It is true that slowly we are returning to normality and to face-to-face work in the office, but someone might still have the idea of a summer in smart working, perhaps in the middle of nature. After the (forced) one of 2020, even the warm season arriving this year could lend itself to reconsidering some life choices, moving away from the (not yet frenetic, but we will return) rhythms of the cities and taking advantage of technology to work remotely from anywhere, even from very isolated places, to rediscover the pleasure and tranquility of nature. When you choose clean air and silence, your first connection is with the mountains, and when you think of the mountains, you cannot help but think of Trentino. Here because Visit Trentino, the tourist board of the autonomous province, e Airbnb have launched a curious and suggestive initiative: a 1.000 euro prize for a week of smart working in a cabin in the Trentino Dolomites.
As for the location, beauty is guaranteed and you are spoiled for choice. Instead, to obtain the coupon offered by Airbnb, you must apply by filling out a form on the website of the holiday home platform and tell your teleworking experience. The three stories of smart working "that have demonstrated the best spirit of adaptation and the greatest creativity" will be rewarded with the opportunity to spend a week in a mountain cabin and to test, with the help of a psychologist, all the benefits that working in very close contact with nature offers, even in conditions that could be defined as almost extreme, compared to those we are used to in our daily city life made up of connections Wifi almost always efficient and services of all kinds close at hand. Anyone can enter the competition, even those who are not registered with Airbnb (but to collect any winnings they will have to register): just tell a significant experience of their own by 31 May, in a maximum of 150 words.
In addition to coupons from 1.000 euro usable for a 6-night stay in a location in Trentino, where you can go with at most one companion, the three winners will also get two 50-euro vouchers to spend by 31 December 2021 on Airbnb. As far as coaching the psychologist is concerned, the survey phase is only on a voluntary basis and includes two self-assessment tests on certain aspects such as: level of stress, perceived balance between private life and work life, perceived productivity. The tests will be administered at the beginning and at the end of the stays and will be analyzed by a psychologist who will issue a written evaluation. An opportunity for everyone: for Airbnb to promote the summer season, for Trentino to attract tourists and perhaps set trends, for each of us to experience a different and probably much healthier way of living and working.
