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Jo Mae and Greg
Traveling duo who met via Instagram during New York’s Hurricane Sandy.
Professionals by day, citizens of the world by choice and nomads at heart. Currently living in the best city of the world, Queens New York. Read more...
We are frequent nighttime travellers. Everything you suggest is very true.
Learning how to sleep on flights is hard, but well worth it to maximise your time.
We will often get an overnight “red eye” and then spend the day touring. By the end of the day we collapse in our beds, but jam-packing experiences is what we love to do.
Thanks for sharing. Keep travel blogging. Adventure is better shared with friends!
We totally agree with jam-packing experiences, even if it tires us out! Glad we are on the same page
We are in favour of night travellin.. you can finish some work in the day you are travelling and get a day full next day as well.. Bang on points that you chose to write on this topic. Thanks for sharing. Keep up the good work .
Thank you so much! You are spot-on with your reasoning as well. Long live late night flights!
long haul at night can be so much better I always find, although I always end up losing sleep all over the place. Some airports have restrictions though at the last times to fly. In the UK short haul cheap flights are normally very early or very late so we end up doing the traffic runs then too!
Long haul flights are always tiring, that’s for sure!
We like to fly at night as well. It is just easier to sleep, but no matter what, long-haul flights are a hassle, I think. But they are kind of necessary being the gateway to the whole wide world, though:-)
We completely agree on both points!
You make good points about it being so much easier to get to the airport and through the lines. But as someone who can’t sleep on a long flight, I find it really hard to keep still all night so as not to disturb my sleeping neighbours. I’ve taken to standing reading at the back of the plane. It’s a small inconvenience to see so much of this beautiful planet.
Yeah that it the caveat - if you can’t sleep on planes, then it will be tough. Definitely a small inconvenience that is worth it every time!
I often fly to Europe on overnight flights, but those flights aren’t quite long enough to get a good night’s sleep. But you’re right, there is a lot less hassle with a late night flight which is a good thing since flying is not the most fun part of traveling.
So true. Seems like those shorter yet still long flights between 5-10 hours are tougher to sleep on. Something about short flights or long haul that do the trick
I totally agree with you, during late hours in the night, we can cross or reach the airport from city-center with a great ease. Also, we can maximize our trip fun by traveling at night and sightseeing or work in a day.
Exactly! Glad we agree on that
I liked flying to Japan in the evening- I fell asleep easier and got to Tokyo quite fresh. 🙂 The first time we flied to Japan we had a terrible jet lag, partly because we left in the morning and came there in the morning- just when our bodies felt like it was time to go to bed. Also, empty roads and lesser crowded airports are definitely a plus!
Leaving in the morning is rough, especially if you slept the night before!