Comments on: In the Suitcase: Getting Over Jet Lag http://mytravelhats.com/2009/01/22/in-the-suitcase-getting-over-jet-lag/ Travel stories, tips and news for desk-bound travel addicts with only three weeks vacation a year. Wed, 30 May 2012 14:57:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Josh http://mytravelhats.com/2009/01/22/in-the-suitcase-getting-over-jet-lag/#comment-48 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:19:19 +0000 http://mytravelhats.wordpress.com/?p=258#comment-48 The key to beating jet lag is to have a happy flight. Unless you’re flying in business class or on Virgin America, that’s pretty much not gonna happen. So my best advice is to drink 2 bloody marys either before you board or during the initial beverage service. Good vodka won’t induce a hangover, and 2 little bottles of the stuff is plenty to make you happy and drowsy at 30,000 feet. It tastes really good, and because it’s served on ice and has tons of vitamin C, it won’t dehydrate you. Best of all for older travelers, tomato juice has a unique property that helps prevent potentially dangerous blod clots that can form while you’re on your butt for 20 hours. Just make sure they don’t use too much tabasco!

]]> By: John http://mytravelhats.com/2009/01/22/in-the-suitcase-getting-over-jet-lag/#comment-47 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:12:29 +0000 http://mytravelhats.wordpress.com/?p=258#comment-47 I’m lucky, I take medicine every evening that (as a side effect) makes me groggy anyway, so once that takes effect, I’m out cold for a while. I suppose it leaves me a bit groggy in the morning, but not as much as a sleepless flight would…

Also, for European flights at least, I find that arriving mid-day is best for me. If I arrive in the morning and have to live through the entire day, I’m dead. So now when I have connecting flights, I try to arrange the connection on the European side rather than the US side, since that’ll generally get me to my destination later in the day. Not sure how the timing would work for a 12+-hour flight though.

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