Jan 22nd, 2010 at 1:30PM: I have been blessed with the gift of being able to sleep on virtually any moving vehicle. I've slept in large airplanes, small propeller planes, trucks on unsealed roads, cars, trains and boats. I sleep without the help of drugs, herbal supplements or any other gimmicks. I find my seat and my brain seems to decide, "Hey, this is going to be boring; let's just skip it." Several hours later, I wake ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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11 tips for sleeping on planes
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 1:30PM: I have been blessed with the gift of being able to sleep on virtually any moving vehicle. I've slept in large airplanes, small propeller planes, trucks on unsealed roads, cars, trains and boats. I sleep without the help of drugs, herbal supplements or any other gimmicks. I find my seat and my brain seems to decide, "Hey, this is going to be boring; let's just skip it." Several hours later, I wake ...The world's most bizzare spa treatments
Dec 16th, 2009 at 2:30PM: I'm not not usually a spa kind of girl. I like the occasional de-stressing massage, pore-clearing facial or special occasion mani-pedi, but mud baths, seaweed wraps, and caviar scrubs just aren't for me. Neither are some of the bizarre and ridiculous spa treatments Forbes Traveler has rounded up from across the globe.
A few actually don't sound that unusual. A wine and honey wrap is supposed to ...Step Back from the Baggage Claim: Good airport behavior could change the world
Nov 10th, 2009 at 1:30PM: Back in April, Gadling reviewed Step Back from the Baggage Claim, a book Jason Barger wrote about human behavior based on a seven- day trip he took to seven airports without leaving any of them.
For the entire week he observed how people conduct themselves in airports and on planes--places he sees as metaphors for life.
This video, just released yesterday, encapsulates what Barger was looking ...Guilt and fear: balancing vacations, work and getting away with either
May 25th, 2009 at 3:00PM: People are nervous. They're afraid to appear unnecessary in a market where employees are being shed regularly. The strain is brutal. We're all "doing more with less," which increases stress and compounds the need for a break. If you decide to take that vacation, you have two options: look valuable or be valuable.
Looking valuable is tough. Skillful deceit is necessary to create the various ...Roll the dice with "job-loss guarantees"
Apr 12th, 2009 at 12:00PM: It makes a lot of sense right now. You have a job, and you're feeling comfortable in it. You've survived the latest round of layoffs, and it looks like the bleeding has stopped for a while. Or, you're just so stressed out you throw caution to the wind and book a vacation, just so you can recharge a bit. But, you aren't reckless. Because we all live and work in a world at financial risk, you had ...SkyMall Monday: Head Spa Massager
Mar 9th, 2009 at 1:00PM: SkyMall Monday understands that we all have stress. Between our jobs, families and monkey attacks, the world can be an overwhelming place. You need to find ways to relieve the tension that life creates before it puts your health at risk. Sure, you could turn to alcohol or drugs, but that's expensive. You could call a hooker, but that's probably expensive, too (and if you keep it cheap, it's ...Airplane noise raises blood pressure
Jan 9th, 2008 at 7:32PM: How do you feel when you hear the noise of a a few airplane engines firing up or flying overhead? For me, the sound is exhilarating--no doubt a result of my life-long love of flying. But for the majority of people, the noise of an airplane induces stress and raises blood pressure. In fact, being constantly exposed to airplane noise can lead to chronic stress and do irreparable damage to the health ...Cities That Need a Vacation
Jul 19th, 2007 at 8:05PM: The August 2007 issue of Men's Health (don't ask me why I read it being a woman of poor heath) gathered a list of the "most workaholic" U.S. cities. They measured how residents punch the clock and logged their overtime; monitored their commute times, blood pressure and self-reported stress.
Yep, you are all wrong ... New York ranked 37 on the list.
Here is the Top 10 list of cities that are all ...Leave the Cell Phone at Home: How disconnecting on your Vacation is the Right and Healthy Thing to do
Jun 18th, 2007 at 8:18AM: When I recently traveled to Alaska, I made the mistake of bringing my cell phone with me. And thus, my escape from Los Angeles was routinely interrupted with calls that never let me totally disconnect and fully lose myself in my vacation.
It was the first exotic trip I've taken with cell phone in tow, but in the last five years I've also failed to sever that connection by visiting Internet bars ...Stress Busters: Global Destinations to Relieve your Stress
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Jun 17th, 2007 at 12:56PM: Stressed out?
The fine folks at Marie Claire have provided four Global Stress-Busters to help you relieve your anxiety and tensions.
I wasn't too surprised to see that a sauna/spa was on the list, but the other three proved rather unique. Spending the night at the Enoshima Aquarium in Japan surrounded by jelly fish tanks, for example, has been proven to stimulate "the production of a compound ...
