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Can’t Sleep in Hotels? Try This Travel Tip…
By Joshua Seth | March 7, 2008
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Here’s a quick tip to help you get a better night’s sleep on your next business trip or vacation.
It seems that no matter how nice the hotel is, when you pull the certain closed there’s always a gap between them. I’m on tour and in a hotel rooms more often than I’m at home so I’ve encountered this annoyance hundreds of times. Light finds a way of streaming in through that little gap in the curtain, creating a slice of light through the room that always seems to lead directly to my eyes… as though the room had been designed specifically that way!
After being woken up like this a few too many times, I devised a way to block out this early morning intruder once and for all. It’s called a “Big Chip Clip”. These are the little plastic clips that you can use to hold a half eaten bag of chips closed and wouldn’t you know it, they work just as well on curtains too.
So on your next trip, toss one of those clips into your bag. Before you go to sleep that night use it to clip shut the curtains in your hotel room. You’ll get a much better night’s sleep and not get woken up at the crack of dawn… unless you’ve got noisy neighbors. The clip only works well on them if you can get it to stay put on their mouths and I imagine it’d slip off pretty quickly… just prior to them chasing you down the hall in your PJs!
If you forget the clip you can always use one of the hangers in the room, the kind that has two clips in the bottom for a pair of pants or a skirt. Just turn the hanger sideways and use the two clips to clamp the curtain shut in the middle. It’s better to bring the clip though because in some hotel rooms they’ve made it so you can’t remove the hangers from the rods.
Sweet dreams! And make sure you set a wake up call so the total darkness doesn’t
seduce you into sleeping past the check out time 
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March 7th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Josh,
Its funny because when ever I go away I have a great night sleep, it is when I am home I dont sleep that well.
March 7th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
I use an eye mask. That way, no matter how much light gets in, it’s still dark to me!
March 7th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Joshua;
I have faced the same problem many times and have never thought about using one of those coat hangers with the clips on it for pants. Thanks for the tip, I’ll be sure to try it on my next trip.
All the best;
Wally
March 8th, 2008 at 3:42 am
Hi David,
I use an eye mask when flying and it works great. I think that most people would find them uncomfortable to wear all night long though. You may be the exception, which wouldn’t surprise me as you’ve always been exceptional!
March 8th, 2008 at 3:43 am
Hi Mia,
you may want to check out my “Sleep Ezzzzz” CD
in the Individual CD section of my self hypnosis store here: http://joshuaseth.com/store/
I originally made that CD to put myself to sleep after doing my live hypnosis shows. I’d get back to the hotel room at about 1 am, all pumped up from the performance, and have to fly out again a few hours later. This CD always works like a charm
March 9th, 2008 at 12:57 am
I wonder what the difference between the Insomnia cd and the sleep ezzzzz cd??? The same??As I have the insomnia cd….just a change of name?
March 11th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Am I seriously the only one who really, REALLY likes the idea of the chip clip on the lips? I’ll have to remember to bring those along for my children….>_>….haha, j/k.
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March 20th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
That is a GREAT idea, i had heard of that, and keep meaning to do it, and always forget and i am sorry everytime. maybe i will remember next time!
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March 30th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Or you could stay off the beaten track and stay at a bed and breakfast !
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