Tips To Beat Jet Lag

If you travel internationally or even if you only travel coast-to-coast, you know that jet lag can affect you for days after you land. If you don’t want to be subject to jet lag, here are some quick tips to help you out.

If you find yourself on a red eye flight or you’re flying international overnight, one of the first things you might want to consider is something to put you to sleep. If you can sleep on the flight, you will wake up and feel fresh and full of energy, and jet leg won’t have such a firm hold on psyche. You should definitely invest in one of those airline pillows. You know, the ones that are made to go around your neck. This will be one of the best investments you make for flying.

Next. get yourself an MP3 player like an iPod and put some really relaxing music which you can listen to as you fly. Invest in some good earbuds like Bose, so that you can drown out the sounds around you. The last thing you want to have happen is to be kept up all night by a screaming baby, people shuffling by to and from the bathroom or flight attendants walking up and down talking.

Get yourself one of those block-out masks, you know, the ones that celebrities wear and movie stars used to wake up in bed with. You want to darken your environment as much as possible, and try and simulate being at home in bed. You also want to block out all of the night owls on the plane who were probably up reading with their lights on.

Set your watch to the time zone that you’re visiting, before you get on the plane, and keep a close eye on the time. Go to sleep at your bedtime in the new time zone and not the old one. Take a bottle of melatonin, which helps some people or whatever sleep aid you have that you know will put you to sleep. Avoid drinking alcohol while flying, because it will only dehydrate you and keep you awake. Instead, drink a lot of water. Make sure you set an alarm so that it wakes you at the proper time in your new time zone.

If you follow all of these tips, you will minimize the amount of time that you suffer jet lag, and maximize the fun that you’re going to have it your destination.