Campsited launches 'Open Air Work from Anywhere' programme

Employees can choose to work from a variety of countries, including France, Italy, and Spain, for one to twelve weeks at a time. 

Properties are vetted for Wi-Fi availability and suitable working and living amenities and Campsited offers e-sim mobile data packages for employees to use to minimise data roaming costs.

In France, employees have the option of staying in a mobile home close to the seaside Saint Cyprien, near the Spanish border, and in Italy, employees can stay in a chalet or lodge on the Italian Riviera. Employees can stay in the Catalonia region of Spain just a few kilometres from the sandy beaches of the Costa Dorada. 

The Dublin-headquartered company will shortly extend the programme adding properties in both the U.S and South Africa.

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The programme, which works on a subscription model, follows the growth of remote and flexible working policies since the pandemic.

Participating employers pay a subscription fee for each participating employee. Campsited will manage the booking process, from initial query to booking.

The employee will pay the cost of the stay, but all stays are discounted as part of the programme.                                               
Finan O’Donoghue, Founder & CEO of Campsited, said: “The programme is something we are all very proud of at Campsited. By focusing on flexible working, we extend the wonderful open-air experience to people who want to get out of the house or city and closer to nature. Not to mention the well-documented health and well-being benefits that time closer to nature offers to companies for their employees. 

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“We are working with global thought leader and academic in remote work, Rowena Hennigan, to help us further develop our Open-Air Work from Anywhere programme to benefit all of our community, be it individuals, groups of employees or families. We are all very excited by it!
 
“The added benefit for our established network of more than 270,000 accommodation sites is a boost in demand outside of peak season.”

One of Campsited’s first corporate clients adopting the programme is outsourced call centre service provider Zevas, which is looking to support the physical and mental wellbeing of employees already working remotely by providing the opportunity for them to live in and experience another country.

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John O’Sullivan, COO of Zevas, added: "Two years ago we were compelled by global circumstances to quickly move our workforce to remote working. As a multilingual global contact centre we have employees from many European countries who are now dispersed across Ireland, the UK and a number of European continental countries.
 
“We have tried many engagement efforts with our workforce to promote health and wellbeing. The Campsited ‘Open Air Work from Anywhere’ programme gives us a significant opportunity to positively benefit employees with an exciting and affordable way to work, travel and undertake new experiences simultaneously."