Originally Posted by
mario
For me, I lead a normal sleep pattern until arriving at the airport for the trip. Then I enter what I call the "airport time zone" when, basically, I just do whatever I feel like doing. It works like this:
If you feel like eating, eat. If you feel like drinking, drink. If you feel like sleeping sleep. I guess you get the point.
I do that every day without having to go anywhere near an airport.
Your method especially for a leisure traveller is a good one. I've long since stopped thinking about sleeping patterns/time zones/jet lag when flying long haul. Life's too short to lose sleep over worrying about such things.