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25–500 guests

The Incentive Travel Playbook

Designing a reward journey around the people who won it, and delivering it without them seeing the operation.

The timeline

Milestones, working backwards.

Dates are relative to the event. Anything that has slipped past its marker here is not automatically lost, but it is no longer free — and the honest conversation is better had now than in the final fortnight.

The Incentive Travel Playbook — milestones
25–500 guests8 milestones
T-10 monthsQualifier profile agreed, destination shortlist against profile, per-head budget setMilestone
T-8 monthsProperty contracted, private access negotiated, air heldMilestone
T-5 monthsProgramme designed with pacing, teaser communication to qualifiersMilestone
T-3 monthsGuest registration open, dietary and preference capture, visas startedMilestone
T-6 weeksRooming, manifests, gifting and recognition content in productionMilestone
T-2 weeksItineraries issued, hosts briefed, contingency and medical plan confirmedMilestone
On tripHosts present throughout, arrivals staged, recognition rehearsedMilestone
T+2 weeksRecognition assets circulated, account reconciled, next-cycle debriefMilestone

The principles

What this format rewards.

01

Profile decides destination

Flight tolerance, activity appetite, seniority, whether partners travel, dietary and cultural requirements. These are more useful than a list of the year’s fashionable cities.

02

Buy access, not just nights

The part people remember is what they could not have arranged themselves. That takes local relationships and lead time, which is why the destination locks early.

03

Pace it like a holiday

Guests should have unhurried days. Behind that, arrivals staged, transfers manifested, dietary requirements held by name, a host awake for the delayed connection.

04

Design the recognition moment

Scripted, lit, rehearsed, names pronounced correctly. The photograph circulates internally for the next twelve months.

Other playbooks

Different format, same discipline.

200–2,000 delegates

The Annual Conference Playbook

The operating plan for a multi-day company conference, from the six-month mark to the close-out report.

Playbook10–60 delegates

The Executive Offsite Playbook

How to run a board or leadership offsite where the only visible thing is the work.

PlaybookSpace-only stands and pavilions

The Exhibition Playbook

From show selection to lead handover, with the deadlines that carry penalties marked.

Playbook

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