Harvest Hosts and Escapees RV Club Marketing Off-Site Retreat
TL;DR The Harvest Hosts Marketing Team and the Escapees RV Club’s Event, Magazine, Design, Marketing, and Education Teams met up in person for a few days for the benefits of creating connections and bringing the best to the membership of each club.
The end of October had the Harvest Hosts Marketing Team and the Escapees RV Club's Event, Magazine, Design, Marketing, and Education Teams coming together for a few days to get to know each other in a relaxed atmosphere to talk about the future of the Escapees RV Club and plan how we’ll collaborate to bring our best for the members of each organization.
Day One:
Being a 100% remote workforce, most of us had already met via Zoom calls since Harvest Hosts’ acquisition of the Escapees RV Club. But meeting in person is always so much better! We just don’t see each other in person very often when we’re all spread out across the country and why we all need these retreats every so often.
The Escapees group shared hugs with each other separately and the Harvest Hosts folks did the same. Not surprisingly, there were then more hugs passed around as we reintroduced ourselves and mingled around the room on the first day, realizing that this collaboration is going to be a strong one between two very dedicated teams.
After everyone had some time to settle into their accommodations, we met back up for games and icebreakers. While we didn’t have to do any trust falls (iykyk), there were a couple of other games to help us get to know each other even better. We learned about each others’ personality types and what our guilty pleasure song choices were. The laughter was contagious as we tried to match the person with the music and stories told about each song choice. Even people who knew each other were surprised by some of the facts they found out!
Sharing a meal meant we got to just relax and have those casual conversations about ourselves with those seated near us. We laughed some more, asked more questions about each other, and simply became more acquainted. As people finished eating, the ping pong table attracted some as others wandered around together in the lodge as new friends and colleagues.
At the end of the first night, a group gathered around the campfire outside to roast marshmallows and make s’mores. By then the jokes were plentiful and flowed freely as we all became comfortable with each other. We knew this was going to be a fun team of professionals to work with.