April 2, 2026•1 min read•from travel

First long-ish flight. Looking for advice!

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Hey, fellow adventurers! 🌟 I’m gearing up for my first long flight—Toronto to Madrid on May 1st, and it’s about 7.5 hours! This will be my first time leaving North America, and I’m a bit nervous since my longest flight so far was only 5 hours to Los Angeles. As a 6’4” guy, comfort is key! I’d love your advice on the best seats to grab, tips for staying entertained, and whether I should attempt to sleep on this overnight journey. Thanks for your help!

Apologies if this is rather unnecessary as my flight isn’t that long compared to what a lot of you have done, but on May 1st I’m flying to Madrid from Toronto which is around 7 1/2 hours? This will be my first time leaving North America and the farthest flight I’ve done is about 5hrs to Los Angeles, which, as a 6”4 guy was quite uncomfortable. The flight will be an overnight one but I’ve heard it’s a bad idea to sleep on these?

I’m looking for any advice on things like which seat I should try and snag, what things I should bring on the plane with me to stay occupied etc. again, I’m sure some of you will laugh at the flight time but I’m still sorta dreading it

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First long-haul flight… tips for sleep/jet lag?I’m doing my first international, long-haul flight in a few days, and it’s for a short trip. Really nervous about jet lag, sleep, what to do on the plane etc. I leave Los Angeles on Saturday, 4/25 at 2:30pm PST, and arrive in Paris on Sunday 4/26 at 10:45am local time. I depart Paris on Wednesday, 4/29 at 9:15am and arrive at 11:40am PST back home. I wouldn’t have done such a short trip for my first time but it’s my grandma’s last trip out of the country and my first, so I wanted to join her. She’s flown internationally more times than I can count and she doesn’t need much sleep, so she’s not concerned. She says to just take a short nap when I get to Paris and I’ll be fine. I’m excited to see Paris and I know it’ll be fun, but I am having a LOT of anxiety about: Being jet lagged throughout the trip and being destroyed when I get back home. I don’t want to feel out of it for days but I can see myself having that experience. Do I even try to adjust to local time in Paris for such a short trip? Being on a plane for so long. Like I can’t even conceptualize having to be on a plane for almost 12 hours. What do I even do? Sleep? Stay up? When do go back to work. I called out Thursday 4/30 to be safe, do I need to do Friday 5/1 as well? Can anyone help me out here? submitted by /u/joecool105 [link] [comments]

First long-ish flight. Looking for advice!

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