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When I was younger, and prone to sleeping 12 hours at a time, I had no problem sleeping in transit. I fell asleep on a bus ride just after leaving New Orleans, and woke up just as we were driving onto the exit ramp in Lawrence, Kansas. That was an overnight trip. I recall sleeping on the majority of an overnight flight from Honolulu to Chicago as well.
That's not the case anymore. Five years ago I traveled to Alaska. I was awake for the entire flight from Minneapolis to Anchorage, and only slept two hours on the return flight (overnight).
I'm with you on the babies.......they need to have baby-free flights. I think many adults would pay more for this. It has never failed that I end up near a screaming baby on flights, regardless of destination or carrier.
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I MUST sleep in transit, or I wouldn't get any rest. I like to travel at night and be all RECHARGED when I arrive so I don't have to burn any daylight. Often on trains (when using rail passes), I travel PAST my intended destinations during the night (so I can get more sleep), them work myself back across the intended stops during daylight.
I have friends who were transferred to Europe for work about three months after their baby was born. How did you expect them to get there, swim?
As long as a parent is trying to soothe their child I can empathize. The ones that really tee me off are the 3-10 year olds who raise hell while their oblivious parents get drunk on Bloody Mary's.
I know these are pricey. Do they knock out the screaming babies, that I always seem to be on flights with?
I know they can block the sound of someone behind me coughing. At least that's what my wife told me when I came down with the flu early on during our 14 day cruise to Hawaii. She was behind me on the leg between DFW and LAX. I never heard one cough.
If you are that dingbat and read this, thanks for ruining our very expensive vacation! Turned into the cruise from hell, when we became "isolated" in our cabin for two of the four days in HI.
I know they can block the sound of someone behind me coughing. At least that's what my wife told me when I came down with the flu early on during our 14 day cruise to Hawaii. She was behind me on the leg between DFW and LAX. I never heard one cough.
If you are that dingbat and read this, thanks for ruining our very expensive vacation! Turned into the cruise from hell, when we became "isolated" in our cabin for two of the four days in HI.
Three's no guarantee it came from anyone sitting near you. You could have touched a handrail and then itched your nose.
By the way, not everyone who coughs is ill. I have a chronic respiratory condition that causes me to cough on a regular basis. I am not sick and it's not contagious.
Do YOU sleep while in transit? How do you do it? Do you use any sleeping pills?
I've always flown during daylight and have usually had no trouble napping for the duration...
Next week will be the test though... I'm taking a red eye overnight flight from Seattle to Savannah via Charlotte.
We'll see.
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