Please advice me on this travel idea I have

[Hhhhdss]

Is it stupid for me to want to travel to a location on holiday for a bit. And then to work from the office there for a bit to try and experience life there?

Like I want do a long trip to a place and work half weeks.

We have offices across Europe and I have this (probably stupid idea) of interrailing across the different cities. And half working in the office there and half exploring the city.

Contract wise and stuff it's perfectly fine for me to do this. My manager is perfectly happy.

Happy for me to work remotely for a limited period of time. 6/8 weeks in one go is the maximum. I've not mentioned the working through the abroad offices though

This is effectively a green light to work abroad for 6-8 weeks, no? I wouldn’t rock the boat by mentioning overseas offices though! Good luck, let us know how you get on.

Remotely means WFH but not necessarily from your actual home. That’s how I’ve always interpreted it. Like it could be the home of a family member or boyfriend, or a coffee shop, co-working space, etc.

So it means that OP can work from her Airbnb.

I never said I was freelance. To do my job all I need is my laptop and WiFi. If I need to contact other colleagues all I need is teams or outlook.

No I specifically said "like [Colleague's name]" who did 2 months in back in their home country because they went back to see their family.

I never ever said "basically freelance". I just don't need to be in my office to do the work. It's a job where all the "outputs" are done on a laptop and all communications can be done via teams or email.

Anyway I've had some good advice. I'll probably just take a small trip to trip on holiday to the continent sometime in June or July. I don't think I'll do this interrailing Europe tour.

I travel a lot for work and it sounds great (bar only the Brexit-related work restrictions). Teeing up your cities with festivals/exhibitions (or other things you're interested in) might be fun - and putting in a few with beaches (Barcelona say)... There are some posh hostel chains such as Generator that have single or double rooms as well as dorms. They also tend to have great lockers/luggage storage, which can be a problem with Airbnbs...

Yup. I went twice this week. I just thought it would be cool to explore the offices we have on the continent.

To answer your actual question, yes, doing half work and half holiday is a great way to make your holiday allowance stretch further and get a real feel for places by being able to stay for longer.

Only you know whether it will work on a practical level. I mean for example in my job, I tend to have a week or so where I have to work full time (and overtime!) and just put my head down and get through a project flash point. I wouldn’t necessarily be able to cut down hours into park time during these periods. So then I’d have wasted the opportunity of being somewhere else. Your job may be different - you know best.

And then the legal/working visa/tax restrictions that everyone has mentioned.

Speak to your employer and find out what they are able to facilitate, then go for it!

I think you’re missing the point of OP’s idea. I don’t think she mentioned wanting to ingratiate herself with local teams and gain some new colleagues, I think she just wants to make her annual leave stretch further by working in overseas offices and taking annual leave around that, like half the week etc. It doesn’t matter if she can only hot desk and everyone ignores her.

(Correct me if I’m wrong obviously @Hhhhdss)

Yes exactly

If I need to talk to my UK based colleagues all I need is teams. There are Fridays where I'm the only person in my department in London and I still get a good day's work done

This informal approach worries me. Have you looked into travel insurance? A lot of companies don’t cover you for working abroad, only for being on holiday.
Also if you want to work in your company’s offices, how will they react if employees see you doing this and think they would like to do the same?