Cut the Stress of Air Travel

Author: Dixie Briggs

These days, we all seem to be bombarded with so many studies and surveys that inevitably derive often contradictory conclusions, that I generally make it a policy to totally ignore all of them. There was a recent study, however, that made me sit up and take notice because it resonated with my own as well as many other people’s experiences.

The study showed that the levels of stress caused by passing through airports were dangerously high; so high in fact, that they exceeded the stress experienced during freefall parachuting and formula 1 racing and, therefore, were potentially able to seriously endanger passengers’ health.

Unfortunately, the causes of stress whilst at the airport were attributed to mostly unavoidable sources such as long waits at check in queues, having to make ones way through a crowded airport building and the long and often dehumanising security procedures that now seem to be the norm. There are some measures though, that can be put into action that can dramatically reduce these life endangering stress levels and one of the key measures seems to be the simple step of checking into an Airport Hotel the day before your flight.

Booking into an airport hotel reduces ‘in airport stress’ by eliminating the worries experienced during your pre-airport arrival phase. Anyone who has travelled to an airport on the day of travel knows that the worry starts from the moment that you leave your house. What time should I leave at? Will I get there on time? Will I be able to park my car without difficulty? These are all familiar thoughts and questions that enter every travellers mind, but you can probably already see how booking an airport hotel can completely eliminate the worry associated with these problems.

You can comfortably make your way up to your airport hotel on the day before travel, thus eliminating any worry of late arrival times: once at your airport hotel you can usually get parking for the duration of your holiday: you can repose at leisure until the day of travel and finally, on the day of travel your airport hotel will arrange for transport from the hotel to the required airport terminal in plenty of time.

Although booking an airport hotel cannot eliminate any stresses encountered within the airport itself, doing so will leave you relaxed and ready to face these tribulations in good enough shape to hopefully transcend them with ease. Now if I had a choice of choosing this excellent prospect or choosing to face the stress equivalent to a freefall parachute jump, I know which I would choose!

About the Author:

DIXIE BRIGGS