'Throw yourself back in': Travel agent's no fuss tip for dealing with jet lag
A travel agent who has been to 120 countries has a tough stance on dealing with jet lag.
"You just need to throw yourself back into things," Gillian Woodley, 51, tells 9Travel.
"It's always easier to get over jet lag in your own bed."
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Travel Associates agent Gillian, from Hobart Tasmania, says she's not one for wasting days while on holiday, preferring to spend the maximum of time she can overseas before returning to work.
But if you do want to break up your journey to try and minimise the effects travelling has on the body, make sure you do it right, she says.
She reckons while stopovers on the way to a far flung destination should be to see a place, on the way home, use them wisely.
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She said it's vital not to mess up your sleep any more.
"If you're stopping you need to make sure it's on your time zone," she says.
"So an example is when you fly out of Europe, let's say with Emirates, you can do a seven hour daytime flight and then stay inside the terminal hotel."
It's important not to mess up your sleep schedule too much. Getty
"Your luggage gets checked through and you literally walk upstairs, have a night's sleep in a bed," she adds.
"Then the next morning , it's a daytime flight back to Australia."
An airline pilot also recommended the same idea.
Former Qantas captain, Jeremy Burfoot told 9Travel he would split a long journey into two, and try to fly both of the days in the daylight.
"You'd want to be on a flight to Singapore out of Australia that left in the morning, so you're basically doing a daylight flight to Singapore, then you have an overnight, eat some curry or something.
"And the next day catch a daylight flight to Europe. So it doesn't actually feel like you're up in the middle of the night."
