Dreaming of a luxe vacation, but can’t quite afford it at the moment? You’re in luck if you’re in the fitness industry: local startup Coach2play enables fitness professionals to barter their coaching skills in exchange for an expense-free stay at luxury resorts around Southeast Asia.
Essentially, you have to be a certified instructor with at least two years of coaching experience (be it in dance, kickboxing, yoga, pilates, bootcamps, personal training, etc.) under your belt, and you need to be willing to conduct classes and workshops for other hotel guests during your stay. In return, you’ll get to enjoy all-expenses-paid accommodation, free use of resort amenities and activities, complimentary daily breakfasts and free airport transfers. Plus, you’ll get to take someone else along too! The catch: you’ll have to fork out USD675 or $842 for the program fee (there’s currently a Facebook contest that will get you 50% off, though).
Right now, Four Seasons Resort, Bali (Jimbaran Bay) is the only luxury resort on board, but we sure hope the list expands further in future; head over to www.coach2play.com for more details. Perhaps its high time we signed up for that yoga certification course we’ve been procrastinating about…
