Having a child is a wonderful thing. A stressful, busy, nerve wracking, wonderful thing. Amidst all the preparation for an addition to your family, it can be easy to forget about taking care of other things. Like yourself.

Luckily, the hotel industry feels your labor pains. Expectant couples now have relaxing options to take their final vacation alone, and pamper themselves before the big day. 

But where should you go before the big day?

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live up in a bird’s nest? Yeah, we haven’t really either. That is, until we stumbled across the woven, human-size nest at the Treebone Resort in Big Sur, California.

Now it’s possible to answer that burning question that has been (or just started) fluttering around in your head: “what is life like from a birds eye view?” 

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For those of us who aren’t great sleepers to begin with, unfamiliar settings (i.e. hotel rooms)—not to mention a time change—can wipe out any chance at a good night’s sleep. So I was interested to note that some hotels have recently started getting a more serious about sleep-related amenities (beyond pillow menus)—I’m guessing in light of our unsettling times keeping a lot of people up at night. Behold Sleep School at four AKA hotels in Manhattan.
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