工作旅行：實現全職工作者的旅遊夢
Before you decide that taking a workation would be the equivalent of committing job suicide, consider these facts:
在你懷疑工作旅行會不會毀了你的職業生涯時，你可以看看以下一些研究結果：
Research has found that multi-cultural experiences and exotic surroundings generate more inspired and creative work.
研究發現，擁有多種不同文化經驗外國背景的員工在創造性工作上更勝一籌。
Workations decrease stress, which increases productivity and leads to fewer sick days.
工作旅行可以緩解壓力，提高效率，減少請病假的天數。
As long as you do it right, a workation could very well improve your performance. Here are six of my personal tips to help get you on the road to work-travel bliss.
只要你做得好，工作旅行還能提高你的工作表現。以下就是我個人的六點心得，可以幫助你好好地踏上工作旅行的道路。
1. Take Stock of Your Job
1.評估下你的工作特點
If you do have a job that can be done mostly by computer or phone, you should try to fit workations -- even just one every year or two -- into your life. As for work tasks that need to be done in person, most can be accomplished virtually on a temporary basis, such as face-to-face meetings via Skype or conference calls conducted using speakerphone.
如果你的工作有大量的時間需要和電腦和電話打交道，那麼你很有希望可以實現工作旅行，哪怕只是一兩年一次也行。如果你需要面對面的時間比較多，使用網絡就可以解決大多數問題。比如說，通過Skype就可以進行視頻會議，或者打開免提來參加會議討論。
2. Prepare Before Talking to Your Boss
2. 和老闆攤牌前好好準備
First, try to schedule a workation for times that work best with your office schedule, such as a slow month. Or look at tacking a workation onto a work conference or some other event that requires travel, so you can spend a few extra days workationing before or after the work trip.
首先，你要選對時間，最好在工作的淡季，大家都不是很忙碌的時候，或者你本身就需要去某些地方出差的時候，那麼稍微多呆幾天，賞賞風景就變得比較自然。
Once you pinpoint a good time, draft a plan to make your workation go as smoothly as possible. It should account for any necessary meetings, time zone differences and your ability to stay in touch. If needed, plan to also work during the hours that you normally spend commuting. And try to propose the idea of a workation to your manager right after you've delivered on an important goal -- no boss will grant a workation to an employee who isn't performing well.
當你選好了時間，就需要準備一個儘可能完善的工作旅行計劃，要把會議、時差和能否及時取得聯繫等都考慮進去。如果需要，你可以提出在路上稍微做點工作，最好是在你完成了一個重大的工作目標後再提出想要去工作旅行的計劃。畢竟沒有一個老闆會願意讓一個工作表現不佳的員工去旅行。
3. Choose a Vacation-Worthy Destination
3. 選對目的地
Now for the fun part. If you aren't tied to a specific location due to a work event, then pick a destination that excites you.
現在就是最有趣的部分了。如果你不是因爲工作原因要去一個指定的地方的話，那你一定要選一個自己感興趣的目的地。
Our general schedule is to spend four to six weeks at home, regrouping and conducting in-person work, and then head on a two- to four-week workation. This allows us to conduct necessary face-to-face business, and get out of town.
我們一般的計劃是在所居住的城市花4-6周，再花2-4周去工作旅行。這樣我們就可以完成必要的工作見面，也能出去玩了。4. Organize Communication Methods
4. 確保通訊暢通
Technology is essential for seamless workations, so make sure that your destination has speedy Internet access. And coordinate with your office on which technologies you will need to use to keep in touch, like attending meetings via video and conducting conference calls on Skype.
必要的科技工具可以確保你的工作旅行順暢無虞。所以，要保證你的旅行目的地可以高速聯網。你還要和公司協商好需要攜帶哪些設備以確保可以隨時取得聯繫，比如通過視頻或Skype來參加會議。
5. Travel Affordably
5. 旅行預算
Workations don't need to break the bank. Consider swapping your apartment with a fellow traveler to save on hotel can also rent out your own home to cover housing costs and earn extra travel money.
工作旅行比不意味着會導致你銀行賬戶破產。你可以考慮和其他的旅客交換住房來節省住店費用。你也可以出租你的房子，獲得的房租可以來付旅行的房費和其他旅行費用。
6. Balance Work With Vacation
6. 工作旅行兩不誤
Be sure to spend evenings and time on the weekends away from the computer, so you actually get refreshed by your new surroundings.
在晚上和雙休日，就遠離電腦吧。這樣你才能從新的環境中恢復過來。
Although workations can help you feel rejuvenated, it's also important to take full work-free vacations, which are essential for our minds and bodies to rest.
儘管工作旅行可以幫助你重獲新生，真正的假期也是很重要的。只有在休假期間，你的身心才都能得到放鬆。
