Hi guys, hope you are all well and getting excited for your upcoming French Adventure! Today we wanted to talk with you about: "Jet Lag".
Jet Lag is a real thing... and it affects everyone a little differently, but we can pretty much guarantee that the 6 hour time change will affect you! (France is 6 hours ahead of us). So if you're a night owl, and commonly up at midnight, that would be 6am in France!
The big issue with jet lag is that it can make you feel really tired, and that of course can interfere with your enjoyment of your vacation... There's lots of things you can do to minimize jet lag... First and most obviously, is to be healthy, well hydrated & well rested before you travel... this alone will help you adjust more easily to the time difference.
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| start changing your circadian rhythm today so you can start enjoying your vacation on Day One |
Trust us on this; If you do nothing before you leave, you'll likely suffer the effects of jet lag for the first one to three days of your vacation. And that means you'll have to be really pushing yourself to wake-up, get going, keep up with your better prepared travel-mates and truly enjoy the day. The other thing that fatigue from jet lag can do is to lower your immunity and make you more susceptible to viruses like common colds, flu or even covid...
We're in the business of "showing you a great time" and that can be a little difficult to do if you're jet-lagged 6 hours... What we always suggest to our guests, is that to get the very most value out of your substantial travel investment, start getting a good night's sleep at least a week before you depart. And since you're traveling East thru six time zones, you'll want to consider getting used to going to bed a little earlier each night for a week and getting up a little earlier each day and immediately exposing yourself to bright light to slowly adjust your "circadian rhythm".
If you normally go to bed at 11pm and get up at 6am, consider going to bed 10 minutes earlier each night for 14 days, and getting up 10 minutes earlier each day. This will slowly adjust your circadian rhythm forward by almost 3 hours... And that alone will cut the effects of jet lag in half. Drink 20% more water than normal to get hydrated, and reduce caffeine after 10am so you can get to sleep earlier at night. (caffeine stays in your system at least 12 - 14 hours). When you get up in the morning expose yourself to bright light as early as possible, and in the evenings, slowly reduce your exposure to light. (even light from your computer or cellphone). These ideas aren't just theories, they're structured science that's been well proven for decades. We've learned to do this so we can hit the ground running when we get to France!
If you're into this, we suggest downloading the "Timeshifter" app on your phone. It's by far the #1 Jet Leg app and it's seriously easy to use... It's FREE for your your first roundtrip, so why not try it out... Just go to your App Store, download Timeshifter, and put in your flight info... It sends you automatic notifications (for just 3 days before you departure) about when to go to bed, when to wake up, how much sunlight, and how much caffeine to get to "shift your circadian rhythm" to your new destination. Here's the best part - It works! Check out this gal's testimonial below... and download it today! We've been using it for years... It's easy, it's fun & it's FREE! It definitely works for us!
