Which way round? Flight to New Zealand.

Murphy_The_Cat

pimento wrote: »

Did you have to do the ESTA song and dance?

ESTA took me a couple of minutes, Immigration about 10 minutes (they opened additional gates to clear the queue) - they were polite, businesslike and treated us in a respectful manner. Just as they have always done !

Bennifred

I don't think anyone else has mentioned it, but you are less likely to suffer jetlag if you travel west..........

Gloomendoom

Softstuff wrote: »

In contrast to Gloomendoom, I'm always more jetlagged after the return. The excitement of being somewhere different keeps me pretty awake when I should be. When I get home after it's a different story, I spend a week getting a bit sleepy in the afternoons. The key to managing jet lag for me is to try and adopt the correct sleeping pattern on the way over, and go to bed at an appropriate time when I arrive. Easier said than done though.

I think it depends on which way round you are going. Going via Asia I get the jet lag after the outward leg but coming back the other way it's after the return leg. My original post was taking into account the OP's preference for not going via the US.

We adopt the same technique for minimising jet lag. Go to bed and get up when everyone else does, no matter how tired (or not) we are.

OP yes, we did the ESTA song and dance... except that it wasn't!