How to Boost Employee Satisfaction Through Travel Perks

In today's competitive job market, retaining top talent and enhancing employee satisfaction is paramount for businesses striving to thrive. One effective strategy that has gained prominence in recent years is offering travel perks to employees. In this article, we will delve into the various ways organizations can boost employee satisfaction through travel perks, exploring the benefits, strategies, and implementation considerations. Additionally, we'll introduce Sanctifly's Corporate Plan, starting at only $1.00 per traveler a month, which provides individual access to a myriad of health and travel wellness benefits on every business trip, including access to over 600 airport lounges like Plaza Premium, No.1., Escape, Air France, Virgin Atlantic, and many more.

Benefits of Travel Perks for Employee Satisfaction:

Enhancing Work-Life Balance: Travel perks such as flexible work schedules or remote work options allow employees to strike a balance between their professional and personal lives. This equilibrium contributes to reduced stress levels and higher job satisfaction.

Increasing Motivation: Providing travel incentives can serve as a powerful motivational tool. Employees are more likely to be engaged and enthusiastic about their work when they have exciting travel opportunities to look forward to.

Fostering Team Building: Team building is essential for a harmonious workplace. Companies can organize team-building retreats or off-site meetings at unique travel destinations, creating stronger bonds among employees.

Attracting Top Talent: Offering enticing travel perks can make a company more attractive to potential employees. It sets an organization apart in the job market and can be a decisive factor for candidates when choosing their employer.

Sanctifly's Corporate Monthly Plan

Sanctifly's Corporate Plan is a game-changer for businesses aiming to boost employee satisfaction through travel perks. Starting at only $1.00 per traveler a month, this plan offers individual access to a wealth of health and travel wellness benefits on every trip. Imagine your team members enjoying the benefits of access to over 2000 prestigious airport lounges, including Plaza Premium, No.1., Escape, Air France, Virgin Atlantic, and the list goes on.

With Sanctifly, you can effortlessly enhance your travel perks program, providing your employees with an unparalleled travel experience that includes relaxation, comfort, and wellness. Click here to get an exact quotation for your team and details on all the benefits they can get with Sanctifly.

Strategies for Implementing Travel Perks

Customized Travel Packages: Tailor travel perks to individual employee preferences. Some might prefer exotic vacations, while others might value the simplicity of weekend getaways. Personalization ensures the perks are meaningful to each employee.

Points-Based Reward Systems: Implement a points-based system where employees accrue points for achieving certain milestones or goals. They can then redeem these points for travel-related rewards like airline tickets, hotel stays, or even travel vouchers.

Collaboration with Travel Partners: Collaborate with travel agencies, airlines, or hotel chains to secure discounts or exclusive deals for your employees. These partnerships can make travel perks more cost-effective for the company while providing greater value to the employees.

Travel Stipends or Allowances: Provide employees with a stipend or allowance that they can use for travel expenses of their choice. This approach gives them flexibility and control over their travel experiences.

Considerations for Successful Implementation

Clear Communication: Ensure that employees understand the travel perks available to them and the criteria for eligibility. Transparent communication prevents misunderstandings and promotes engagement.

Budget Allocation: Allocate a specific budget for travel perks and regularly review its effectiveness. Adjust the budget as needed to maintain a balance between employee satisfaction and the company's financial health.

Feedback Mechanism: Establish a feedback mechanism to gather insights from employees about their travel experiences. Their input can help refine the travel perks program and make it more appealing over time.

Legal and Tax Compliance: Comply with relevant legal and tax regulations when providing travel perks to employees. Consult with legal and financial experts to ensure the program is in line with regulations.

Investing intravel perks for employees is a strategic move that can significantly boost job satisfaction and contribute to overall organizational success. By offering personalized perks, implementing effective strategies, and addressing key considerations, businesses can create a workplace that not only attracts top talent but also keeps them engaged, motivated, and satisfied. Plus, with Sanctifly's Corporate Plan starting at just $1.00 per traveler a month, the sky's the limit when it comes to enhancing your employees' travel experiences. Click here to get an exact quotation for your team today.

Sanctifly Pivots To Welcome Leisure Travelers

Sanctifly: The essential travel companion for 2021 and beyond

While 2020 has been a tough year for everyone in the travel industry, with airports left empty and business travel at a standstill, we at Sanctifly are looking to the future. Our team has not spent this quiet time waiting and hoping for a return to normal, but instead we have been working on improving our product and pivoting our offering to become the essential travel companion for 2021 and beyond. And it is needed now more than ever. If this year has thought us anything, health and wellness should be made a top priority. Travel is often focused on the destination and we accept that we need to struggle through the journey. We are on a mission to change that narrative and offer our members the opportunity to make the most of their travel downtime, whether they travel once a year or multiple times a month. Here are some of the changes and updates Sanctifly have been working on to help get ready for the next phase of travel.

We believe Travel Wellness should be for everybody.

The Sanctifly app was originally built for business travelers that fly a couple of times a month. Now we have altered our approach and expanded our offering to provide value to leisure travelers. Travel Wellness and the tools to build healthy travel habits are not just for those that travel frequently. We recently launched a new membership option that allows members to more easily pay for experiences as they go. Premium membership starts at just $75.00 per year and members can add points to their membership account whenever they need to. No longer solely focuses on travelers that fly multiple times a month, our new offering is perfect for leisure travelers that may only fly once or twice a year but still want to prioritize their health and wellness while on the road.

The recent upgrade to a points system also shows our dedication to expanding our offering. By making the booking system in the app more versatile we now have the option to add a more diverse range of facilities to the app including luggage storage, day rooms, workspaces and more.

But we are not just extending our offering, the team here at Sanctifly has also been hard at work to expand our content and become the go to app for travel tips, airport guides and post Covid travel advice. In the last few months the content offering in the app has more than doubled to include 100+ carefully curated airport guides, more wellness focuses fitness, food and meditation videos created by industry experts and 500+ free things to do at airports all over the world. Sanctifly aims to not only give our members access to wellness facilities but also become the ultimate tool in building better travel habits while on the road.

There are exciting times ahead for Sanctifly and our valued members. With new wellness partners being added to the app every month and more exclusive membership perks being launched in 2021, we are working toward becoming the essential travel companion for all travelers.

Sanctifly Partners With BCD Travel’s SolutionSource

Travel Wellness is becoming a top priority – Sanctifly partners with BCD Travel’s SolutionSource® to bring wellness options to travelers all over the world.

Sanctifly has recently partnered with leading travel management company BCD Travel to become the first Travel Wellness solution in BCD’s SolutionSource, a marketplace of authorized third-party solutions allowing clients to discover and integrate innovative technologies into their travel program.  

“We’re excited to add Sanctifly to the SolutionSource marketplace. We know business travel can take a toll on employees and often impacts their ability to perform their best. Traveler wellness continues to be an important topic, even more so in today’s world where travelers are focused on health, hygiene and easing the stress of traveling,” said Irina Matz, Sr. Director of SolutionSource at BCD Travel.

Sanctifly is the global provider of healthy, leisure and wellness alternatives for airport downtime. Through its membership app, Sanctifly collects and curates all the healthy alternatives when traveling, giving members exclusive access to airport hotel gym, pool, spa and lounge facilities without having to book a room. It is the essential companion for today’s traveler and is now available in BCD’s SolutionSource Marketplace.

The world of travel has changed dramatically in the last year. As we strive to navigate the new normal, Travel Wellness is becoming a necessary topic among travelers and travel managers. Karl Llewellyn, Sanctifly’s Founder and CEO said, ”Now, more than ever travelers want to stay safe and healthy while on the road and employers and travel managers are starting to take note. We are committed to being the go to Travel Wellness solution for business customers and an active partner in rebuilding traveler confidence.”

Sanctifly is now live on the SolutionSource Marketplace by BCD, you can find out more here.

For more information about Sanctifly visit the website.

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About Sanctifly

Sanctifly is the global provider of healthy alternatives to airport downtime. An app to guide, direct and give easy access to all things good for us when traveling. Sanctifly members get access to wellness, relaxation, fitness and leisure facilities at airports globally, including exclusive access to airport hotel gym and pool facilities without needing to book a room, plus unlimited access to travel wellness content and tips to help you to Travel Well. We believe that health and wellness should never be compromised by travel. By taking advantage of airport downtime, Sanctifly helps travelers to change their travel habits for the better. For more information, visit www.sanctifly.club.

About BCD Travel
BCD Travel helps companies make the most of what they spend on travel. We give travelers innovative tools that keep them safe and productive, and help them make good choices on the road. We partner with travel and procurement leaders to simplify the complexities of business travel, drive savings and satisfaction, and move whole companies toward their goals. In short, we help our clients travel smart and achieve more. We make this happen in 109 countries with almost 14,900 creative, committed and experienced people. And it’s how we maintain the industry’s most consistent client retention rate, with 2019 sales of US$27.5 billion. For more information, visit www.bcdtravel.com.

Introducing Sanctifly Points

What is happening?

We are changing Sanctifly ‘pass’ to Sanctifly ‘points’. Currently, your membership comes with a pass(es). These pass(es) are used to book premium activities in the Sanctifly app.

We are changing to a points system so that we can bring you more premium options! All existing passes in the Sanctifly app will be converted into points.

What’s the conversion rate?

1:100. If you have one pass in your account, you will now see 100 points instead.

How will the new points system work?

All the activities in the Sanctifly app will have a points value. You can easily see how many points the activity costs in the Sanctifly app.

All of the existing 2500 premium options will be given a 100 point value. Nothing will cost more. This change is to let us ADD more options, not adjust the ones that are already there.

When you book the activity, the points will be deducted from your account and we will send you an access code. If you need to buy more points, you can top up your account at any time.

For more details on what you can get for your points, check out our membership page.

What will happen to your membership and your passes?

Your membership will stay the same.

We will convert any passes you have in your account to points and you can use them to book your next activity.

When you want to top up your account, you will top it up with points instead of passes! You can buy as many points as you need, the more you buy the better deal you get.

Why are we doing this?

We are changing to points so we can bring you a greater variety of wellness options and access to more premium locations all over the world. More options, such as luggage storage, more travel wellness-related products such as Timeshifter, and access to more super-premium locations all over the world.

Moving to points means you get more from your Sanctifly membership.

“Points mean more options for you.
We can add more diverse activities and locations to the Sanctifly app so you can have an even better travel experience.”

Do you need to do anything?

No, you do not need to do anything. Your account will automatically convert to points on November 1st. We will take care of everything so you can focus on building those good travel habits.

Sanctifly pass price increase

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

The price for a Sanctifly pass will increase from $25 to $29 on February 14th. Here are some frequently asked questions:

What is a Sanctifly pass?

A Sanctifly pass gives a Sanctifly member access to any of our 2500 paid wellness locations all over the world. Sanctifly members purchase passes in the Sanctifly app which are then stored in their account. Members can then book into any of our wellness locations in the app and exchange a pass for a unique access code. This code gives them access to the locations and helps build a healthy travel routine.

Why is the price increasing?

Here at Sanctifly, we pride ourselves on providing access to the best wellness facilities at the best prices. We went through some big changes in the last year with the release of the new app, the addition of thousands of new wellness locations and the creation of hours of travel wellness content. In order to continue to bring you the best possible service and continue to grow we have decided to increase the price of Sanctifly passes. However we are confident even at $29 per pass we are still providing our members with the best offer on the market.

When will it happen?

On February 14th at 00:01 GMT the price of a Sanctifly pass will increase from $25 to $29. This price increase will affect all future pass purchases from that date.

Will is affect passes I have in my account?

No, any passes you have in your account will not be affected by this price increase. Those passes will still be valid to access any of our wellness locations. All passes are valid for use as long as you are a premium member. Any unused passes at the end of the annual membership term will be frozen and only made available upon payment of the membership fee.

Will this affect the price of my membership?

No, the price of Sanctifly memberships will not be increasing. The number of passes included in each membership type will also stay the same. You can find out more about the different membership types here.

Can I stock up on passes before the price increase?

Yes! Purchase passes before February 14th and you will only pay $25. These passes will stay in your account and can be used for any upcoming trips. Or, if you want an even better deal you can upgrade your membership. If you upgrade to Sanctifly Gold you will get 30 passes at only $16.50 each!

If you have any questions about the price increase please email our support line on hello@sanctifly.club.

Travel Well,

Team Sanctifly

Talking travel wellness and healthy business travel in Madrid

Talking travel wellness and healthy business travel in Madrid

This was Sanctifly’s first experience at the legendary South Summit event in Madrid, Spain, and it did not disappoint.  We were delighted to be a top 100 finalist, selected from thousands of tech start-ups all over the world.

The week kicked off for me with a speaking slot at Google for start-ups masterclass, attached for hundreds of peer entrepreneurs where I gave my take on 5 key requirements on going from start-up to scale up (Sanctifly did grow from 500 to 1500 locations in the last 12 months, so plenty of experience the draw on!).

The event kicked off on the 2nd in the wonderful Le Nave arena with lots of outdoor breakout areas to enjoy the 28°C weather under the clear blue sky. The event was jam-packed with investors, interesting start-ups and advisers.

Sanctifly had a stand and there wasn’t a quiet moment, lots to follow up calls and meetings this week and thankfully huge interest in what we are aiming to do – change travel habits and downtime of frequent flyers for good. I got the chance to present Sanctifly to a full house as part of the start up competition and share with all the attendees the amazing journey Sanctifly has been on over the last 12 months.

I finished the week with a visit to our new Medford Partner, Square Fitness and joined a HIIT class, OUCH. The pains of being the founder of a wellness start-up! One day I’ll just get a massage!