If there's one thing Emmy-award winning host of "Places to Love" Samantha Brown knows, it's the best way to travel. Whether it's protecting yourself from pickpocketing abroad or getting a canceled flight re-booked immediately, Brown knows all the travel hacks — and then some. After traveling to more than 60 countries over the last two decades, she definitely knows a thing or two about traveling internationally, and just how exhausting it can be. It's so easy to get thrown off your circadian rhythm
when traveling abroad and to lose the first few days of a trip to exhaustion. But Brown has mastered how to start a vacation fresh after an incredibly long flight: Book your hotel for the day before you arrive.
Think about it. If you leave the U.S. in the evening, you may arrive in Europe in the morning, while your body still thinks it's 2 a.m. In order to combat this, some travelers opt to spend to spend tens of thousands of dollars on first-class tickets just to achieve some semblance of a good night's sleep. While there are many ways to survive ultra long-haul flights with your sanity intact, Brown shared on Instagram how her "frugal first class" travel strategy helps you keep your rhythm without skipping a beat.
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Save On The Flight And Spend On The Hotel
The trick, Samantha Brown says, to getting enough rest so as not to ruin your first day or two abroad isn't spending an exorbitant amount on your seat. Instead, it's flying coach and booking your hotel for the day before you arrive. That way, as long as you're arriving in the morning, you and your family can immediately check in and go straight to bed in a room that's been ready for you since the day before — allowing you to make up for the sleep you lost on the plane.
After 4 or 5 hours of much needed shuteye, set an alarm for the afternoon, hop in a hot shower, and start your vacation refreshed. As Brown puts it, "it's 10,000 dollars versus 250 euro". She did advise, however, to notify the hotel in advance if you plan to do this, in order to avoid any confusion — perhaps even following up with a call on the day of your arrival just to confirm. It's one of many ways to avoid feeling like the walking dead on the first day on the trip of a lifetime.
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