Travel & Holidays Jetlag.....any tips?

Any tips on bringing the body clock back to normal? Or is it just a matter of time?

 

Have 3 kids and then you'll have it permanently; no need to adjust.

 

I've flown hundreds of times (literally) and the best thing that worked for me was to try and sleep to the timezone of the destination that I was traveling to. This way when I got off the plane I was already in the 'frame of mind' of my destination.

It's too easy to get distracted by all the entertainment crap they provide in flight, especially in business and first class.

Give it a go.

 

I do what @alexm does. Before a long haul flight I work out a "sleep schedule".

Working backwards from the time I arrive at my destination. Eg
Dept Bris 10:50am. Arr LAX 6:55am. Would see my schedule be something like this.
Board plane (lax time is approx 6:00 pm).
Settle in for around an hour or so then eat. (Largish meal)
Read movies etc for the next 3 hours or so then eat again (lighter meal)
After this meal, start getting ready for bed. (Quiet music,read,herbal tea..)
Sleep / nap 5-6 hours
Wake (approx 4:30am LAX time). Get up, wash , dress walk around get into your normal morning routine. Have breakfast.
Read etc for the next couple of hours until landing.

When you get to your destination .. Do NOT go to bed until "bedtime". If you feel like a nap either set an alarm for a short nap or push through it. Go to bed early-ish that first night and you should wake fine the next day.

I Tend to look for flights that arrive at my destination in the afternoon if at all possible.

 

If you arrive home on a morning flight, sleep no later than midday and then go to bed at normal time that night. Try a Passion flower tea. I was a doubter until I tried it. Relaxes you and your sleep quality will be better.

The key is to have a smaller sleep to last the day if you need it and then go to bed normal time.

 

Fly business or first class if you can. It makes a huge difference.

 

Beat me to it.

 

Take your shoes off and walk around on the carpet in bare feet - it worked for John McClane

 

Cruise holiday. No jet lag. Slowly and gently ease into each new time zone.

 

Would love to give it a go if the funds allow.

 

Cheers for the replys, let the scattered begin

 

You can always fly with frequent flyer points if you don't want to spend the cash.

 

I find coming home worse. Maybe it's the after holiday blues!

 

A lot of people swear by that.

It can be little difficult finding any sun in Europe in January though. That's why I'm getting a sunbed installed in my jet. I can do the reset in the last hour of flight and if I turn it up to max it will only take 10 minutes. As an added bonus I will arrive with a deep tan.

That's very common.

 

I've never had a real problem with Jetlag, but I also have a lot of trouble sleeping on aircraft. On an overnight flight I'll lightly snooze but I usually end up ariving tired.

From there I simply force myself to stay awake until 9pm local time and I get a good 8 hours. At that point I've adjusted.

 

Coming back is usually worse because we're going against (I think) the rotation of the earth. The US would probably be easier coming home.
Remember when I got back f r om Europe early in the morning - 26 hr flight. Didn't sleep for a week.

 

Yeah i tried as the agent was meant to book through virgin (and would fly with sth african airways) so i transferred near 300,000 credit card point to virgin ff points.
Then when i tried to upgrade she had actually booked with sth african airways so i couldn't upgrade.
But they are there for the next trip!

 

We both found we were fine going to africa, got home last night and we were the same! Wide awake all this morning.
Not the longest flight but we left at 8am, Zanzibar to Dar es Salam to joburg to perth to sydney. Bloody long day, especially as i cant sleep on planes.