Buggy transport for corporate away-days

The agenda is the thing to protect

An away-day runs to a plan, and a plan with sessions in different places has walking built into every transition. Thirty delegates strolling ten minutes between the workshop and the next activity, four or five times a day, is a lot of lost programme, and it tends to run late by mid-afternoon. A buggy shuttling delegates between the dispersed sessions turns those transitions from a ten-minute trek into a couple of minutes, which keeps the day to time and keeps the energy up.

So the transport is planned around the agenda: look at where each session happens and how far apart they are, and the buggy covers the legs that would otherwise cost the schedule.

Movement clusters at the changes

Away-day movement is not steady, it clusters at session changes, when the whole group moves at once from one activity to the next. That is the peak to size for. As with any event, a buggy or two cannot move thirty people instantly, so either the group moves in a couple of trips, or the changeover allows a few minutes for it, or the less mobile and the kit go by buggy while the rest walk a short leg. Planning the changeovers with a moment of slack keeps the transport from becoming a bottleneck.

Kit and the activities

Team-building and outdoor activities come with equipment, and an away-day often needs kit moved as well as people. A utility buggy for the activity gear keeps the passenger vehicles free for delegates, and it saves the facilitators lugging equipment across the site. If your day involves equipment-heavy activities, mention it and we will factor a utility vehicle into the plan.

Let someone else drive

On an away-day the organiser is running the programme, briefing facilitators and keeping the client happy, and does not want to be driving a buggy as well. A trained driver from us takes the transport off their plate entirely, running the delegates to time while the organiser runs the day. It is quoted separately so you can weigh it against using your own team. Tell us the venue and the agenda, and we plan the transport around your day rather than leaving it to chance.

Common questions

How does a buggy help a corporate away-day

By protecting the agenda. Away-days spread sessions across a large venue, and the walk between them eats the programme and runs the day late. A buggy shuttling delegates between dispersed sessions turns ten-minute treks into a couple of minutes, keeping the day to time and the energy up.

How many buggies does an away-day need

Usually one or two, sized to the session-change peaks when the whole group moves at once. A buggy cannot move thirty people instantly, so the changeovers allow a few minutes, or the group moves in a couple of trips. Tell us the group size and the agenda and we size it.

Can you move activity equipment as well as people

Yes. Team-building and outdoor activities come with kit, and a utility buggy moves it so the passenger vehicles stay free for delegates and the facilitators are not lugging gear across the site. Mention equipment-heavy activities and we factor a utility vehicle into the plan.

Do you provide a driver for away-days

We can, and it usually makes sense, because the organiser is busy running the programme rather than driving. A trained driver from us runs the delegates to time while you run the day. It is quoted separately so you can compare it against using your own team.