two things at once makes Khai Trung quite busy, but in return after stress, he can relax through the beautiful scenery, from which he is more inspired to work. At first, the income was somewhat lower than the local business, later when the balance was known, it stabilized, Trung's income increased. "In my opinion, this tourism trend has been paid more attention during the epidemic. After social distancing and many restrictions on movement, many people are forced to get used to working remotely," Trung stated.
Workation of blogger Nguyen Khai Trung is a combination of business and travel. Photo: Nguyen Khai Trung
After the pandemic, in addition to workation, many tourism methods and definitions are known and interested by more people. People are used to working remotely and the next time may be the trend of workation, besides staycation (holiday in place) is applied by many people when the movement between localities is still limited.
