Work and travel are two different things. No longer. Pune-based young entrepreneur, Vandita Purohit’s unique travel start-up, TraWork (https://trawork.in/), is curated especially for working professionals who have a great passion for travel. These are the folks who are looking for opportunities to blend both work and travel without having to hamper their schedule — an idea that typically defines ‘work on the go’.
A workaholic herself, Purohit, who got bitten by the travel bug at the age of 27, says that TraWork gives its members a unique opportunity to work while witnessing some of the most fascinating locations around the world.
“Once you sign up, a Trawork-er is assured of complete assistance with logistics that comprise essential elements such as accommodation, local experiences, inter and intra-city transport and city exploration. For those with a focused domain, we give them some of the best collaboration and network opportunities abroad, making them a part of a much larger professional community the world over. That said, one has to get his/ her own visa,” she says.
Explaining the idea further, she says, “Whatever you do in your daily life — be it exercise, going to work, hanging out with friends, chilling on weekends — remains the same. All we do is take you from your current city and put you in an entirely new city to experience your work and life in a different light.”
Work is a major part of everyone’s life and you often come across people who have reached a saturation point but simply cannot take a break from work. That is where TraWorks comes into the picture. It helps you take your work on a holiday so this way you can be away for a longer time with nothing holding you back.
“It’s been a little over one-and-a-half years now and we have done six trips to South East Asia and Europe. Those are our major focus. In the coming year, we will be announcing a lot more trips, from four-day to one-month trips both in India and abroad,” she says.
Telling us why she decided to launch the startup, Purohit recounts that a lot of her friends would ask her how she could manage work, kids and travel, which made her realise that they were having these conversations. They too wanted to travel, see the world but work was stopping them from doing so.
“That’s where I started working from. I have always worked while travelling, from co-working spaces to Starbucks to parks, I have utilised these spaces to complete my projects. This way, I have made sure that travelling does not affect my work,” Purohit says adding, “You just have to get yourself and your work along, rest leave everything to us.”
They provide facilities like complete logistics, designing the trip, experience planning, a travel buddy, networking opportunities, and also customise trips.
The top three reasons people don’t travel or postpone it are money, family and work. “We ensure that people don’t have to give up on their work while travelling, that way you can travel more often and for longer durations and our trips are budget friendly (not luxury),” she says, adding, “There is absolutely no need to travel because you want to take a break from work, instead I believe you should take your work on a break. I think I am way more productive while working away from work. Besides, I get to work in new and different environments, cultures which makes me more efficient and creative.”
TraWork also holds a Travel Tales series once every few months. Travel Tales 5.0 will be launched in the last week of November. It is called Safarnama.
They are also launching Humans of Travel, a platform where travellers from across the globe can share their powerful, insightful and inspirational travel experiences and ‘Mere Sheher Mein’ which is like know your country one city at a time.
