Tips: Sleeping In Airports

As a budget traveler you will learn to love the website The Guide to Sleeping In Airports. Though sleeping in airports may not always be ideal, and in many cases, not allowed, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do!

The website reviews airports all over the world and pretty much sums up which ones you can easily get away with sleeping in and where the best spots are for taking a snooze.

For example, if you are flying out of Stockholm Arlanda really early in the morning, 1) the earliest bus or train might not get you there in time and 2) Accommodation prices in Stockholm are exorbitant, so sleeping in the airport the last night of your trip might not be the worst idea. I did this once and it saved me at least 186 kr on accommodation for the night. I researched Arlanda airport and found a perfect spot through the security gate just as mentioned on the website and slept like a baby, other than the fact that it was cold and there was a man near me with the same idea who happened to be snoring.

Sleeping in airports is certainly not for everyone but it is never as bad as it sounds! It can be made slightly more comfortable with a sleeping bag or sleep sack (I swear by the Hammock Bliss Sleep Sack!), socks for keeping your feet warm and head phones or ear plugs. Also make sure to set some sort of alarm if you are a heavy sleeper!

I, so far, have a pretty good track record of sleeping in airports. I have successfully managed to stay overnight in Denver, Edinburgh, Manama, Miami, Mumbai and Stockholm Arlanda airports. The only one I have been kicked out of is Paris Charles de Gaulle, but that was to be expected.