How to fight the “jet lag” effect

When I was a kid, I went to visit twice my family in New Caledonia which is about 20,000km away from Paris and has a +10 time difference. Each time, it would take me at least 3 days to recover from the 24h flight and the jet lag. And of course same would apply when I came back in Paris. I became quite traumatized by long-haul flights and when I started travelling frequently I made some research on how to fight jet lag and tried my best every time to circumvent this effect. Here are my observations and advices on the subject.

Jet lag, medically referred to as “desynchronosis,” is a physiological condition which is a consequence of alterations to circadian rhythms; it is classified as one of the circadian rhythm sleep disorders. Jet lag results from rapid long-distance transmeridian (east-west or west-east) travel, as on a jet plane.- From Wikipedia

Tools : Budget Your Trip

I would like to share with you this web app that we recently discovered : Budget Your Trip. I went on vacation to NY last week and I thought it was the perfect occasion to give this website a test ride.

The site is structured around two main parts : a section where you can find estimated costs for all the countries and the actual budget your trip tool.

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