#long-haul-travel

#long-haul-travel

Admittedly, it was my fault, and was the result of an experiment: What would happen if I only wore one knee-high compression sock on the 15-hour flight from Newark to Cape Town? On my other foot, I wore a regular ankle sock to see just how effective compression socks can be for circulation while in the air. Surely, after 10 years of flying across the Atlantic monthly for my career, my body has acclimated to spending hours at high altitudes-right?

I've been traveling full-time for a decade now and, naturally, I have gone through my fair share of neck pillows-from cheap, inflatable airport pillows to U-shaped memory foam neck pillows. Despite trying just about every travel pillow on the market, there's only one that has truly brought me comfort on long-haul flights, and it also happens to be the most compact.