Early morning flight, stay up all night or try sleep?

[Belindabelle]

Going on holiday soon. 6.30 flight and need to leave for the airport by 2am.

Should I just stay up the night before or go to bed around 8pm and try to sleep for a few hours. It’s only a 3 hour flight so doubt I will sleep on the plane.

Doesn’t seem much point in staying in airport hotel the night before as need to be there by 4am anyway.

My sleep is rubbish at the moment (menopause). I am getting too old for this shit. Wish I could afford a private jet to fly at a civilized time!

We are 20 minutes from the airport so no hotel dilemma but I will always sleep for a bit - though wake constantly worried about missing the flight.

Dc who are old now still talk about the excitement of getting up in the dark and into a taxi when they were younger and how it made the holiday even more exciting. We were often going long haul though so they could easily nap if tired.