How to Adjust to New Time Zones

Series Summary

Going on your honeymoon? Taking a business trip to Asia? Vacationing in Europe? Traveling to a foreign country can be an exciting way to spend some time learning about another part of the world. With different food, culture, language, and history, a foreign land can help you understand your own world a little better and refresh your perspectives about the similarities and differences people everywhere have living their everyday lives. There are a few things you need to know if you are going to venture outside the borders of your country. Getting a passport is just one of the steps to take before traveling in the international community. Considerations for money, health, safety, and convenience can and should be planned out in advance. Going prepared will make for a smooth and enjoyable trip. In this free video on traveling, travel agent Russ Handler discusses several tips for traveling and touring the world. Handler begins by explaining how to adjust to new time zones, avoid getting bloated on a long flight, buy duty-free items and even how to carry valuables. He then discusses other travel related topics, such as: how to cope with flight delays, recover from jet lag, travel alone, travel on a busy holiday weekend, use a cellular phone in Europe and even how to write a vacation postcard. Watch these free videos and learn several tips for traveling the world, today.

Video Transcript

"Hi everyone, I'm Russ Handler and you know, I just absolutely love international travel. One thing I hate though, is adjusting to new time zones. Let me give you a couple of tips on how to adjust to new time zones. First of all, did you know that staying hydrated and keeping, retaining nutrients while in your flight, will help you in your quest to adjust to that new time zone? It certainly will. Stay hydrated for a few days before and after your flight. It will certainly help out. Okay. When you get on your flight, why don't you set your watch to the time zone that you'll be going to. That will give you an opportunity to mentally and physically prepare for that time zone. Again, I cannot emphasize enough that staying hydrated will help maintain the nutrients and the vitamins that your body needs to cope with the new time. While on the plane, you should try to exercise your hands and your feet as much as possible so that you don't get what is often known as the bloating effect. Also try to sleep whenever possible on the plane, if you need a lot of sleep. If not, go ahead and do what I like to do, I like to stay up and force my body into thinking that the night time that is about to approach is the real night time. It might be very tiring, but it's effective for me. Definitely avoid caffeine and alcohol and try then, once you get to your destination, to be as acclimated with their time of going to bed as possible. I'm Russ Handler and that's how you do it."