Chapter6: HowtoRunaCompanyRetreatforaRemoteTeam 54 3. HowLongShouldYourCompanyRetreatLast? Brainstormingworkshopatoneofourrecentretreats It depends. You need to be respectful of people’s time. After some iteration, we’ve found four full days plus one optional “fun” free day, bookended by two travel days to be a good fit. People with family and kids aren’t too inconve- nienced, and it’s long enough to do something meaningful. We have biannual retreats,oneinthewinterandoneinthesummer.Everyyear,theretreatweeks alternate to avoid these days always falling on someone’s birthday or other family celebration. As you grow, another thing to consider is staggering travel days. We have the founding team plus international travelers come in a day early. This means customer support for Zapier isn’t abysmal for one day while everyone is traveling, and we can prepare the location with food since we’re there a bit early.