Sora Blu / September 17, 2024
Feeling connected to others can be challenging and connection doesn’t just pertain to interpersonal relationships but often interprofessional as well. With many businesses having gone partially or entirely remote in the last few years, we are navigating tricky, new social landscapes and having to create new ways to maintain collective inspiration, collaboration and connectedness.
Retreats benefit anybody but are often overlooked as an option for businesses seeking new ways to embolden their employees. Corporate retreats are a great chance for a business, collective or group to connect to its mission, values, ideas and goals. When a team knows their mental health is valued amidst work and the state of the world, they are more enthusiastic about engaging, contributing and creating.
(A few of the many) Benefits of retreats:
- Build trust
- Improve communication
- Boost moral
- Promote creative thinking
- Slow down & unwind
- Celebrate success
- Get acquainted
Okay so now you’re ready to get a retreat on the books. But where should you go?
Accommodating for the various comfort levels of your group is important and places like The Sou’wester Lodge & Vintage Travel Trailer Resort in Seaview, WA makes that easy. Just a couple hours from Seattle, WA and Portland, OR and only 20 minutes from beautiful Astoria, OR, The Sou’wester is hodgepodge of private accommodations and unique amenities just 5 minutes from the beach.
Whether you’re looking for a small, large, casual or more formal, full-service retreat, The Sou’wester can help bring your vision to life. With over 30+ vintage trailers, cozy cabins and suites, The Sou’wester is a time capsule teeming with character and central to nearby towns like Long Beach and Ilwaco, WA.
From snowball fights to game nights, group hikes or bbq’s we’ve got you…
Have inspiring strategy meetings in the morning, followed by a grounding group Clay Play at our clay studio or belly laughs in the Karaoke bus.
Our outdoor kitchen makes for the most memorable group cookouts.
Our pavilion provides the perfect space for group meals or meetings.
Our lodge living room and velvet lounge beckon hearthside board games, cocoa and classic vinyls or VHS nights.
Folks can breakaway during free time and indulge in our garden sauna, tea or wellness trailers or we offer half day communal sauna blocks for groups of 20 or more!
Or take your group off-site and experience the evergreen woods and nearby seascapes. Our temperate climate means hiking, biking and birding trails are open year-round on the sea and bay side of the peninsula. The Willapa Art trail, Deadmans Cove and Cape Disappointment Lighthouse Viewpoint trails are just a few of our favorites.
Of course there is so much more to be seen and do, check out Blog 2 for a full, dreamy itinerary. Coming soon…