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Writer. Brand Storyteller. Trip Designer.

Welcome! Here you will find a selection of work by Polly Witker from more than 15 years of work in strategic communications and travel writing.

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Aerial shot of a snowy spruce forest in Finnish Lapland? Orrrrr just some dirty snow? At least my feet are warm 🙃 Anyone else seen “Fake Famous” and care to discuss? I thought I knew and had seen all the bad behavior by Instagrammer/in
Caught a little magic just by looking up 💫 ...while waiting in line behind 48562548 people to pick up something I ordered at the Apple store that I cannot survive without, in work or life, for more than a few hours 😤🥵 Balance 🙃
I took this photo from the European side of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, somewhere north of Ortakoy, I think, exactly 10 years ago. I was standing on the terrace of a “secret” fish restaurant that you could only go to if you were with a mem
Somebody said it’s #nationalplanforvacationday so here’s to hoping we can all get back to doing something like this sometime in the not too distant future. (My photo from January 2020 in Sayulita)
One year ago today I took this picture in Sayulita, Mexico. Two years ago today I took this next picture in Tepoztlan, Mexico. Come what may, you better believe that one year from today you can find me somewhere in Mexico. #pponewayticket #takemeb
Four years ago today I had jury duty in Brooklyn and then took the subway to midtown to the Trump Hotel near Columbus Circle where I stood with thousands of fellow New Yorkers in solidarity and in resistance to the baffling outcome of the election. N
Ten years ago I had a layover in Amsterdam from morning to night on my way from New York to Istanbul. It was 20 degrees fahrenheit outside and I hadn't slept a wink on the red eye. I only went inside twice - once to eat a giant pancake, and later to
A little ode to Sammy's. I've been in denial about restaurant closings but this one hurts. @famous_sammys was a place I spent unforgettable (though quite fuzzy) evenings with many of my best friends, crowding around a table and sitting on each other'
In reality I’m stuck inside the whirling snow globe of 2020, but in spirit I’m here in this perfectly innocent idyllic autumn day of 2019, touring wineries with @hvbucketlist (thanks to the best bday present ever from @gneumatic), eating
The official countdown to the end of the Trump presidency as seen from @nyc_ferry this morning. Digital clock by artist @bstosuy and others. #byedon
September 2019, in DUMBO. My drafts folder is a beautiful junkyard of memories from a bygone era.
Shoutout to the person who decided this was the year to put a giant cactus in their window instead of an evergreen tree. Merry happy good riddance to the prickly year of 2020🌵