Originally Posted by
Analise
If you can nap upon arrival, so much the better! I find that hotels won't allow check in until the afternoon as the rooms might not be ready although they often will store one's bags.
More often than not, I have been allowed to check in upon arrival, even if it's only mid-morning. I assumed it was a difference between European and US hotels, but maybe prior arrangements were made by my clients.
Originally Posted by
scubadu
Bingo. This is my approach as well. For me, personally, either a) the whole jet lag thing is wildly over hyped or b) I'm simply not effected by it.
Whenever I land, be it Asia or Europe, I absolutely tell myself, unequivocally, that whatever time it is locally is absolutely what time it is. Period. I spend no time whatsoever while there calculating and telling myself what time it is "at home." The time is the time, where I'm at, period.
I agree with much of the above. I think the whole jet lag thing is over-hyped and I never spend time worrying about the time at home.
Sadly, though, I've had to learn to pace myself as I age. I ssed to be able to function on 6 or so hours of sleep a week, when necessary. Nowadays, 6 hours a night isn't enough. No matter how much I can sleep on the plane, I'm tired when I arrive. It's not jet-lag, I'm just not as tough as I used to be. Staying up the entire first day leaves me too tired to recover with one night's sleep, so I nap a bit after I arrive and then I am good to go.
Fwiw the main reason I've heard that one should avoid napping is that napping prevents one from sleeping later that night. Since falling asleep later has never been a problem for me, I disregard that little bit of convnetional wisdom.
