--- title: How Marco helped Formic plan a 50-person offsite in a month description: Formic enlisted Marco to help them discover and secure the perfect retreat property for their entire team—a magical location Formic “never would have found without Marco.” image: https://blog.marcoexperiences.com/hubfs/Group%20288%20(3).png --- [FUTURE of CULTURE](https://www.marcoexperiences.com) [![marco_logo_micro](https://blog.marcoexperiences.com/hubfs/marco_logo_micro.svg)](https://www.marcoexperiences.com) - [Future of Culture](https://blog.marcoexperiences.com/tag/future-of-culture) - [Marco Musings](https://blog.marcoexperiences.com/tag/marco-musings) - [Case Studies](https://blog.marcoexperiences.com/tag/case-studies) - [Marco Field Notes](https://blog.marcoexperiences.com/tag/marco-field-notes) # How Marco helped Formic plan a 50-person offsite in a month [Molly Bridges](https://blog.marcoexperiences.com/author/molly-bridges) May 22, 2023 4:47:55 PM ![](https://blog.marcoexperiences.com/hubfs/Group%20288%20(3).png) Formic enlisted Marco to help them find and select the perfect retreat property for their entire team—a magical location Formic “never would have found without Marco.” ### **About [Formic](https://formic.co/)** Formic Technologies’ mission is to increase the collective output of humanity by making automation deployments trivial and easy. On their website, you’ll read: “We Manage Automation, You Manage Your Business.” They clearly believe in outsourcing initiatives that are not an organization’s core competencies. As such, they were excited to partner with Marco to plan their Company Retreat. - **Headquarters**: Chicago, Illinois, United States - **Number of Employees**: 50 - **Founded**: 2020 - **Industry**: Software & Robotics - **Workplace makeup**: Fully Remote ### The Challenge #### It’s a pretty common theme we’re seeing these days at Marco: companies understand that they need to bring their people together, but not being equipped or staffed to do so. Christine Keelan and Vilma Jaku were tasked with planning the company's largest retreat - with very little experience or planning playbooks to look back on for guidance. They kicked off where anyone searching for answers does: Googling “offsite planning.” ### **The Solution** #### Fortunately for Christine and Vilma, Marco Experience popped up as a result and caught her eye. After exploring our [high-level offering](https://go.marcoexperiences.com/retreats), she took our short needs-finding quiz, and booked time with Marco Retreats Expert Ali Brown.  ![Group 21](https://blog.marcoexperiences.com/hubfs/Group%2021.png)   Ali was able to identify a glamping-themed retreat in the Catskills, in which each employee's accommodation is their very own Airstream. It was the perfect solution for the Formic team, and one which they “never would have discovered on their own.” ![airstream](https://blog.marcoexperiences.com/hs-fs/hubfs/airstream.jpeg?width=1200&name=airstream.jpeg) ### **The Experience** #### Just over 1 month of planning, the Formic team met in Saugerties, NY—in the heart of the Catskills. They enjoyed an unforgettable week of hiking, lawn Olympics, a river cruise on the Hudson, private dinners under the stars, productive presentations and brainstorming sessions, and more. ![DSC06950](https://blog.marcoexperiences.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DSC06950.jpg?width=5168&name=DSC06950.jpg) ### **The Results** #### Formic is already planning a Retreat for Spring 2023  Christine wrapped up our chat by saying: > “Being a primarily remote team, we’re reallocating the budget we’d be spending on multiple leases and putting it towards employee experiences. Our priority is uplifting morale, bringing people together, and humanizing work. > > This retreat was just the first of many experiences we will plan for our employees in the future” [![](https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=4913c9b553&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-a:r-4069046633210148197&th=187e81b38c3db82d&view=fimg&fur=ip&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ91wbiR5KDuyGnEhqhqbEZqwsALpkRYqyDaJz6e6ONMRczEEph51hplyfD2o_obK8FNJZa_-WHbhos0Up2SpLGTKbKRGchUWMshqpr3EuopAterTXdFeiYajNo&disp=emb&realattid=ii_lh9hh0h00)](https://www.marcoexperiences.com/) [Case Studies](https://blog.marcoexperiences.com/tag/case-studies) ![](https://blog.marcoexperiences.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/brag-bar-cropped.png) ### The Future of Culture in your Inbox ## Related Posts ### [Oct 23, 2024 8:01:06 PM Formic's 50-Person Company Offsite planned in Just One Month](https://blog.marcoexperiences.com/formic-retreat-case-study-0) ### [Sep 11, 2023 10:11:53 AM How Flybridge Capital Partners achieved a 30% savings on venue expenses with Marco](https://blog.marcoexperiences.com/flybridge-case-study-0x-0) ### [Jun 28, 2023 5:25:43 PM How Cytovale saved over 30 hours on event planning with Marco](https://blog.marcoexperiences.com/marco-x-cytovale) ![marco_logo_white](https://blog.marcoexperiences.com/hubfs/marco_logo_white.svg)