Traveling can be stressful, but it doesn’t have to be! Make your trips more relaxing and less stressful with these expert travel tips:
1. Stay hydrated: Drink your water and make sure you’re getting adequate electrolytes. If you’re in a new climate, especially a sunny, hot one, make sure you’re staying extra hydrated to keep your body fueled and cool.
2. Don’t forget your sleep essentials: Nothing can make or break your daily mood like your quality of sleep at night. We recommend always bringing an eye mask and ear plugs on extended stays to maximize comfort and relaxation. The eye mask helps keep bright sunlight out if your room gets too much, and the ear plugs help in case you have louder neighbors or are near a busy road.
3. STAY awhile and unpack: When you get to your hotel, make yourself comfy and feel right at home. No matter your length of stay, unpack your bags and fill the dressers or closet with your belongings. This also helps your room feel tidier, which adds to the relaxation.
4. Pack light: Even on a longer stay, you don’t have to pack everything you own. Take advantage of the on-site guest laundry at Extended Stay America and rewear your favorites after washing them.
5. Practice mindfulness and meditation: Find your inner yogi with this relaxation technique and sit in silence for a few minutes. Practice mindfulness and be present with your reality. Feel the bed you’re sitting on. What sounds do you hear? Add some deep breaths and you’re on your way to a more mindful and peaceful stay! This helps reduce stress and travel anxiety.
6. Bring headphones: Whether you’re in a loud airport, near a bustling freeway or at a park with a lot of background noise, headphones are the perfect way to tune everything out. Turn on your favorite song, a podcast or white noise and transport yourself elsewhere mentally to find your inner peace.
7. Enjoy comfort food: Make a grocery store run to get ingredients needed, then head back to your spacious suite to get cooking! Nothing feels like home more than a home-cooked meal. Take advantage of your fully equipped kitchens and full-size refrigerator and enjoy reheated leftovers tomorrow, too!
8. Hit the gym: If your extended stay hotel has a fitness center, that’s a great way to blow off some steam or find some peace. This is also a great way to get exercise, regardless of the weather or climate you’re in!
9. Don’t rush your trip: Trying to fit too many activities into too short of a stay can be overwhelming and can add stress. Extend your stay and really soak up all the fun you’re having in a new place! At Extended Stay America, your savings increase the longer you stay with our STAY longer. Save more.® discount.
Whether you plan on staying a week, a month or longer, we hope these tips lead to stress-free travel! Let us know if you have any go-to travel anxiety tips that you recommend!
