Jet lag occurs whenever you travel and you internal body clock’s time is out of balance with the local time at your destination. For example, if you leave London at 9 pm and fly to Bangkok you will land some 13 hours later when the time in London is now 10 am the following morning. However, because you have traveled across several time zones, the local time at Bangkok airport is now 4 pm that same afternoon.

Having taken a taxi to your hotel, checked in had taken a shower your body will now be telling you that it is time to eat. Now, your body clock thinks that it is time for lunch and, although everyone else is having dinner, it doesn’t matter to your body clock what you call the meal, it only cares that you eat. So far so good, however, a couple of hours later when everyone else starts going to bed your problems will start because your body clock believes it is now only late afternoon.

A time difference of 6 hours, such as that shown in this illustration, is substantial and even the best of us will be feeling the effects of jet lag. Indeed, while a couple of hours will hardly be noticeable, anything over about 4 hours can be expected to produce the symptoms of jet lag in most people.

Of course there are various things that you can do before your journey, during the course of your flight and at your destination to help to reduce jet lag but one difficulty which researchers have found recently is that when your internal body clock experiences a significant shift in time it usually overcompensates when adjusting and therefore leaves you suffering a double dose of jet lag for a while before it eventually settles down. Against this background, how can you counteract this?

Well, it is possible to take this into account to a certain extent and reduce any symptoms of jet lag by beginning to adjust your body clock before you travel, but circumstances might make this difficult. An alternative therefore is to simply break your journey if you are going to be traveling across more than 4 or 5 time zones.

In the case of our illustrative trip to Thailand this might for example mean breaking your journey half way and relaxing for a day before continuing on. Air travel might have made the world smaller today but I’m afraid that it is going to take the human body a little longer to catch up to modern technology.

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Taking a holiday once a year does not have to place great stress on your already stretched finances. Why not have a group of people to travel with. This is a more affordable option than travelling on your own because airlines and hotels give discounts when groups make a booking. You can book a full house and share the costs of the rooms. In addition, you won’t be alone because you have friends on vacation with you

Although you will save cash by booking late, you should not make this a practice when you have a specific holiday resort in mind. If you want to spend your holiday at a specific resort, there is a good chance that it will be fully booked for the times when you are able to travel. For specific vacation resorts and hotels or resorts, the most affordable practice is to book early. However, if you just want to take a holiday and you don’t have a preference, you can save a lot of dollars by searching for last minute deals where the airline has unsold seats or the resort is trying to ensure it has all the rooms booked. There are great savings to be had by surfing online for offers

If it doesn’t matter to you where you go for your vacation, you can wait to book at the last minute. This allows you to take advantage of many deals offered by resorts and air lines when they don’t have their full quota. Just days before the date, you can see tremendous savings in the cost with unsold seats and rooms. Sign up for newsletters from airlines so that you will be fully informed when they put on seat sales and holiday resort sales.

Booking all-inclusive vacations can also make it easier for you to take a vacation. You can book your holiday early through a holiday loan or by paying for the cost with your credit card. You can make regular payments so that you have the full cost repaid before you take your vacation. Then you know that your travel, room and meals are covered. You only have to take some spending dollars for taxis or for shopping, but since there are so many activities to engage in when you vacation at a resort, you probably won’t need to have much dollars with you

Cheap hotel chains have excellent rooms available and will save you the extra cost of staying at a posh resort. If your holiday resort plans include spending most of your time lazing around on the beach, all you need really is a place to sleep at night. By booking a cheaper room, you still get to visit the location of your choice and save dollars at the same time. Shop around online for airline offers so that you also get the cheapest travel deals

Wherever you want to travel for your vacation, the Internet is one area where you can do multiple comparisons. Book your airline flight at times or days of the week when there are fewer travellers to get the lowest prices. Sign up for newsletters that alert you to travel offers when they are first announced. These ideas will help you save dollars on your next vacation

If you are short of money for your next vacation a unsecured loan or even a new credit card can help to fix any short term cash flow problems that you have. That being said, any loan or credit card that is used will eventually be required to be paid back.

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