It often makes little or no difference whether a software developer, marketing employee, project employee, podcaster, accountant, requirements analyst, business coach, ... works in the home office 10 km from the company location or 2,500 km away on a beautiful island in the home office Madeira.

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A workation is literally translated as a working vacation. It's a combination of work and vacation, where you work while you're away from the office, mixing free time with productive time. That definition gets it pretty well: "A workation is a vacation that allows you to work remotely while incorporating elements of leisure time that allow you to relax and be more productive."
 

Vacation from your office, not from work
You realize it's a little vague. But there really is an official definition. The main idea is to take a vacation away from your office, but not from work itself. It has already been introduced in many companies in the US and Europe that focus on employee wellbeing and alternative ways of increasing long-term productivity.

Work similar to home office - the beach instead of the living room
Workations are becoming increasingly popular right now, not only because of cultural change, but also because of the technology that makes it possible. Laptops, collaboration tools, project management software, messaging and teleconferencing platforms and all kinds of time recording devices that support remote work. Due to Corona, more and more people are working from home. Workation is like working from home, only not from home, but from a vacation spot.