Our Approach
Our Approach
Etgar Corporate Solutions was created to answer one question: How can we take a proven model that works in the consumer travel market, and use it to inspire true change in the workplace? Too often we see team building “outings” to places like axe-throwing or escape rooms, which are simply meant to allow a team to interact in a low-stress, social environment. But can you really see a difference in productivity? Does spending 2-3 hours together at a social event translate to better collaboration and deeper inter-personal connections? Does your team listen better? Do they understand and relate to each other differently? Unfortuatnely, the answer is often “no.” We think, and we hope you agree, we’ve done a pretty damn good job solving this problem
Our Story
Our Story
It all started with Competitours - Europe’s first (and only) Amazing-Race-Style trip. For over 10 years, Competitours, founded by Steve Belkin, has been taking travelers to Europe on 10-day, challenge-filled mystery adventures. As the 10 teams, of two people each, zig-zag the continent, the concept was to have them connect with the people and cultures of Western Europe, rather than simply taking selfies in front of the Eiffel Tower or Colosseum. After working with Belkin on a few (unrelated) projects, our own founder, Ari Charlestein, had an idea to expand this travel concept beyond the confines of Western Europe! And so, Etgar Travel was born; but Etgar Corporate Solutions is just one of the products we offer. We also run 7-10 day, consumer-focused, competition-style trips to Israel, and the United States.