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Campfire Field Notes. Client Retreats
How a fully remote, async-first team scattered across a dozen time zones gathered in the Piedmont countryside for six days, and reminded everyone that the people behind the software are the whole point.
No cascading notifications. No calls to take. Just 71 people, a hillside village in Piedmont, and the kind of unstructured presence that a company built around async work understands, perhaps better than most, is genuinely hard to manufacture.
Float was born in 2011 out of a shared frustration between two people at a New York ad agency who kept watching smart teams lose hours to the wrong tools. Fourteen years later, Float is fully remote, async by philosophy, and spread across continents. Which means that when they do gather, they gather intentionally.
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Arriving from everywhere
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A Philosophy made visible
The cooking class run by local provider Anna Blasco captured this well. Participants were split into brigades, each responsible for one course of a shared meal: starters, mains, dessert. It is a format that mirrors how a professional kitchen actually functions, and it is also one of the more naturally inclusive things a group can do together. Everyone contributes, everyone eats, and the conversation flows without anyone having to engineer it. Many participants had brought their partners, and the dynamic that created, mixing colleagues and their people in the same kitchen, gave the evening a warmth that a standard team dinner rarely achieves.
Olympia in the Village
Teams built a bridge from sticks following Leonardo da Vinci's structural design. They constructed a tower from recycled materials. They raced gondolas. They played the Olympic fire, a game involving a ball and a ring that sounds simple and is apparently not. Winners took home gifts from Laaka, a local farm the team works with regularly. The competitive element was real, but what people remembered afterwards was the laughter, not the leaderboard.
A la carte options the following day offered pasta-making and archery for those who wanted them, a deliberate looseness in the schedule that suited a team accustomed to managing their own time.
Why six days?
Teams built a bridge from sticks following Leonardo da Vinci's structural design. They constructed a tower from recycled materials. They raced gondolas. They played the Olympic fire, a game involving a ball and a ring that sounds simple and is apparently not. Winners took home gifts from Laaka, a local farm the team works with regularly. The competitive element was real, but what people remembered afterwards was the laughter, not the leaderboard.
A la carte options the following day offered pasta-making and archery for those who wanted them, a deliberate looseness in the schedule that suited a team accustomed to managing their own time.
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Campfire organized an outstanding retreat for our company in Sicily, accommodating around 200 participants. Everything was top-notch, from the shuttles to and from the airports to the food, accommodation, workspaces, and even social areas. Letizia and her team were incredibly responsive and practical whenever we had new requests or needed changes throughout the week. This was our second experience working with Campfire, and we hope it won't be our last.
Just came back from a team retreat in Sicily and what can I say, Letizia and Francesca were amazing organisers! Wish it lasted longer and looking forward to many more!
We partnered with Campfire for our company's annual retreat. As a UK-based company, this was the first time the company went abroad for it and finding a partner that could help us sort out all of the details, spoke the local language and plan a truly memorable event was vital to its success. Over several months we worked closely with Letizia and the Campfire team to brainstorm and plan every last detail for the retreat in Italy. They were well organised, great at communication and always reachable when we had any questions. They ensured our team of over 30 were well taken care of at the venue and made sure that every request was handled in a timely manner. They helped us pull off the event beautifully and we definitely recommend them for corporate retreat planning!
Great working with these guys. Letizia and Flo have helped us plan two successful retreats now, always a pleasure. Great attention to detail, brilliant venues and locations. Love the outdoor/nature themed ethos of the company, these folks get it!
All activities during the week where very well planned, our guide was very nice and attentive. She took care of all the things that came along and made our company trip an excellent experience for all of us!
Francesca and Mariona made our company trip to Spain truly exceptional. From the beginning, they were always there to ensure everything ran smoothly and our needs were met – no matter how big or small. Their attention to detail, quick response and friendly approach made the planning process enjoyable. Thanks to their incredible support, the event was a huge success. We couldn’t have asked for better partners and would absolutely recommend them to anyone planning a team event!
We used Campfire for the first time this year, and our annual company offsite turned out to be the best one yet. I had the pleasure of working with Letizia and Francesca, who were both incredibly understanding and accommodating. They took the time to listen to our needs and offered thoughtful suggestions for activities, which ended up being the highlights of the trip. Thank you both again for making it such a great experience!
Leider gibt es nur 5 Sterne zu vergeben. Gern hätte ich mehr vergeben für die großartige Organisation, Flexibilität und hervorragende Zusammenarbeit mit Marica. Sie hat uns bereits zum 2. Mal betreut und unser Teamevent zu einem unvergesslichen Ereignis gemacht. Ich kann Campfire uneingeschränkt empfehlen, wenn es um die Organisation und Durchführung von Teamevents geht.
Great organized trip to Portugal. Every small issue was addressed as best as possible. Additionally, our local guide was just amazing, dealt with everything and was still able to find a few minutes for everyone to learn some more things about our location and Portugal in general.
Huge thanks to Campfire for organizing such a wonderful retreat! Everything was so well thought out, and we truly appreciated the experience. Looking forward to the next one!
