Christmas Travel: Long-Haul Cabin Fever? Netflights.com

    LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND, December 08, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The holiday season is upon us, with many people taking to the skies as families the world over reunite for Christmas.

For many this will involve a long-haul flight, often booked at an unsociable hour to avoid the high prices that come with the seasonal increase in demand. Add to this: busy airports, cold weather, and the usual last-minute chaos of the run-up to Christmas, and the prospect of a long-haul flight can be a wearying prospect.

Whether you're a long-suffering business traveller, or occasional holidaymaker, the following tried and tested ideas should go some way to freshen up the long-haul flight experience.

You're in luck if the plane has seat-back personal screens offering films, games and a selection of TV shows - a few recent cinema releases can make a whole chunk of time fly by. If you know in advance that the flight won't offer this, it could be worth taking along a personal DVD player, compact laptop, or mp3 player in your carry-on.

Embrace the low-tech solutions to boredom offered by newspapers, magazines and books. Look at the flight time as time to yourself to do what you never normally have time to fit in to your day-to-day schedule. Save a good book, and savour it during the flight - but make sure it's long enough to outlast the flight!

Don't underestimate the simple pleasures that can be gained from detaching yourself from the situation and observing all that's going on around you. Other people can be interesting and entertaining in surprising ways. If you find yourself really, really bored, you might find a way to get creative with the everyday accoutrements of travel: sick bag origami, anyone?

Be sure to stretch your legs regularly - take the opportunity to move around the cabin as and when you can. Try and get up every 90 minutes, 'fasten seatbelt' sign permitting - doing so keeps your circulation in good shape and helps maintain sanity.

If you're prone to effects of the drier than normal air in a plane cabin, remember to pack your eye drops and nose spray to stay comfortable for the flight. Another good tip is to bring along a small wash bag and toothbrush. Freshening up before arrival can brighten up the whole experience.

However, you might find you don't need any of this advice if you just want to pull down the blind, adjust your pillow and catch up on some well-needed sleep!

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