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Laos as your Team Building Destination

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Team Building Destinations in Laos

Laos is a unique choice for any corporate MICE event or team building destination. Like its neighbors Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, Laos offers great value for money, serene locations, many CSI humanitarian opportunities, operators for many types of exciting activities, and a cool mountainous climate. Major hotels cater to businesses and offer services such as conference rooms, private office space, and event services

While Laos is still very much a developing country, flights to the capital Vientiane are on the rise with AirAsia increasing the number of flights at more affordable prices than previously available. Great deals can be found on local luxury hotels all year round but especially in the low season. Not only is Laos a superb team building destination because of the value it offers, more impressively it is famously beautiful for the mountains, valleys, rivers, caves, jungle, and lime karsts.

The routes throughout Laos are well serviced with buses and vans to Vang Vieng, Luang Prabang and the rest of the country including flights from Vientiane to Luang Prabang. Vientiane has hosted major international events such as the ASEAN summits. The capital is also equipped with a National Conference Center.

In tough global economic times Laos offers incredible value and unique team building exercises. Major international currencies go a long way to accommodate an unforgettable experience in a country where tourism has yet to transform the country in ways it has in Thailand.

Why Laos?

7 Reasons Laos is an unforgettable incentive trip destination

Laos is an up and coming destination emerging in Southeast Asia and not yet overly impacted by global tourism. Vientiane is a relaxing capital city for a change and has a unique French charm from the colonial days. More popular is Luang Prabang for its proximity to the multi-stepped Kuang Si waterfall, Pak Ou Caves, jungle and mountain treks, whitewater rafting, kayaking, and many other popular attractions. Vang Vieng is the third most popular destination in large part due to the beauty of the mountainous lime karsts lining the Nam Song river. Laos comfortably caters to all travels from backpackers, families, groups, and business folk.

Here are 7 reasons Laos is a unique place for your next incentive trip or team building event:

1. Value:

Laos’ up and coming status as a tourist destination in Southeast Asia means that their prices are extremely competitive with their larger more popular neighbors in Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Accommodation can be found at great discounts from a few dollars at a hostel to the equivalent of a five star hotel often for under $100, and even entire holiday homes for a few hundred dollars. Now is a great time to visit Laos to experience a country that had until relatively recently been open for travel.

2. Unique experience

The turbulent times in Laos have passed and the country has reached a new found stability ushering in new development and especially opening to foreign travelers making it possible to see up close the Laotian people and their unique culture. While tourism exists and prospers, Laos is much more relaxed than Thailand and purveyors are less pushy leaving you free to take in the culture. Laos’ past and recent struggles also provide wonderful opportunities to perform acts of CSI.

3. CSI

Laos is one of the most bombed countries in the world and not only that, littered with unexploded bombs and ordinance, and booby traps. What a great CSI project It would be to donate money and aid an organization charged with clearing the danger zones. There are also incredible opportunities to volunteer with local wildlife and environmental conservation groups.

4. Climate

Due to the mountainous nature of many parts of Laos the country is naturally cooler. However, this also leads to a monsoon climate. The best time to come are the dry but still cool months of winter. Even when it rains, the rain tends to be limited to early mornings and afternoons in heavy but short bursts. The year round temperature in Laos ranges from 22c to 27c making it a cooler destination and prime for outdoor teambuilding exercises.

5. Easy to get to

Multiple daily flights go from Bangkok to Vientiane and plenty of buses and vans head to and from the neighboring countries of Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia. Trains from Bangkok to the border town of Nong Khai add an interesting option heading north. From Chiang Mai however, it is possible to take a renowned boat and van from Thailand to Luang Prabang and makes for a great team bonding experience.

6. Breathtaking natural scenery

Laos is a country blessed with mountainous jungle valleys, rivers, waterfalls, and caves. It is also possible to go on treks and adventures in the jungle and on night safaris. Watching the scenery go by in Laos can be very revealing of life in the country outside of the tourist areas. Luang Prabang and Kuang Si waterfall are musts when visiting Laos.

7. Unforgettable team building opportunities

Team bonding opportunities in Laos are as authentic as the people you will meet in this welcoming country. With vast tracks of national parks it is possible to organize Survivor and The Amazing Race style team activities. These types of team bonding exercises help to raise team morale and productivity through problem solving adventures. Rivers and caves provide another exciting opportunity to build

team relationships by organizing geocache treasure hunts with local guides an expert in the surrounding flora, fauna, and culture.

Outside of the adventure segments of these incentive trips, Laos is equipped with conference centers in the major localities of Vientiane and Luang Prabang. Seminars on team dynamics and CSR projects help round out the incentive trips and help aid the local environmental and civic groups. The combined adventure and CSR activities unique to Laos make it a truly unforgettable incentive trip.

Laos Benefits

Relaxed way of life

Laos is by far the most relaxed of the Southeast Asian countries and it feels refreshing to experience life at a more relaxed pace than the metropolises of Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

Off the beaten path

Laos is still unspoilt by overdevelopment and as such there are hidden gems to be discovered seen by only those who also chose the path less traveled.

Cooler climate

The mountains of Laos and frequent rain make the country cooler in climate than much of the rest of Southeast Asia, making it a good destination for a respite from the heat back home.

Cheap flights

Return trip Flights from Bangkok or Kuala Lumpur cost between 3,000 baht and 6,000 baht and a flight lasts a little over an hour from Bangkok and two from Kuala Lumpur, moreover Lao’s central location in Southeast Asia means saving on travel time and providing more time to concentrate on the incentive trip activities and team building exercises.