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How to survive coach transfer in hot country?

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LoveReallyHurtsWithoutYou · 17/07/2019 21:03

I've developed travel sickness as an adult and coaches are the worst. I didn't really think about the transfer when booking. DH suggested a private transfer but tbh it's funny money and I'd rather spend it on the actual holiday.

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Expressedways · 17/07/2019 21:09

Hopefully the bus has air con! But sit at the front, bottle of water, some mints to suck on, one of those Evian facial sprays and absolutely no reading, looking at your phone etc. I get it terribly, thankfully the only time I ever take a coach or minibus is skiing in the winter but the above helps a lot. Also a plastic bag as I find knowing I have somewhere to throw up should I need to makes it less stressful. Haven’t had to use it yet!

BarbaraofSeville · 17/07/2019 21:10

The coach will probably be air conditioned. We went by coach from Granada to Seville in 40 C heat, but the coach was air conditioned, modern and they gave you a free bottle of water when you got on.

Can you take travel sickness pills? I use them when I go on small boats when diving and they do seem to help. They also say to look out of the window and scan the horizon rather than trying to read or look at your phone.

TheRedBarrows · 17/07/2019 21:13

Travel sickness medication works well.

Sit at the front, look out of the window at the horizon, chat.

maddiemookins16mum · 17/07/2019 21:14

Even when I was a holiday rep 30 years ago, the coaches had air con.
Sit near the front, cool water and something with ginger should help 😊

TheRedBarrows · 17/07/2019 21:14

How long is the transfer?

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LoveReallyHurtsWithoutYou · 17/07/2019 21:14

I'm really hoping it goes straight down a motorway. Straight lines definitely seem to help. Country lanes and bends and it's barf-a-minute.

Hopefully I can buy a cold cold water of bottle in the airport before getting on it.

I was wondering about travel sickness pills but I don't know how I'd take them and I don't fancy doing any test runs!

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LoveReallyHurtsWithoutYou · 17/07/2019 21:15

It should be about an hour and a half. Should being the key word there...

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Watto1 · 17/07/2019 21:15

Sit in an aisle seat and try your best to look out of the front windscreen rather than out of the sides. And yes, definitely no reading or screens! I take Stugeron travel tablets and they work well.

Surprisereaction · 17/07/2019 21:19

Why can't you just try out a travel sickness pill at home beforehand?

museumum · 17/07/2019 21:20

My husband and son both use Stugeron tablets. They really work. I don’t understand what you mean by not knowing how to take them??? You follow the packet instructions Hmm

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LoveReallyHurtsWithoutYou · 17/07/2019 21:25

But how can I tell if they work if I take them when I'm not travelling?

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museumum · 17/07/2019 21:33

Just take them anyway. What have you to lose?

stucknoue · 17/07/2019 21:33

Ginger sweets help me. In Europe it's probably ok because coaches are air con and motorways are straight (unless you are heading into the alps) but further afield take travel pills!

Icedlatte · 17/07/2019 21:37

Stugeron are brilliant, they make me a little sleepy, but to be honest thatd be great on a 1.5 hr coach journey!

PCohle · 17/07/2019 21:37

I think subjecting the other passengers to your travel sickness is a bit inconsiderate to be honest.

FrancesFryer · 17/07/2019 21:47

She can't exactly help it. And that's probably why she's asking for advise to deal with itHmm

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LoveReallyHurtsWithoutYou · 17/07/2019 21:50
Hmm

How odd.

Anyway. Current plan is- send DH belting out to the coach area to get me a seat as near to the front as possible while I search out water. Will get tablets and hope they work.

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PCohle · 17/07/2019 21:58

She can't exactly help it.

But she can. OP just doesn't want to pay for a private transfer because she'd "rather spend it on the actual holiday". Subjecting other holiday makers to a high risk of you vomiting just so you can have nicer meals out or whatever on holiday just seems a bit of an odd choice to me. Clearly the OP feels fine about it though.

captainprincess · 17/07/2019 21:59

Honesty take the pills! I get awful motion sickness and flew to America last year. Didn't do a trial run and took them 4 hours before flying. Worked a dream. And I know they worked because I forgot to take them for the return journey 🤢
As others have said, no reading, looking down, or looking at your phone.

Pippapotomus · 17/07/2019 22:01

The acupressure bands for wrists really work. Me and DD swear by them.

Babdoc · 17/07/2019 22:05

OP, Stugeron is an absolute game changer. I used to be sick as a dog on coaches, buses, boats, you name it, but I’ve had no problems for the last ten years or so, since using it. I’ve even been on two week coach tours on twisting
mountain roads, with not even a hint of nausea!
It’s available over the counter in Boots - you don’t need a prescription. Take a packet on holiday and take a dose a couple of hours before getting on the coach. You’ll bless the stuff.

LynetteScavo · 17/07/2019 22:05

Don't drink loads of water....it's more likely to come back up.

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LoveReallyHurtsWithoutYou · 17/07/2019 22:09

You must be a real hoot on holiday PCohle.

Sips of water only? I tend to go hot between heaves.

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Plump82 · 17/07/2019 22:20

Echoing what PP have said about Stugeron. Just make sure you take it 2 hours before getting on the coach. They lasy 8 hours before you need to take anymore. So id take a couple 2 hrs before landing and that'll give them plenty time. I cant get on any more of transport apart from trains without taking them. They really work.

ohcanada · 17/07/2019 22:20

Get a fan, some chewing gum and the caudalie spray - it's very cooling as it has cucumber and mint in it (not just a water spray)