Joni Sweet
Apr 20, 2022
4 Ways To Sleep Better When You Travel, According To Sleep Experts
Getting enough sleep while traveling is key to having a great vacation. But for many of us, that’s easier said than done. From pre-vacation jitters and cramped airlines to jet lag, traveling can seem like it’s setting us up for many hours of lost sleep.
Even if you’ve tried every trick in the book to sleep better while traveling, you may still have a troublesome night or two—and that’s completely normal. But getting stressed out about the situation will only make it harder for you to drift off. So instead of ruminating about all the ways that travel is disrupting your sleep, keep in mind that you’re probably doing lots of things on your trip that actually promote sleep, said Dr. Samina Ahmed Jauregui, a sleep psychologist and advisor to Pluto Pillow, at the National Sleep Month event.