Travel gives you a whole new perspective towards life. While there are no major disadvantages of travelling, one thing is sure to bother you every time you make a vacation plan and leave through trip maker. Motion sickness. May it be a bus journey or train, or a flight; it is always going to be there. In short, the imbalance between what your eyes see and your ears hear is what causes motion sickness. Well there’s some good news for you. Here are 10 easy ways to deal with it while travelling. 1) No Reading-
While making your travel plan you might think of bringing along your favorite book to read. Well, you can definitely bring along the book but avoid reading it while you are travelling. It can cause serious motion sickness problems. Therefore avoid reading it any cost. 2) Food and Drinks-
Avoid consuming high amount of alcohol or food with high oil content, especially when you plan a trip to faraway places. It helps. On the contrary, not eating anything at all is a bad idea too. Instead have some light snacks to avoid the problems. 3) Breathe in –
Sometimes, all you need to do is open the windows and breathe in some fresh air. This helps most of the times as fresh air outside helps you rejuvenate and you feel better eventually.
4) Distract Yourself-
Motion sickness gets bad at times and troubles you for hours. The best way out is to distract yourself. Tune in to your favorite music, open the windows and just look outside. It suddenly changes your mood thus by reducing the discomfort. You can also strike conversations with unknown people to distract yourself from the whole act of discomfort. 5) Ginger Aid –
This may sound irrelevant but keeping some Ginger chews or Ginger biscuits must be a thing on your vacation plan. People have said to be benefitted from motion sickness by the particular smell of Ginger. Also, keeping dry foods is a good idea. 6) Avoid Odours - This is like a must do thing when you’re going through motion sickness. Avoid strong odours. They are the reason you are feeling nauseated. Avoiding them makes you feel better. 7) Stay Away – Make sure that you stay away from the people having conversations about nausea and motion sickness. It is always good to divert yourself to something that makes you feel good instead of hearing all those negative talks which affects you indirectly leading to have the same ill effects on you. 8) Seat Facing the Vehicle-
There are some trains and buses which have forward and backward facing seats. It is always better to be seated in forward facing seat. If you can’t then at least try to take a nap. 9) Accept the Situation- Try to listen to your body carefully. If you have had motion sickness before, you can definitely identify when and how it begins. Try to observe those signals and do your trip planning so that you can have a chance to stop those things before they get worse, get some fresh air or take down a break from the journey. 10) Medications –
If everything else fails and you still feel the discomfort, try taking medications. Avomin is one of the most preferred tab. Also it is advisable to keep plastic bags and tissues in case you feel like puking it out. To sum up, travel is all about ups and downs. Convincing yourself that everything’s going to be alright while making your travel plan is the key. Having a good trip planner is advisable. So, embrace the journey that you are embarking upon, take good care and be positive: Always.