Gift better with experiential employee holiday gifts that boost loyalty and morale.
It’s important to show employee appreciation all year round, but there’s something about the holidays. The natural slowdown, the celebrations—it’s a perfect time to show employees how much you appreciate their contributions and value them as individuals. The right holiday gifts can send your people into a new year feeling seen, valued, and cared for.
Learn moreWith Blueboard, you can gift employees the magic of an experience. Not a fruit basket or a mediocre bottle of wine, but the chance to make memories. To experience something new or indulge in a passion with the people they love most. Blueboard Holiday Gifts are:
Employee holiday gifts don’t have to be one-size-fits-all. Let your new people choose what’s meaningful for them.
Your people won't remember a gift card a year from now. But they will remember a shared experience.
Say goodbye to sourcing and shipping woes. Instead, send holiday gifts across the world in just a few clicks.
Whether your employees are craving time and space to connect with their loved ones, a gentle push to start a new hobby, or an adventure to shake things up, you can offer something for everyone with Blueboard Holiday Gifts:
Get tickets to your local zoo or aquarium and experience a little wonder.
Spend the day at a theme park near you, collecting thrills together.
Go to an art gallery together and spend a few hours browsing and dreaming.
Are you a doodler? Stretch your skills with a drawing lesson for up to two!
Have a burning desire to please people via plate? We’ve got the cooking class for you.
Want to learn some new moves? We’ll help you find the perfect dance class.
Exactly what it sounds like—strap in for a tandem skydiving adventure.
Get behind the wheel of a race car and take a few laps around a track like the pros.
Who wouldn’t love to fly? Cross hang-gliding or paragliding off your bucket list.
Our holiday gifts offering is an exciting and personalized way to show your employees how much you value them. Here’s a list of FAQs to get the ball rolling. When you’re ready to learn more, request a demo to connect 1:1 with our team.
Our team will serve as your trusted guide—we’ll share industry comp standards and a custom program planning guide (budget calculator) so you can easily plan your holiday gifts budget. With a variety of reward levels starting at $150, there’s flexibility to show holiday employee appreciation in the way that best suits your budget.
Yes. Blueboard rewards have a monetary value, which means most government tax agencies, like the IRS in the U.S., require taxes to be paid on them. As to who pays, we feel that it’s best if the employer pays the tax, using an accounting technique called “grossing up” to calculate the payment to the employee. For more detailed information check out this blog on the subject of reward taxation.
Employees who receive a Blueboard gift experience will be notified by email. From there, they can log into our website where they can redeem for their choice of top-tier experiences at home, in their local city, or abroad (depending on the gift value you’ve pre-determined). Once they select an experience, our Concierge team works one-on-one with the employee to plan and schedule their event. Check out this quick video for more information on the recipient experience.
Just fill out the Request Demo form and tell us a little about your goals for year-end employee gifts. We'd love to connect and understand how Blueboard can help you boost employee morale and loyalty as you head into a new year!
We make it easy to connect your Blueboard account with Slack or Microsoft Teams to facilitate conversations and to bond employees around the digital water cooler. Simply create a dedicated channel for Blueboard buzz and opt to push gift and reward activities into the channel to spark connection. You can automate notifications when rewards are sent, redeemed, or publish Recognition Stories.
We sure do! We’ve built a one-stop-shop inspiration hub for hybrid work. You’ll get best practices from companies making the transition and learn about the important role that employee recognition plays in bonding distant teammates. Get program inspiration and tips for setting your recognition programs up for success in our new normal.
Connect with our team for a personalized demo of our recognition and rewards platform and see our hand-curated experience menus.
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