5 Essential Tips For Staying Healthy While Traveling
As Oscar Wilde puts it – Live with no excuses and travel with no regrets. Traveling is fun and memorable, with wise planning and adherence to a healthy regimen. Healthy traveling can enhance the traveling experience. When we return to our nest from travel, we can rediscover ourselves effectively. It is easy to skip healthy habits during travel. What’s the fun in following a strict timetable during vacation? You also do not want to be guilty once you’re back home. Additionally, the pandemic that we are living amidst is pushing us to stay doubly alert when traveling.
Here are five essential tips for staying healthy while traveling. And what’s more? They are easy to remember and practice. Be it a solo traveler, a group of buddies going on a trip, a cute couple on honeymoon, family traveling with kids, or an elderly couple exploring the world; we’ve got you covered.
#1) Watch What You Eat and Sip
Traveling fun comes with its strings attached. The absence of homemade food and the non-availability of safe drinking water can be the prime concern. Along with this, we cannot escape added doses of caffeine and drinks amidst laughter and good mood. Hence, we must keep an eye on what we eat when traveling. And, the temptation to binge on starts as soon as we step into the airport or board a train. It is essential to control the taste buds, which mercilessly keep falling in love with all the street food and greasy dishes.
As a result, opt for boiled food. It’s no harm in treating your taste buds with heavy dishes once a while but limit it. Choose the local menu as they are healthy and designed as per the local weather. Furthermore, it is light on the pocket too.
Keep dinner light and binge on soups and grilled dishes. Raw foods are better avoided in this COVID time. Weight watchers and strict dieters can purchase whole fruits from the local markets and relish them without any guilt.
Carry your water bottle and fill it every time you come across a safe drinking water spot in the airport or any tourist landmarks. Carrying portable water purifying filters can be the best antidote for dealing with waterborne risks while traveling.
Keep a watch on the consumption of caffeine. Instead, enjoy the sunset from the beach view hotel room with a cup of green tea. Love saying cheers with hot drinks? Limit the intake.
Planning to go on a car trip to be safe? Pack up all the essentials on a universal roof rack. Save gallons of drinking water in the car back. Fill the travel bags with multivitamins, first aid kit, and ready to eat essentials. Keep emergency contact and medical insurance handy. You are all set to get started on a safe driving journey.
#2) Clean Your Hands Often
When we travel, we come in contact with many common surfaces like seats, seat handles, ATM knobs, elevator buttons, hotel reception area, dining space in the restaurant, autos, and taxis, etc. Thus, by washing hands often, we are presenting a boon to ourselves.
The question is how many of us remember to implement this. Go ahead and carry soap, hand sanitizer, and water with you to clean hands often and enjoy a good trip.
#3) Focus on Mental Health
The main essence of travel is to add some spark and invite positive energy into our life by kicking away the stress and monotonous life that we lead daily. Hence, focusing on mental health is as essential as taking care of other health aspects.
Ditch the social media when on travel. Go on a digital detox. Travel moments can be precious. First, live them fully. Use mobiles and laptops sparingly when on travel. Start the day with yoga, breathing exercises, and meditation. Observe new people and their culture and refresh your soul buttons for some boost positive vibes.
#4) Walk More
Unless going on hiking to Kilimanjaro or spending a week camp amidst Amazon forests, most of us rely on local transport for visiting places in the areas of travel. Walking while traveling benefits in two main ways – it keeps you healthy and doesn’t push you to spend much on commuting.
Solo travelers can explore the localities on foot. When with kids and family, wake up half an hour early and do spot-jogging on the hotel balcony or breathe in the fresh air near the hotel locality before the sunrise by a quick morning walk. When flying over long distances, keep walking at regular intervals inside the plane and give feet enough circulation.
#5) Sleep Tight
Traveling can be tiresome at times. Jet lag, the burden of luggage, managing kids, their food and needs, and the new weather altogether can play havoc on us by the time we wish to unwind at the end of the day.
The best way to beat this tiredness is by sleeping tight. Get a hot bath and spend some me-time alone. Make sure the bed, pillows, and blankets are fresh. Perform bedtime yoga, deep breath, and say good night.
Wrapping It Up
Travel is unpredictable. You cannot predict the health of the stranger who occupies the neighboring seat. And, there is no assurance about the hygiene of the hotel room as well. But, with specific care and precautions, travel can become memorable and healthy. So, put on your masks, pack the backpack with all the health and food essentials, and get ready for a robust travel experience.
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