How to Sleep in a Hotel
Sleeping well in a hotel takes more effort than sleeping well at home. The room is unfamiliar, the pillows are wrong, the…
Your pillow and mattress are only part of your sleep environment. Light, sound, temperature, and humidity all affect how quickly you fall asleep and how often you surface during the night, and they are usually cheaper to fix than the bed itself.
Temperature is the one most people get wrong. A room that feels comfortable when you get in is often too warm by the middle of the night, since your body drops its core temperature as you sleep. Light is the next, and very few bedrooms are as dark as their owners believe once you account for standby indicators and gaps at the curtain edges.
This category covers white noise machines and earplugs, blackout curtains and sleep masks, fans and cooling gear, humidifiers and dehumidifiers, air purifiers, lighting, and alarm clocks that do not jolt you awake.
Environmental fixes work best in combination and none of them substitutes for the basics. If you are lying awake in a dark, quiet, cool room, the problem is not equipment, and persistent insomnia is worth raising with a doctor rather than solving with another purchase.
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