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If you’re a modern-day man or woman who is tasked with finding a balance between family and business, continue reading to discover a few tips which you may find useful.

Balancing business and family:

1. Make sure to spend at least one hour per day with your family

Even if you have pressing business commitments and are tempted to spend the entirety of your evenings on your smartphone reading work-related emails, it’s well worth taking time out to spend at least one hour per day with your family. Especially if you have young kids or teenagers who require your time and attention.

By making a habit of spending an hour with your family every single day, you’ll show your family that they are a priority in your life and that you value the relationship which you share with every family member.

However, don’t feel bad if the hour which you spend with your family, is at a different time each day, as long as you spend an hour with your family before they head to sleep!

2. Make sure to enjoy at least one family vacation each year

In order to make sure that you bond with your family members and create lasting memories as a family, make sure to book at least one family vacation each year. It doesn’t matter if you decide to go on an overseas trip or on a local camping trip as long as you make the effort to spend time away from home, with your family.

You’ll score extra brownie points with your family members if you plan your trip together so that each family member becomes excited about your upcoming trip and gets to pick some of your family activities.

3. Turn up to your kid’s special events

Make sure to turn up to your kid’s big events such as their dance or music recitals and end of season sports matches. As you’ll make your kids’ days if you turn up to the events which are important to them.

4. Get up an hour earlier in order to get extra work done before your family wakes up

In order to increase your chances of freeing up time in your evenings to spend with family, it’s well worth getting up an hour earlier each day in order to get a head start on your working day.

5. Set up a fully functional home office

Instead of staying at your office till it gets dark if you set up a fully functioning home office, you’ll have the option of arriving home before the sun goes down. As you’ll be able to finish the extra work which you have left in the comfort of your own home and will be home when your children get home from school.

You may even find that you’re able to be more productive by switching up locations from your office to your home office as if you stay in the same place for too long, you’ll start to become bored and unproductive.

If you follow the five tips listed above, you should find that it’s a little easier to balance your business and family obligations.

If you want to treat your team to a memorable vacation which will allow your team members to bond and to develop excellent teamwork-related skills such as communication skills, simply continue reading to discover some of the destinations which you may want to consider short-listing for your upcoming team building vacation.

Business team building vacation spots:

1. Hawaii, USA

Hawaii is a great destination for a team building vacation as your team members will absolutely love getting to spend their vacation at a beachfront hotel. Hawaii is also packed full of fun team building activities. As examples, you may want to book a surfing lesson for your team or take your team horse riding, quad biking, snorkeling or zip-lining or on a movie site tour at Kuloa Ranch.

If you choose Hawaii as the destination for your next team building vacation, make sure to treat your hard-working team to a fun night out at a traditional luau. Where you’ll get to sample traditional Hawaiian food and watch a variety of cultural performances such as hula dances and fire dancing.

2. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

There’s no better time to practice your high school Spanish than on a Mexican team building vacation in Puerto Vallarta. If you’re looking to treat your team to a team building vacation you’re far better off heading to Puerto Vallarta, instead of Cancun as Cancun is more suited to rowdy spring breakers while Puerto Vallarta is more tranquil yet still features a wide variety of adventurous activities.

Some of the adventures, which you may want to consider booking for your team include whale watching, sailing and zip lining. For a fun task, why not break into two teams and set each team a task of purchasing a list of items from a local market, using Spanish instead of English?

3. Las Vegas, USA

Las Vegas makes a surprisingly great vacation spot for team building vacations as Las Vegas features plenty of four and five-star hotels and resorts which are reasonably priced as well as buffet restaurants, which won’t break the bank.

During the daytime, your team will be able to take a day trip to the nearby Grand Canyon and at night you’ll be able to treat your wonderful team to tickets to a world-class show such as a Cirque du Soleil show or a concert from an A list musician. As each year multiple big-name artists such as Celine Dione and Britney Spears serve residencies at hotels in Las Vegas.

4. The Bahamas

The Bahamas makes another great team building vacation destinations as it’s home to one of the most exciting resorts in the world Atlantis Paradise Resort which boasts a large waterpark, an aquarium where you can swim with dolphins and multiple on-site restaurants and shops. Alternatively, you may want to think about taking your team on a cruise to the Bahamas from Florida.

So if you’re looking to select a fun-filled, sunny destination for your next team building trip you can’t go wrong selecting any of the four sun-soaked destinations listed above!