Reference: See hereWhen Bert Lurch goes on a business trip to New Delhi in November, he plans first to spend a couple of days hanging out in Dubai.
⁘I hear some hotels give extreme discounts because they know people [on their way to New Delhi] like to stop in Dubai,⁘ said the 50-year-old Elmont resident. ⁘I've heard a lot about Dubai, and I'd like to take in the culture. I plan to visit any tourist-related areas there.⁘
Lurch, owner of the E Central Medical Management medical billing company in New Hyde Park, might even take someone with him.
⁘I may bring a friend who's been a consultant with the company for about 15 years,⁘ Lurch said. ⁘Because I'm so time-restricted, I think it's important for me to blend in some leisure if I'm going on a business trip. I don't have the opportunity to take two one-week vacations.⁘
Lurch is among an increasing number of working people doing ⁘bleisure⁘ travel — the term is a fusion of the words ⁘business⁘ and ⁘leisure.⁘ Typically they're adding time at the beginning or end of a business trip for leisure activities, or they might travel to a destination for business, and then extend their stay to work remotely for perhaps weeks.
Others might add an unplanned bleisure element to their business trip. This type of travel is budget-friendly too, since the cost of getting the business person to the business destination is paid by the company or employer.
⁘The concept of bleisure travel has been around for years — probably since the very first business traveler decided to add a weekend stay after attending a conference or event, but it underwent a renaissance during the pandemic,⁘ explained Debbie Iannaci, vice president of communications and research for the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA). ⁘The combination of increased flexibility in work locations, work-from-home fatigue and rethinking priorities, has resulted in greater desire for blended travel and there is more opportunity to have that occur.⁘
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