- Average overseas holiday lengths fell from 6.2 nights to 5.5 nights.
- Travel fatigue produces symptoms without crossing time zones.
- Clinical studies show improvements in sleep and reductions in fatigue.
Elisabetta Burchi, head of research at Nurosym, has warned travellers not to mistake travel fatigue for jet lag on summer trips. Data shows average overseas holiday lengths fell from 6.2 nights to 5.5 nights.
Travel fatigue arises from early alarms, airport queues, dehydration and disrupted routines even on short flights within Europe. Elisabetta Burchi explained effects on the nervous system. Recovery processes take time after such stressors.
Elisabetta Burchi shared “People often assume that travel-related exhaustion is caused by jet lag and crossing time zones. But there is another phenomenon known as travel fatigue, which can occur regardless of distance. Even a two or three-hour flight can expose the body to multiple stressors that affect the nervous system and disrupt normal recovery processes.”
