Jetlag Question?
 

I was wondering if I will have Jetlag upon my return to the USA? I am arriving on a cruise from San-Juan to Barcelona and the same day fly back to California. I know that one doesn't get jetlag on a ship so I'm thinking jetlag will be minimal because I would not be in Europe for long.

make sure you do the inflight exercises and you would be ok.
It's not that long a flight from EU to NA

Thanks
 

I always do the exercises and walk on the plane(:

I find for myself going westbound is easier on the body and mind than eastbound. Many others seem to feel the same, It has to do with the day being stretched instead of shortening.
Your BCN departure in the morning would get you into SFO in the afternoon 10-11 hours later. Since your will have an early morning with disembarkation a good time to relax is the first part of the flight. Sleep until morning SFO time and then no sleep until home in the evening.

This is awesome logic. :)

Regardless of how long you're in Europe, you'll still jetlag returning (your body will be more or less on BCN time).

Yup - your body will have adjusted to European time gradually on the ~ 2 week cruise time, so going back to the States you will still be going from that time zone to your US time zone, and normal jetlag rules apply.

I normally find it much easier going east-west, and rarely feel more than a bit tired - just switch to the timezone as soon as you are there (normally stay up later if you arrive during the day etc) and go to bed at normal time.

It really depends on you. How does your body usualy handle time changes?

Personally, I don't get massive jetlag unless I go across 8 or more timezones. The 5-6 hours difference in Europe or the 3 hours in CA have very little effect on me. I'm guessing it's mainly because I keep strange hours normally and I generally fall asleep quickly on planes.

I thought you didn't have jetlag problems? :confused:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...er-jetlag.html

Hoist with her own pétard!

I always sleep on long flights, and have never experienced this idea of "jetlag."

On plane drink lots of water and exercise. At home try to stay up til normal bed time and during the day exercise and get lots of sun.

But not too much water!
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...ff-flight.html

Did I beat Jetlag?
 

I returned from Barcelona last night and on the flight from Munich to Vancouver I was able to sleep for 4 hours and then stayed up until 11 PM. I took a warm bath before going to sleep. This morning I woke up at 8:30 AM sleeping through the night. This morning I took a walk in the sunshine and have been eating on a normal schedule and not feeling tied.

It seems as if I beat jetlag as last year when I flew home from Europe I felt more groggier and tired after the flight.

Jet lag is usually worse in the other direction, under the premise that it's a little easier to delay your body clock (by flying west) than it is to advance it (by flying east). Sounds like you may be good to go though.

For me, the west-to-east jet lag is usually the worst two days after arriving at my destination. For example, if I arrive on Sunday, jet lag hits me on Tuesday afternoon. And it's not just fatigue, but physical illness like nausea and vertigo.

Jetlag Question?
 

Why do you have two threads open on this topic?