There is a pattern that is repeated between executives of high-performance travel frequently to Latin America: the first week of a long journey it works well. The second begins, despite. The third, if it exists, can affect a visible productivity and mood.
It is not weakness. It is biology. The body and the mind have routines that support the performance, and the work travel the interrupt in a systematic way: change of altitude, irregular feeding, sleep in unfamiliar environments, reduced motion, and a density of work that leaves no room for recovery.
This article is not a list of tips wellness generic. It is a practical guide to maintain the routines that already work at home, adapted to the reality of a work trip in Bogota.
In summary
Keep the ritual of well-being on a business trip to Bogota requires four basic conditions in the lodging: kitchen, equipped to handle the power, quality bedding for your dream 2,600 meters of altitude, access to fitness facilities and silence structural recovery. The residences VEZRA in the Park 93 and Chicó Norte are designed with these conditions. The neighborhood adds to the ecosystem of well-being external: spas, parks, cafes healthy and fitness centers, level walking distance.
The dream: the variable most affected in Bogotá
The dream is the first variable that is altered when you travel to Bogota, and that impacts the performance if not managed well.
The altitude of 2,600 metres can reduce the oxygen saturation during sleep, especially the first few days. The result: you go to bed tired, but do not rest completely. You wake up without the feeling of having slept well even though you’ve slept enough hours.
What helps:
- Hydrate well during the day: the dehydration accumulates in altitude and affects the quality of sleep.
- Quality bedding: it is not a decorative detail. The natural fibers of the weight appropriate to regulate temperature better body in an environment of high altitude.
- Total darkness: the residences VEZRA have the possibility to darken completely the space for the night’s rest.
- Avoid drinking alcohol the first few days: alcohol disrupts the phases of deep sleep, something that is already more difficult in altitude.
- Temperature of the bedroom: Bogotá has cool nights. A bedroom slightly cool favors you into a deep sleep.
The diet: how to maintain discretion without relying on room service
To eat well during a work trip in Bogota is not difficult if you have the right conditions. The problem is not the gastronomic offer (in the Park 93 is excellent), but the irregularity: the days with too many meals of work, days with meetings that leave no time to eat, and the temptation of the room service at ten in the night, as well as quick solution.
A kitchen equipped solves most of this problem. It does not mean cooking developed. It means you have options for breakfast without relying on the service of hotel, warming up something nutritious when the meetings are spread and not having to go out to eat when what you need is rest.
The residences VEZRA include a fully equipped kitchen with basic pantry for the first day. Supermarkets premium, the area (Carulla Gourmet and the like) are less than a ten minute walk to replenish according to the preferences of each guest.
The neighborhood also has a range of restaurants with proposals of cooking healthy and functional that does not force you to choose between eating well and eating fast. The guide of the ritual of arrival to lower the noise mental includes recommendations for building the first few days in the city so that the body to adapt without extra effort.
Movement: real options in the north of Bogotá
Regular movement is one of the first routines that are lost in the travel intense. The meetings dealing with the day, the tiredness occupies the night and the gym is for tomorrow indefinitely.
Bogotá has options that make it easier to keep the movement without becoming a further obligation.
- Gym in the building: some units VEZRA have access to fitness facilities in the building itself. Availability is specified in the tab for each property.
- Fitness centers in the neighborhood: the north of Bogota has a density of centres of fitness and pilates with first class equipment within walking distance from the residences VEZRA. Classes without the need of membership, extended hours and spaces that do not require planning extra.
- Park The Viceroy: less than a ten-minute walk from the Parque 93, has cicloruta active zone and walk works well for a morning routine in 30 to 45 minutes prior to the meetings.
- Radweg Sunday: if the trip includes a Sunday, the ciclovía in Bogotá closes the main avenues of traffic. It is a way of moving that requires no planning and work as reset mental after an intense week.
The disconnection: the ritual more difficult to keep in travel
The executive who travels to Bogota for work usually have an agenda that doesn’t leave much space for the disconnection. That is inevitable to some extent. What is avoidable is not taking any space of disconnection for days.
The sustained well-being on long trips requires pauses real, not just a passive rest. Some of the options in the Park’s ecosystem 93:
Spas, high-end: the north of Bogota has a spas with treatment proposals ranging from massages muscle recovery to relaxation rituals more elaborate. For the executive who ends the week with pent-up tension, a spa session on the Friday afternoon can make all the difference in how you start the Monday. The guide to luxury spas in the north of Bogota sets out the options most relevant to the sector.
Coffee shops specialized without noise: Park 93 has cafes where coffee is good, the conversation is possible, and no music was enforced. For the executive who needs a switch-off time with a book or just without an agenda, that type of space has a real value.
Gastronomy as a ritual: fine dining in one of the best restaurants of Park 93 without work agenda is a form of disconnection that the district makes no planning extra.
The hosting space as a condition of well-being
All of the above works best when the hosting space is a condition for the well-being, not an obstacle.
An apartment with the noise of the corridor, WiFi fail, bed linen that never rests, and no kitchen for breakfast is not a space of recovery. It is an additional source of stress that builds up from day to day.
The residences VEZRA are designed with the principle opposite: silence structural (independent access, without corridors of the hotel), quality bedding verified, equipped kitchen for food and WiFi guaranteed to keep the work flowing without friction when there is work.
Checklist of well-being for business travel to Bogota
Before you arrive, check that your accommodation and your agenda to meet these conditions:
- Accommodation with fitted kitchen and bed clothes of verified quality.
- Access to fitness center or fitness centers within walking distance.
- Agenda of the first day adjusted: do not schedule meetings criticism on the same day of arrival.
- Hydration planned: a bottle of water available from the arrival to the apartment.
- Space of disconnection identified: spa, coffee shop or park, depending on preference.
- Supermarket nearby for resupply of food according to personal routine.
- Total darkness guaranteed in the bedroom for a night’s rest.
The right accommodation makes the well-being possible
Keep the ritual of well-being on a business trip to Bogota is not a question of discipline is exceptional. It is a matter of having the right conditions. When the accommodation provided, the welfare is sustained almost no additional effort.
VEZRA Group operates residences at Park 93 and Chicó Norte designed with these conditions as a starting point, not as optional extras.
Stay where your well-being matter — homes VEZRA with gym and kitchen
Frequently asked questions about well-being on business trips to Bogota
How does the altitude of Bogota and the dream and the performance?
The altitude of 2,600 metres can reduce the oxygen saturation during sleep the first few days. The body adapts in three to five days. To hydrate well, and avoid alcohol initially accelerates the adaptation.
What the residences VEZRA have access to a gym?
Some units yes, according to the building. Availability is specified in the tab for each property in vezra-group.com.
Are there options for healthy cooking or restaurants with proposed functional near Park 93?
Yes. The neighborhood has a gastronomic offer that includes proposals kitchen functional and healthy, in addition to supermarkets premium within walking distance for those who prefer to prepare their own meals.
What options disconnect is in the north of Bogotá to the executive in business trip?
Spas, high-end, cafés, specialty, without noise, parks for walking or running and a gastronomic offer that works as a ritual of disconnection in itself.
How the weather of Bogotá affects the fitness routine?
The weather is cool and variable. The morning cleared are ideal for outdoor activity. Fitness centers of the neighborhood are climate-controlled for those who prefer to train indoors.
How long does it take the body to adjust to the altitude of Bogota?
Between three and five days for the majority of the people. The main symptoms are fatigue and sleep disturbance. Adequate hydration, and a moderate pace in the first days accelerates the adaptation.
