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Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 36m

For more information about our hotels and booking, visit our website here: ane.boston/hotel

See y’all on Friday and good luck! 👋🤠

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Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 36m

1️⃣Make your reservation for the dates you can secure first.
2️⃣Then, call the hotel directly at the provided numbers on our Venue page to add on additional days. The hotels often have additional availability on Wednesday, Thursday and Monday that they can add to your existing reservation over the phone

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Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 36m

Need Extra Days? 📆
Our main block runs Thurs-Sun at the Westin, and Fri-Sun at our overflows - we have a limited number of rooms allotted for Wednesday and Monday. If you are booking dates outside of Thurs-Sun, or if the system won't let you book your full desired stay
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Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 36m

We have new policies for booking at the Westin this year! 🏨
For all reservations at the Westin, a minimum stay of Friday and Saturday night is required! If you book for Wed, Thurs or Friday, your stay must be through Saturday night. You are of course, welcome to stay longer! 👍
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Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 36m

Don’t forget Suites are NOT going to be by lottery this year! ‼️

Suites will be done first-come first-serve, so if you want a suite, you’ll need to get it at the opening for the Westin, or consider the Element for it's Suite-style rooms! 🏨👍

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Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 36m

📢 Don’t forget folks!‼️
Our hotel room block opening is this Friday, October 10th! 🏨👈‼️
Westin (our main hotel!) opens Friday, October 10th at 7 PM ET! 🕖
Our Overflow hotels (Renaissance, Aloft, Element & Hampton Inn) open an hour later at 8 PM ET!🕗
A few quick reminders too 👇

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Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 1d

🗣️ Pspspspspspspspsps

100 days until ANE 2026 👀

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Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 1d

Yeehaw!! 🏇😎

🌲🌿asthmacat🌿🌲🔜ANE26 @asthmacat.bsky.social · 1d

My entry to @ane.boston’s artwork submissions! I’m super proud of this piece and think it turned out so well. Fingers crossed, yeehaw!🤞🤠🐂🦌🦝

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Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 5d

Things are certainly starting to gear up as our convention grows ever closer! 🤠

Keep following along for more exciting updates and we hope you have an awesome October! ❤️🎃

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Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 5d

Speaking of hotels, did you know ANE staff members get to book hotel rooms early as a perk of helping our con run? 👀🔥🤩

If you’d like to help us out and earn some sweet rewards too, apply over at ane.boston/staff
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Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 5d

If you missed the announcement, our main hotel and overflow hotels open for booking on Friday, October 10th! 7 pm for the Westin (main) and 8 pm for overflows. 🏨👈✅

For more info visit: ane.boston/hotel
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Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 5d

It’s a bird! 🐦‍⬛

No it’s a plane! ✈️

No it’s a reminder that early bird is still open! 🌅

Visit ane.boston/register to get in on those sweet early bird prices! 👏
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Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 5d

Hey artists! 👋🧑‍🎨

Don’t forget submissions are still open until December 15th for our con 2026 book! 📖 🖌️

Visit the link here to submit your piece: www.anthronewengland.com/get-involved...
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Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 5d

Want to help out our awesome charities this year? 😍🤝❤️

Our auction donation form will be opening later this month so keep your eyes out for the announcement when it goes live! 👀
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Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 5d

Hey Boston locals! 👋

Do you plan on attending ANE? 🤔

Do you have a South Boston residential parking pass/permit and want to help the con out?

If yes, email [email protected] and ask to be connected to Con Ops, we need your help with a little project! 🤝👀
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Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 5d

📢 Panel submissions close this month!‼️

The deadline to get your panels in is Saturday, October 25th at 11:59 pm so don’t wait too much longer! 🕛😱

Submit your idea at the link here: ane.boston/panels
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Panels - Anthro New England

Panels are a cornerstone of Anthro New England, and we pride ourselves on offering something for everyone. Whether you’re looking to learn something new in an educational session, be entertained by…

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Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 5d

If anyone asks you today, don’t forget, it’s October 3rd 📆👀⌚

Which means it’s time for our monthly ANE round-up! 🤠

Let’s get started! 👇

A dark purple background of spider web and pumpkin clip art. Copley wears a combination Hambuglar, Hamburger costume and his hobby horse wears a Joker (Persona) mask. Copley is also holding a halloween candy pail. Text reads, "Anthro New England October Updates"

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Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 7d

It's Wednesday my dudes! 😎

This calls for a reminder to...

🗣️ Submit your artwork for the ANE 2026 con book!!! 🎨📖🤩

Submit your piece here: www.anthronewengland.com/get-involved...

We can't wait to see what y'all create! 👀🤠🧑‍🎨

Artwork Submissions - Anthro New England

From our very first conbook in 2015, Anthro New England welcomed and invited artists of our wonderful fandom to submit artwork to be featured in our conbooks! We’re thrilled to keep this tradition…

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Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 9d

Our convention can't happen without our awesome staff! 🫶

On top of keeping our convention running, being a part of ANE staff comes with some really sweet perks! 👀

You know, like early booking times for our hotel room block! 🤩🏨👈

Interested in joining us? Apply over at: ane.boston/staff

Join Our Staff - Anthro New England

Ready to be part of the magic? We’re thrilled you’re interested in joining our staff! ANE’s staff are dedicated to creating an unforgettable experience for every attendee and we need passionate folks…

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Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 11d

If you can't find it (including in your spam/junk folder) you can email us at [email protected] and we can confirm it for you!🦌

Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 11d

If you're brought to a cvent error page after booking, don't worry - that's a common bug we're seeing! Your reservation is secure as long as you receive the confirmation email from the hotel. 🔥

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Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 11d

📷 Heeeeeeey Donors, Patrons, and Vendors! 👋

Go ahead and check your emails, all hotel booking links have been sent out! ✉️🏨👀

Not seeing it? Don’t forget to check your spam folder before reaching out to us! ✅

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Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 13d

You know that hotel room opening in a few weeks? 🤔🏨📆

How would you like early access without the rush to grab a room?👀

Apply to join our convention staff! 🫵✅🤝

Alongside other awesome perks, staff get early booking times for both the main and overflow hotels! 🤩🏨✨

Apply today at: ane.boston/staff

Join Our Staff - Anthro New England

Ready to be part of the magic? We’re thrilled you’re interested in joining our staff! ANE’s staff are dedicated to creating an unforgettable experience for every attendee and we need passionate folks…

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Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 13d

Yee-haw!! 🐎

Anthro New England #ANE2026 🐎🤠 @ane.boston · 13d

For more information about our hotels and booking details, visit our website here: ane.boston/hotel

See y'all soon! 🤠👋

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