Where Travel Fits in Board Member Compensation
Boards expect to be paid well, and they should be. Strong directors bring expertise, judgment, and reputational weight that companies compete hard to attract. A solid board member compensation package typically covers cash retainers, equity, committee fees, and travel reimbursement for the time directors spend showing up. If you own those decisions, you’ve already built […]
Where Experiential Travel Fits in Executive Compensation Planning
Every serious conversation about executive compensation planning eventually runs into the same ceiling. You’ve benchmarked salary, structured the bonus, and layered in equity. The standard package is table stakes, but when two offers are close, something must tip the decision. The basics of executive compensation planning If you’re designing executive compensation at this level, you […]
Why Travel Belongs in Your Corporate Wellness Program
Many corporate wellness programs share a common limitation: they ask employees to recover in the same environment that’s exhausting them. A meditation app at the end of a long workday is still a workday. A step-counter challenge is still a task. Individual travel removes that constraint entirely. It takes a person out of the context […]
Ask These Four Questions When Evaluating Incentive Travel Companies
If you’ve been handed the task of finding an incentive travel company, you probably have a short timeline, a budget to work within, and a boss who expects you to come back with something solid. The good news: the right incentive travel companies make this evaluation straightforward. The differences between vendors, though, matter for your […]
5 Tips for Designing Sales Incentive Travel Programs
Sales teams are expensive to build and expensive to lose. The sales incentive structure you put around them determines who stays, who pushes, and who quietly coasts. Incentive travel programs, when structured well, are one of the most effective tools in that stack. Here is how to build a program that earns its budget line. […]