In today's video, I'm going to give you six tips for surviving a long flight.
What is going on YouTube, greetings from the basement of the co-working space. I'm
working at here in Valencia Spain. It's kind of cool they got these hammocks
back here they got all these like things to sit on they've got a foosball table a
ping-pong table yeah it's a really cool place to come down and relax during the
workday and nobody's ever down here usually so I'm gonna go ahead and film a
couple videos down here today so I've been traveling full-time for about
eleven months now and I've taken a ton of flights I counted up the other day
and I think it was 21 flights I've taken and some of them have been pretty long
the longest was 11 hours I've learned a couple lessons along the way for dealing
with these long flights so I figured I'd share with you today my six tips for
surviving long flights tip number one book a flight that's during your normal
sleep time if you're taking a flight that's over five hours long it's a good
idea to book that flight to start at a time that you would normally be going to
sleep that way hopefully you'll sleep through most of the flight and you won't
even notice how long the flight is there's nothing better than waking up on
a long flight to discover that you're only about a half an hour from landing
or even better yet waking up to the feeling of the plane touching down I've
had that happen a couple times on like six or seven hour flights and it's
awesome some people like to take medications to help them sleep on
flights but I think a better idea is to just try to do it naturally by flying
during your normal sleep time okay so the next couple tips are actually tips
that will help you sleep on flights tip number two pack a mask one of the keys
to sleeping well on a long flight is to reduce the amount of things that might
wake you up one of those things is light whether it's the cabin lights from the
drinking service your neighbors cell phone or TV or the light from the
restroom these things all have the potential to wake you up when you're
sleeping on a flight a mask or anything to cover your eyes can prevent that I
have this merino wool neck Gator that I use and it serves double duty I'll talk
about it in a moment as well so I just over my eyes like this and it shuts out
all the light it's great I love this thing and it serves double duty for me
and I'll explain that in a moment tip number three is to pack some
earplugs sound is another one of those things that can wake you up if you plan
to sleep on a long flight earplugs are a great investment they're really cheap
they're not going to take much room in your bag and they'll cancel out all the
noise some people have noise cancelling
headphones but when you're trying to sleep they can be uncomfortable in your
ears they can get knocked off things like that it's much better to have
earplugs for sleeping tip number four dress in layers one of the worst things
that can happen on a flight is to be too hot or too cold the best way to avoid
this problem is to dress in layers if you're too hot you can remove some
clothing and if you're too cold you can add layers back on back to this neck
gaiter again not only can I use it to cover my eyes but it's also great for
keeping my neck or my ears warm and then I can also do the eyes as well I can
make it into it like a combination thing tip number five bring hand sanitizer
with you if you're taking a long flight especially if it's International you're
gonna have people from all over the world and they're carrying different
germs from different regions that you might not have immunities to get
yourself some hand sanitizer and use it frequently and you can avoid catching
some of those germs from touching things that other people have touched and
finally tip number six and this might be the most important tip is drink lots of
water to stay hydrated the recycled air on planes sucks the water Audia it's
kind of like being in the desert the air is very dry and so you can become
dehydrated really quick without noticing that getting dehydrated increases your
risk of getting sick so this is definitely something you want to pay
attention to drink lots of water before your flight and bring a bottle of water
with you don't rely on the drink services they might not be as frequent
as you need and you might miss it if you're sleeping during the flight
drinking lots of water also reduces your chances of being jetlag so it's just
something really smart to do okay so those are my six tips for surviving long
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