Leah Berenson Profile Overview

Leah Berenson

Leah Berenson

Freelance Writer

Leah is driven by learning and adventure. She has studied Journalism, Early Human Development, and Culinary Arts. When she’s not writing she can be found reading or hiking the Southwest.
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Whatever Happened to the Packed Cooler? The Lost Art of the Roadside Picnic

There’s a particular kind of memory that belongs almost entirely to a certain generation of American traveler: the car pulled off at a concrete table under a crooked oak tree, a cooler cracked open, sandwiches wrapped in wax paper, and the distant hum of passing traffic. It wasn’t fancy. It wasn’t Instagram-ready. It was, by

Leah Berenson

Leah Berenson

Freelance Writer

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The Tiny Montana Airport That Turns Into a Global Billionaire Hub Every Ski Season

Most travelers pass through Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport without thinking twice. It sits in Belgrade, Montana, about eight miles northwest of Bozeman, surrounded by wide-open ranch land and the kind of big sky that gives the state its name. From the outside, nothing about it signals anything extraordinary. Come ski season, the picture changes completely.

Leah Berenson

Leah Berenson

Freelance Writer

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The Hotel Buffet Habit That Tells Staff Everything They Need to Know About You

There’s a quiet social experiment running every morning in hotel dining rooms around the world. It doesn’t involve questionnaires or observers with clipboards. It just involves scrambled eggs, a pair of tongs, and the way you carry yourself through a breakfast buffet. Experienced hotel staff will tell you that the buffet reveals character faster than

Leah Berenson

Leah Berenson

Freelance Writer

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Why New Yorkers Consider This Finger Lakes Town Their Favorite Weekend Escape

There’s a particular kind of Friday afternoon energy that spreads through certain parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn when summer arrives. Bags packed, reservations confirmed, conversations turning to gorges and wine trails and lake views. The destination, more often than not, is Watkins Glen – a small village anchored to the southern shore of Seneca Lake

Leah Berenson

Leah Berenson

Freelance Writer

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What Your Zodiac Sign Secretly Reveals About the Way You Vacation

Astrology has long shaped how people understand themselves, but lately it’s been quietly influencing something far more practical: where they book their flights. On the travel front, where indecisiveness during vacation planning is practically a personality type of its own, a growing number of younger globe-trotters are using the zodiac to inform destination, hotel, transportation,

Leah Berenson

Leah Berenson

Freelance Writer

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The One Thing Baby Boomers Miss Most About Road Trips in the 1970s

There’s a particular kind of quiet that only exists between radio songs on a long stretch of highway. No notifications, no pings, no algorithm deciding what comes next. For Baby Boomers, that quiet was the soundtrack of summer, and the road trip was where family life played out in its most honest, unscripted form. According

Leah Berenson

Leah Berenson

Freelance Writer

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Whatever Happened to the Iconic American Roadside Teepee Motels?

Image credits: Pexels Somewhere between the glow of a neon sign and the crunch of gravel under a family station wagon, American road travel became something more than transportation. It became a ritual. And nothing captured that ritual quite like pulling off the highway to sleep inside a giant concrete teepee. The roadside teepee motel

Leah Berenson

Leah Berenson

Freelance Writer

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Why Airlines Are Quietly Changing Their Boarding Order This Year

If you’ve flown more than once or twice in the past year, you may have noticed something feels a little different at the gate. The familiar boarding calls, the group numbers, even the shape of the line itself, have shifted at several major U.S. carriers. It’s not your imagination, and it’s not random. Behind the

Leah Berenson

Leah Berenson

Freelance Writer

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The Luggage Color TSA Agents Say Gets Searched More Often Than Any Other

There’s a question that almost every frequent flyer eventually asks: does the color of my suitcase actually matter? Most people pick black because it’s practical, professional, and easy to find at any luggage store. What they don’t always realize is that this choice creates a ripple effect that touches everything from TSA screening queues to

Leah Berenson

Leah Berenson

Freelance Writer