Jaunted - Tag: Jet Lag

New Bedrooms Land at London-Heathrow Airport for £20 Per Hour

kjb — 2011-10-24T08:28:07-05:00

There’s plenty of airports (like PHL and NRT) with rent-a-room spots, where travelers may pay for a few hours to take a nap or just to escape the hustle and bustle of the terminal, but now the concept has crossed the pond.

Thanks to the creative airport engineers over at No.1 Traveller, there are now private rooms available airside for rent for just a few pounds. Open to one and all—assuming you have the cash—they're found in the airport’s terminal three. In total there are 12 rooms from which to choose, and each comes with television, free internet access, free telephone, and of course a shower to freshen up. There’s even a room service option, but unfortunately they don’t do wake-up calls—so don’t forget to set your alarm!

Philadelphia: Minute Suites' $30 Nap Rooms Hit Philadelphia Airport

JetSetCD — 2011-04-22T08:52:46-05:00

It's a damned shame that no US airport boasts one of the funky, sleep-at-the-airport Yotels. Those things are amazing. Instead, travelers faced with delayed flights and long nights at the airport have to spring for an airport-area business hotel or a Holiday Inn Express when they likely don't need all those amenities. Just a good sleep is all some people want, and luckily a few Minute Suites are slowly popping up at airports like Philadelphia International.

PHL just opened their mini-hotel of 13 Minute Suites and 2 workstation cubicles, the second Minute Suites after the original at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. Here's the deal:

Virgin Atlantic's iPhone and iPad App Will Help Eliminate Jet Lag

JetSetCD — 2010-05-12T12:35:36-05:00

This morning, two new iPhone Travel Apps hit the Apple App store on iTunes, and—surprise—they're both from Virgin Atlantic. >The first, with screenshots above, is definitely the cooler one. It's "Jet Lag Fighter" and at $1.99, it's cheaper than two other similar apps, yet styled better. In conjunction with the advice of Dr. Chris Idzikowski, the Virgin Atlantic Jet Lag Fighter app allows you to tell your phone your flight details and let it figure out, via either sleep adjustment or light adjustment, how best to get through the jet lag. And it's iPad-compatible.

Tackling Travel's Biggest Challenge: Sleeping On a Plane

Victor Ozols — 2009-09-12T15:29:20-05:00

When I visited Japan a few years back, I was afraid that the 14-hour flight from Newark would leave me so jet-lagged that I'd be a zombie once I arrived in Tokyo, so I did everything in my power to sleep on the plane. It didn't work. I kept my eyes glued shut for hours on end, yet sleep would simply not come. Upon touching down at Narita, I spent the next 48 hours in a daze. If only I had the wisdom of the experts msnbc.com called on for an interesting article on how to sleep on an airplane.

Turn The Volume Down For Less

egw — 2009-01-16T13:30:49-05:00

If you like silence, better stay home. From people talking on their cell phones at the movies in Milan to the screech of wild birds in Queensland, travel can be one long "SHHHHH" for the impatient.

We've never held much interest in those noise-canceling headphones, but sometimes it seems worth the $60-$90 for a little peace and quiet. For the DIY types, Kip Kedesh's video (above) shows how to rig up your own 'phones for around $20 using construction-strength muffs.

Not handy at all? A recent CNet review picked out an $84 pair by JVC that work almost as well as those Bose beauties. Ahhh, the sound of silence.

[Photo: Bert Heymans]

Hamsters Are Fresh After Long Flights and Viagra

amandak — 2007-05-23T11:40:01-05:00

Hate jet lag? So do we. But some researchers in Argentina have found that our recovery from jet lag might be considerably faster using the somewhat unlikely-sounding solution of taking Viagra.

So far they've only tested in on hamsters, using lights rather than flights, but results show that taking low doses of Viagra (not enough to produce any hamster erections, apparently) helped the hamsters adjust to a new time zone about 50% faster. The trick is that it only worked when they simulated eastbound flights, so it looks like we'll need one-way flight traffic plus Viagra to feel good after a long flight.

[Photo: Emuishere]

Related Stories:
· Viagra Hamsters in Jet Lag Breakthrough [ABC]
· Viagra Could Help Jet Lag [Ananova]
· Ship of Tools [Jaunted]

British Airways Pods You To Sleep

amandak — 2007-04-11T10:07:04-05:00

Once you're on the plane, it's a bit late to get a massive warning about the possibility of getting jet lag. But yeah, there are probably a few pointers left to give to the not-so-experienced traveler, and British Airways has now set this up in a series of podcasts that are best listened to before you leave for the airport, rather than on your iPod once you've boarded the plane. The advice comes from the sleep expert of British Airways, a fellow named Dr. Chris Idzikowski, a.k.a. Dr. Sleep.

Topics include sleep basics (close your eyes, count sheep), synchronizing your inner clock (as complicated as it sounds) and overcoming jet lag. Unfortunately even Dr. Sleep suggests that getting over jet lag is still only something that can happen gradually. And the podcasts aren't even boring enough that they'll really help you sleep.

Related Stories:
· BA Launches Online Jet Lag Podcasts [Business Traveller]
· How to Sleep on Airplanes [Jaunted]