Group Trainings and Onboarding

Trainings require close knit groups of employees as they work together to learn new skills to propel their company success. Housing that allows for close contact, team building, and overall moral boosting is crucial for this type of group move. If the solution is furnished apartments, versus individual hotel rooms, the cost experience will typically be lower while the team-building outcome can be optimized.

Dwellworks Living has worked with a global bank headquartered in Hong Kong two years in a row, supporting its Early Careers Program in APAC. We found housing that accommodated their home bases of Hong Kong and Singapore and were close proximity to the regional travel the program required. Our housing partners offered these accommodations at about 40% under general market rates.

Rotational Assignments

Some employee roles require last-minute assignments and trips to various locations. Companies shouldn’t have to scramble to find accommodations for these situations. Working with a corporate housing manager and housing partner gives peace of mind and makes process that much easier.

Dwellworks Living was asked to provide flexible housing choices with dual-track options for rotating employees going to Amsterdam for various lengths. Depending on the business purpose for travel, we placed their employees on short-term stays in furnished, serviced apartments and employees on longer stays of a year or more in unfurnished apartments. Even in Amsterdam where vacancy rates are low, our local expertise allowed Dwellworks Living to find appropriate housing for all the traveling employees.

Group Project Work

Group project work can mean anything from extended customer audits, launching new operations, or long-term group assignments to a new job site. Each assignment deserves a “home-from-home” feel to come home to, no matter the length of stay or location.

Dwellworks Living regularly works with one of the world’s largest diversified energy service organizations that often deploys employees for group work to remote, sometimes dangerous locations. Energy companies often support and staff their own “camp living”, but when they need corporate housing, we are ready to deliver. We have sourced housing near the Arctic Circle, moved around 600 families in Karachi, Pakistan, and relocated employees on assignment in Glasglow while maintaining HSSE standards and saving the company at least 20% compared to market rates. Read our white paper on the energy industry specifically to learn more.

High Impact Global Events

Weather-related events like hurricanes and earthquakes, humanitarian issues like war and economic impacts can all require some level of disorder in the housing market and even require relocation for work. This means the response from a company like Dwellworks Living must be swift, detailed, and compassionate. We promise all of that every time and are ready for the call.

In the spring of 2022, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, multiple clients asked us for help. Not only were millions forced out of Ukraine, but many Russian companies and employees were isolated by severe financial sanctions. In one instance, Dwellworks Living quickly relocated 244 employees from Russia to company operations in Dublin and Germany. Thanks to our long-standing relationships with local housing providers and native language-speaking Destination Consultants, we found immediate housing for every employee.

Intern Programs

For interns to say “yes” after completing a program with a company, that company must offer competitive perks. Sleek and accommodating housing that allows for team building can tip this scale. Planning for intern housing can come with many requirements, though. Knowing how many units are needed, where in proximity to the company office they should be, what amenities the interns need, and ensuring security are just some of the boxes that should be checked.

In 2024, Dwellworks Living was asked for a second time by the world’s largest combined brick-and-mortar and online retailer to provide housing for hundreds of summer interns. 150 interns would work in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, Dallas, and 130 more were sent to different cities for field assignments. Our coordination of the moving process meant that the company’s Intern Project Manager and the Relocation Management Company could work together on supporting the program overall while we sourced every property. We even provided on-site orientations for the intern and created custom webpages telling them everything about the property and surrounding things to do.

How Corporate Housing Saves Travel Buyers Money

There is always strength in numbers. While working solely with a travel management company to arrange housing, airfare, and other expenses can be easy, choosing to also partner with a corporate housing provider like Dwellworks Living is as close as a company can get to negotiating rates directly with the manager of their selected accommodations.

Our years of relationships with our more than 3,500 corporate housing partners worldwide allows us to negotiate prices and deploy local, in-market resources to source ‘off-market’ and private options that are the best fit for a client-specific need.

Global solutions providers like Dwellworks Living not only simplify your sourcing, booking, and service, we also negotiate discounts versus ‘rack rates’ that can create thousands of dollars of savings annually.

Last-Minute Housing Changes? Not a Problem

We know things change. Personal issues come up for employees, travel arrangements can change, and business plans have to be adjusted. Dwellworks Living is prepared for it all.

Each group move begins with a dedicated Program Manager who communicates every change with our team. In a recent move with a global retail corporation, we managed 287 interns in 4 different cities for more than 20,000 nights. When the corporation restructured a move to one city, Dwellworks Living was ready.

Our corporate housing partners have unique relationships with nearby hotels to accommodate late employee adds or the need to switch housing locations altogether, whatever the reason.