Workcation on the Long Beach Wa Coast

Plan Your Perfect Workcation or Flexcation on the Long Beach Washington Coast

Workcations and Flexcations' are all the rage, and it is not just during the Covid-19 era.  Working and schooling remotely will likely continue long after the pandemic. Businesses see tremendous cost savings and productivity gains in a remote workforce. Employees love the opportunity to work remotely to help them attain a healthier work-life balance and a healthy lifestyle.  Kids love getting out of the house, and let's face it, homeschooling is much more enjoyable at the beach, especially when there are so many great museums for kids to learn at the source, and there are so many fun things to do for kids to do after school.
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updated:11/14/2022)

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 What is a Working Vacation?

 

‘Workcation’ means “someone travels to a fun location and completes specific work tasks to a goal before you leave .”Workcations or flexions can be a  source of productivity and creativity. Stepping away from your small home office into an environment where one always hears the ocean waves and the beach is just a few steps away can foster free thinking and increased productivity.

 

Take your laptop to the beach? Why not?

 

Working at the Beach

 

Remote working from a place like Long Beach on the Washington Coast may give you a chance to lower your stress levels, restore some balance to your life and recharge your batteries. Imagine having all the comforts of an oceanfront home, luxurious amenities including hot tubs, and lots of new fun local activities and restaurants to discover in your downtime.

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What about remote schooling?

 

With the increase in remote learning, our vacation rental homes are equipped with all you need for both working from home and schooling from home. All our rentals have free, fast WiFi, many over 200mbs. Kids will love finishing their schoolwork ("schoolcations") and heading out to the beach or enjoying many kid-friendly family fun activities the Long Beach Peninsula offers. We also may have pet-friendly homes, so the fur kids get to come too! 

 

Middle Village in Chinook Washington

Teach children at the source

 

Let's face it. Kids are bored with learning from a screen. Why not take them to the lighthouses and show them where 2000 ships ran aground and 700 lives were lost? Visit the jetties that helped stop the loss of maritime vessels and explain what caused the accretion of miles and miles of new wetlands and dunes. Walk in Lewis and Clark's footsteps. Visit the interpretive center and other museums to learn about their journey, which ends near where you are standing. Or stop by the Middle Village Station Camp and learn about the 10,000 years before Lewis and Clark when the Chinook people thrived at the coast. Learning remotely can be so much fun and memorable!

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Featured home for working from the beach

 

1303 Beach Retreat has all you need to work and school away from home productively. Whoever is working (or schooling) can take the guest house for a day of privacy and quiet while the rest of the family can enjoy the main house. The home is child-friendly and pet-friendly, with a substantial fenced and enclosed yard with a playset, volleyball, horseshoes, and a firepit for after-hours fun.  1303 Beach Retreat is located in Ocean Park, Washington, with restaurants, grocery stores, art galleries, and shopping all within a few minutes' walk.