Posted On: November 22, 2019
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Breakaway has already reported on the growing trend of offering sabbaticals as a marketing ploy. But have did you know that 280,000 people applied for airbnb’s sabbatical in Italy? Their mission for the free adventure? “Breathe new life” into the fading hilltown of Grottole—home to 300 residents. AND 600 empty homes!
Posted On: October 2, 2019
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Hey, would YOU like $30K to take four weeks off? Or how about being sponsored to spend 3 months in Italy revitalizing a fading village? Or, if all that sounds too cushy, why not embark on a 30-day eco-journey that reaches its peak with 10 days in Antarctica assisting with pollution research?
Posted On: August 20, 2019
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Our interns and executive assistants never sleep. At least since we brought on free coffee as a perk. So here are some recent BreakAways in the News they’ve found worthy of inclusion in this ongoing series…
Young…
Posted On: September 17, 2017
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Damn.
So many people and places are getting crushed by weather lately. It’s selfish to think this way, but my memory flies to favorite places I’ve been to, sometimes for months, that are now slammed.…
Posted On: November 18, 2015
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It’s becoming evermore impossible to keep up with the wealth of sabbatical, career break, and related stories floating around the internets and beyond. So let’s leap right in!
My favorite oxymoron: Play date.
(BTW, another…
Posted On: April 8, 2015
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The sabbatical inbox fills up so swiftly I sometimes long for the days of snail mail. Yet clearly people keep finding their way to the take-your-time movement. Fast Company has been particularly prolific with reports.…
Posted On: February 18, 2014
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Coworker rarely find themselves discussing career breaks around the water cooler. But they ought to. Because just under the workplace radar, sabbaticals stay in the news—if sometimes in odd iterations. Here are 5 stories, er,…
Posted On: August 4, 2013
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Financial Times recently posted a story extolling the virtues of extended time off, paid sabbaticals, completely unplugging, and taking strategic distance from your work to help you get better focus and perspective. The article offers…
Posted On: March 13, 2013
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It’s never too late!
Look! Hark! Flickr has (finally!) uploaded the Tuscany 2012 mix!
Click and find yourself in Barga, Lucca, Pisa, Viareggio and more!
Be reminded of the dolce far niente…
Ciao!
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Posted On: January 16, 2013
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“NOT in MY house!” So goes an old saying. And in MY house, those NOTS include a short but do-able list of guidelines for Sundays:
> No working.
> No obsessing on tech toys.
>…
