July 17th, 2010
Pink’s Travel Tip #9 — A few techniques for avoiding jet lag
It’s been awhile since we’ve done a travel tip — but here’s one to help those of you who may be traveling to far flung places this summer: My (almost) foolproof strategy for battling jet lag, including a secret formula for falling asleep on the road.
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David Siteman Garland on July 17, 2010
That was epic, Dan. I love your secret on how to instantly go to sleep. Literally laughing out loud…and I’m pretty sure that works 100% of the time as well.
Chris Sweeney on July 17, 2010
Dan, sorry I missed you in Japan. I should have caught it on your schedule. Next month, we are headed back to the U.S. after serving three years at Yokota Air Base, Japan. You advice is excellent and will be followed. Thanks again for the signiture card and of course the books. I have to replace Johnny Bunko because of sharing it so much I lost track who has it. Continue safe travels.
Chris
Sue Reddel on July 17, 2010
Good advice, love the Economist as an over-the-counter sleep remedy, hysterical. I just got back from Dubai, my jet lag has been minimal. I’ve heard you should try to stay awake when coming back which I had no problem doing with the 3 million screaming and crying children accompanying me on my Royal Jordanian flight. Good times. Love your travel tips. See you next time you’re in Chicago.
Chris Ungar on July 17, 2010
For me (not an international traveler), I have the most difficult going from west to east. My cure? Take a red eye, and stay awake at your destination ’till your “normal” bedtime. Works every time.
Tom Catalini on July 17, 2010
Dan,
Glad to see you have revived the travel tips series… kind of eerie that our posts coincided today….
Tom
Mike Brewer on July 19, 2010
Dan,
I am heading to Scotland in a few weeks and your travel tips were tremendously helpful! I don’t have a copy of The Economist so I will take some of my Education Policy reading with me instead. The security checkpoint tip is spot on and I am off to pick up the bacitracin right after I finish posting this.
Thanks!
Mike
Dan O'Connor on July 21, 2010
Excellent stuff. I thought for a second you were going to whip out “Drive” or something and self-deprecatingly say “yeah, this’ll have you asleep in seconds!”
Very natsukashii seeing and hearing Narita Airport. Family there tell me it’s excruciatingly hot right now – hope it wasn’t too hellish.
Kaz on July 22, 2010
Wow!
Thank you for showing DRIVE Japanese edition!
Mary Wiseman on July 22, 2010
Dan, Love, love, love your travel tips. I’ve used ‘em all, except the ‘instantly-go-to-sleep tip’. Seems like a good plan thou. I would add one more tip: hydrate!! Airplanes are very dry- I might suggest 6-8oz of water per hour in flight. Oh, and alcohol-probably not a good idea…it messes with the body’s systems. Travel safely!
Bruce Howard on July 23, 2010
Dan, all the travel tips are great. I hate to admit this, but I’d discovered the “Benadryl + Economist” trick on my own…at home!
Jeff Gaus on July 30, 2010
As an avid reader of The Economist, usually at bedtime, I laghed out loud when watching your travel tips. Before I saw the ending, I thought you were going to say a college textbook.
Natalie Rivera on August 1, 2010
Thanks for the tips. I’ve followed them on a recent trip and they really helped.
Farhan Thawar on August 2, 2010
LOL… love the economist plug!
Carol on March 28, 2011
Good luck trying to sleep when it’s dark if you’re at a high latitude in the summer. Once I sprang out of bed in Stockholm in May, thinking I would be horribly late to a 10 AM meeting…it was 3:30. (The reverse is true in winter. When you go from dark gray to light, it’s hard to wake up.)
Regardless, eyeshades are your friends.
But I’ve gotta try the Benadryl + Economist trick! Ambien is a mixed bag on my end.