The challenges of business travel can be harrowing. You’ve got to balance a tight schedule with often uncomfortable surroundings, unreliable transportation and stressful business meeting and client dinners. Whether you realize it or not, being under so much stress can be a real zinger on your mood, your productivity and your overall health. Studies have proven time and again that too much stress for too long a period of time can lead to a condition known as distress, resulting in raised blood pressure, irritable stomach and chronic headaches. Not only will too much stress ruin your productivity during a business trip, it can have severe effects on the quality of your overall life, as well.
If you find that you’ve caught the stress bug during a business to Dutchess County, New York, you’re in luck. Dutchess is a place full of great opportunities to unwind, learn a little something, or play a few rounds of golf. Here’s a list of our favorite destinations in Dutchess County to unwind. But first, get to know Dutchess County a little better:
Vassar Golf Course in Poughkeepsie
Many an overtaxed business person finds a great refuge of relaxation in going out on a local green playing a game of golf. Take a colleague and make an afternoon of it; in Dutchess County, the sky’s the limit. Vassar Golf Course in Poughkeepsie is a beautiful 9-hole public course that is both challenging and enjoyable. The scenery bathes each golfer in the charm of the Hudson River Valley and allows even the most harried businessperson to escape for a couple of hours and focus on the beauty of nature and the fun of golf.
Azar Wellness SpaWho doesn’t like a few moments of peace and utter relaxation with a massage, a facial or another equally indulgent treatment? Therapeutic massage has proven to be a very effective way to relieve the stress that eventually turns into distress, and Azar Spa in Millbrook meets every massage need a tired businessperson could have. Choose from their variety of specialty massages, skin care treatments or wellness spa treatments and give yourself the break from the world you deserve.
Bowdoin ParkSometimes all an stressed-out executive needs to feel relaxed is to simply get away from all of the action, the negotiating, the presentations and the suits and ties. Sometimes, just taking a blanket, a book and a lunch to a beautiful public park and spending a few hours alone is the perfect recipe for relaxation. Bowdoin Park in the heart of Dutchess County is beautiful place to unwind for a few hours in the sun or under the divine shade of a nearby tree. See some of the county’s beauty and indulge in some alone time all in the same.
Get to know Dutchess County, New York and find out how you can unwind the next time you come through on your business travels.
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Posted on Aug 21 2013
