| A common problem when traveling by air over a long | | | | short nap when you arrive. But don't sleep too long |
| distance is to experience jet lag, which is what | | | | or you will really disrupt your sleep schedule. |
| happens to your internal clock when your body leaps | | | | Speaking of sleep, you may actually find it difficult to |
| across several time zones in a very short span of | | | | fall asleep on the first few nights of your trip. This |
| time. This confuses your body and it will take a bit of | | | | can be due to the excitement or stress of traveling, |
| time to figure out what has happened and get back | | | | uncomfortable or unfamiliar beds, or even a noisy |
| on schedule. Here are a few airline travel tips to | | | | hotel room. If you think this may be a problem, bring |
| make your next cross-country vacation a little easier. | | | | along ear plugs or a sleeping eye mask. |
| Try to sleep on the plane if you can. Even though | | | | Once you board the plane, go ahead and set your |
| you are just sitting there, traveling on a plane is quite | | | | watch to the new time. This is a tricky way to get |
| tiring. Sleeping as much as possible, especially on a | | | | your mind used to the new time and it often works |
| nighttime flight or when flying from west to east, is | | | | quite well. If you can convince your brain that this is |
| helpful in reducing jet lag and making the transition a | | | | the actual time, it will help you to get over jet lag |
| little easier once you arrive. If you are flying much | | | | quicker. When you arrive at your destination, try to |
| farther than 5 or 6 hours, make every attempt to | | | | spend some time outside in the sun if possible. This |
| upgrade your seat to business or first class, as it will | | | | will help your body reset its internal clock. |
| be a much more comfortable flight and you'll find it | | | | Remember that some lucky people never experience |
| easier to rest. | | | | jet lag. If your traveling partner is one of these |
| To make sleeping on the plane easier, make a | | | | people, you can retaliate by having them carry your |
| specific effort to fly through the night. As an added | | | | bags (since they are so energetic!). Use these airline |
| bonus, fares for these flights are usually a bit lower. | | | | travel tips to help overcome jet lag on your next |
| If you are traveling from east to west, try taking a | | | | cross country flight. |