Female Travel Insomnia

August 19, 2024 / travel and sleep

Why do women suffer from insomnia before a trip? Even experienced travelers have trouble sleeping the night before departure. 

Some women experience travel anxiety because of bad experiences. A cancelled flight,  going to the flight with an expired passport (full disclosure it was me in August 2024).  Experts say most worry is not connected to specific experiences; worry rests somewhere in our grey matter.

The Sleep Foundation lists reasons for sleeplessness: fear of flying, anxiety about problems during the trip, packing, arrival time worries, motion sickness, long flights, chance of delays or interruptions, inability to sleep sitting up, dryness and  germs on planes.…