I agree putting the word vacation in there just confuses things.
I would often add vacations on after business trips. I was on the east coast if I go give a seminar in Colorado then I take a week vacation after than and then return. You could call that a working vacation but it is more confusing than anything. It is traveling for work, doing work, then talking a vacation, then returning home.
In the article my guess is some people might have a vacation planned and then they work out a deal to work remotely for a week. In that case wrapping work into a vacation. Which is fine if that is what someone wants to do, in my option. Take a week for vacation (perhaps in Northern California) then work for a week there, then perhaps a week in Oregon. Then back to work in Boston.
Certainly if you are working all day to call that a vacation is not the right word. That is working remotely.
It seems to me the article is really talking about short term digital nomads. And there are some interesting ideas along these lines. There are people that organize a group of software developers and designers to work in a nice location where they can be social together and have people to share work with and find collaborations. In my experience the people that join are essentially working for themselves or perhaps they and their partner go together. There really isn't a reason someone from some big company couldn't work there too. It is just usually the big companies don't take to odd arrangements like this would be.
I would often add vacations on after business trips. I was on the east coast if I go give a seminar in Colorado then I take a week vacation after than and then return. You could call that a working vacation but it is more confusing than anything. It is traveling for work, doing work, then talking a vacation, then returning home.
In the article my guess is some people might have a vacation planned and then they work out a deal to work remotely for a week. In that case wrapping work into a vacation. Which is fine if that is what someone wants to do, in my option. Take a week for vacation (perhaps in Northern California) then work for a week there, then perhaps a week in Oregon. Then back to work in Boston.
Certainly if you are working all day to call that a vacation is not the right word. That is working remotely.
It seems to me the article is really talking about short term digital nomads. And there are some interesting ideas along these lines. There are people that organize a group of software developers and designers to work in a nice location where they can be social together and have people to share work with and find collaborations. In my experience the people that join are essentially working for themselves or perhaps they and their partner go together. There really isn't a reason someone from some big company couldn't work there too. It is just usually the big companies don't take to odd arrangements like this would be.