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August 8, 2025

Keeping work from spoiling a vacation takes planning and the right phone settings

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ
Associated Press

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If it’s not possible to be completely out of touch, schedule times to check in on work and let co-workers know what those times will be.

NEW YORK — For their 15th wedding anniversary, Katie Walley-Wiegert and her husband decided to take a beach vacation with their young son. But the trip didn't go as planned. Walley-Wiegert wound up needing to pack her computer because of a work assignment she couldn't ignore.


 
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