Jet Lag - How to minimize and avoid it!

There are several tips on what you can do to reduce Jet Lag after your Long Flight.

First of all, if your schedule permits, try to arrive one day early before your group tour officially starts. You don’t want to get there and then have to immediately start this long, jammed pack tour with out at least one day to sort of acclimate to your new surroundings.

Try to arrange a flight where you can arrive in the late morning or early afternoon of your destination.
While on the plane try to take naps. Drink a lot of fluid and avoid alcohol.
During Breaks, get up and stroll to the back to get your blood circulating. Stretch a little.
I usually like to take my IPOD/MP3 to listen. It makes me sleep a lot better Or I will read an interesting book. After a couple of chapters, I’m ready for a nap.
Bring a sweater or jacket on the plane as it can get cool. If you’re not comfortable you won’t be able to sleep very well.
Although, I don’t take sleeping pills (never have), I must take Dramamine for my motion sickness and this always puts me to sleep.
As soon as you arrive to your Hotel. Unpack some of your essential things.
No matter how tired you are, DO NOT TAKE A NAP!
You need to try to get on the same schedule as your destination. Go to sleep at your destination's normal time not yours.
Learn the transportation system and venture out. On my first trip, as soon as I arrived, I got on the Tube and visited the Tower of London, the Westminster Abbey and Piccadilly Square. Important Tip: Write down the name and address to your hotel before you leave. I forgot to do that. As luck would have it, when I wrote the name and address of a restaurant that I wanted to find , it was on the Hotel’s stationery pad. I hopped in a taxi and gave him the hotel's name. You’re so tired when you arrive that you just might forget to do the obvious.