Are you also planning to save your paid leave and travel along with work? Know the perfect time management tips, choosing the right destination and budget friendly hacks to travel without taking leave from office through Workcation. In today’s busy working culture, not everyone has the freedom to take long paid leaves. But this does not mean that you should kill your desire to travel and explore new places. The trend of ‘Workcation’ (Work + Vacation) and ‘Blend – Blended Travel’, which started after the Corona period, is now becoming increasingly popular among corporate working professionals. Through this, you can travel the world without taking a single day off or losing a weekend, while still doing your 9-to-5 job. From a reporter’s perspective, as exciting as traveling for work may seem, it also requires smart planning and discipline. Let us know some very effective and tried secrets of traveling without taking leave. 1. Choosing the perfect destination: Wi-Fi and network are the real bosses. The first rule of traveling without taking leave is that you should not choose a place where there is no trace of network. High-speed Wi-Fi: Whatever hotel, home-stay or hostel you plan to stay in, re-verify the Wi-Fi speed and backup power before booking. Quiet Workspace: Choose a space where you have a desk and privacy to sit quietly and attend Zoom calls. 2. The Secret of Time Management and Shift Scheduling The real magic of traveling without taking leave lies in the proper management of your time: Early Morning and Late Evening Exploration: Take a walk in the local markets or view-points in the morning before office hours start (6 to 9 am). After logging off in the evening, enjoy the famous cafes and night life there. Night Travel Hack: Never schedule your travel during work hours. Always catch a luxury night bus or train, so that you can complete the journey sleeping overnight and wake up fresh in the morning to sit in front of your laptop in a new place. 3. Proper use of weekends and ‘long weekend’ clubbing. If you have gone to a new place, then complete your work with full honesty from Monday to Friday. After: Explore Saturday and Sunday: After a long week of work, you can spend a two-day weekend exploring the city’s remote locations at your own pace. Club festival holidays: Plan a mini-trip of 3 to 4 days by combining gazetted holidays in the calendar or Friday/Monday holidays with the weekend. 4. Embrace ‘hostel culture’ and ‘work-friendly cafes’ For those traveling alone or with friends on workcations, hostels (like Zostel, Hosteller) and co-working spaces are great options: Affordable and budget-friendly: Not only can they halve your living expenses, they also provide you with high-speed internet, a working environment, and the chance to network with other digital nomads. Work-Life Balance: As soon as work is over, you can remove the fatigue of the day by participating in the activities organized in the hostel.