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Nancy A. Shenker

The Boulders Roll Back Uphill

By Nancy A. Shenker May 29, 2020 0

Those of you who know me also are aware that I’m a huge fan of the business/leisure “staycation” — especially since I moved to Arizona. I was delighted to hear that hotels were back in …

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The Cure for Pre-Packing Anxiety

By Nancy A. Shenker November 17, 2019November 18, 2019 4

Is Pre-Packing Anxiety (PPA) a real mental condition?

For me, it sometimes can be. Especially for those long trips that combine business and pleasure and take place over winter. I try to avoid …

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WhyHotel? Why Not?

By Nancy A. Shenker October 19, 2019October 21, 2019 0

I

am not an Airbnb kinda woman. I got my communal living passion out of my system in college, when I ate, drank (a lot), and slept in a big house (like Animal …

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Bleisure’s Best Finds: JSX — Travel Like a Rock Star

By Nancy A. Shenker September 5, 2019 0

After two weeks of traveling on commercial airlines, I was ready to buy an airstream camper and drive to all my meetings, conferences, and family events.

Between delays, cancellations, airline clubs that felt …

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Toiletries and Tubs: A Tour of Hotel Bathrooms

By Nancy A. Shenker August 23, 2019 0

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ne could argue that after the comfort factor of beds and pillows (and mini-bar assortment, of course), the bathroom in a hotel room is a super-important travel factor.

I have …

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Plenty o’ Places & Pithy Prose: 5 Hotel Reviews You Can Read in < 5 Minutes

By Nancy A. Shenker June 8, 2018August 23, 2019 0

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ver the past 30 days, I’ve stayed at five hotels. Pretty crazy, yes?

I attended three conferences (and spoke at two of them), visited my daughters/grandkids, and treated myself to …

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Walk it Off

By Nancy A. Shenker May 16, 2018May 17, 2018 0

“I

felt a tap on my shoulder as I approached the site of my meeting at 6th Avenue and 45th Street.

A lifelong New Yorker, I always jump when touched by …

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Bleisure’s Best Finds: The Flexx

By Nancy A. Shenker May 16, 2018 0

OK…We Established That I Love My Shoes

I wrote about Shoe Bags recently, in which I pack my precious footwear for bleisure trips.

The spring/summer contents of those bags almost always …

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Bleisure’s Best Finds: Shoe Bags

By Nancy A. Shenker April 10, 2018 0

I Pack Too Many Shoes…But Now They Travel in Style

The term “too many” is all relative. If I wear them all, it’s not too many. But, even for short bleisure trips, I find myself …

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Bleisure Living in Our Own Backyard

By Nancy A. Shenker March 1, 2018 1

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et’s have our meeting in a hotel lobby,” suggested my new Arizona friend and collaborator Lela Cocoros. “I know just the place,” I replied.

We both recently …

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