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Post by goldenmama on Jun 11, 2007 4:24:14 GMT -5
It has occured to me that we will be going from the time we leave for the airport until we can check into our hotel in Paris the next afternoon, quite a while in the same clothes without the benefit of a shower  ! Has any one figured out any good ways to freshen up on these overnight flights? I can't imagine that there are 450 people trying to brush their teeth, etc. in those airplane bathrooms! I'm thinking of every detail at this point-- please forgive me! |
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Post by Roniece on Jun 11, 2007 4:32:26 GMT -5
yes goldenmama... long flights are a bummer!! I'll have around 20hrs to look forward to when I go in August but hey, I'm not complaining as my destination will be my beloved Paris!!
I also carry a packet of those wipes that refresh your face and also take a good moisturiser with me on board... of course we have restrictions now in place of what you can and can't take as on board luggage esp. liquids, gels, cremes etc... is it the same for you guys I wonder?
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Post by goldenmama on Jun 11, 2007 4:34:41 GMT -5
I know there are a lot of regulations on what can be in the carry-ons. I'll be looking that info up now that it is vitally important to my beauty routine!
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Post by holger on Jun 11, 2007 6:44:19 GMT -5
 You can take a one quart zip lock baggie with any liquids, toothpaste, gels, creams if they are under 3 oz and will fit in the baggie. This you can carry on. All else must be in the ship through luggage. If you get a small sample size tube of toothpast and a folding tooth brush and the wash and dris, you can freshen up. Wash and dris also work as deoderant if yours is too large for the baggie. I usually try to get to the toilet and sink about an hour before landing before the mob hits. I have yet to find a way to get off a plane after a long flight looking and feeling anything but grubby. 
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Post by catherine on Jun 11, 2007 6:53:20 GMT -5
I like to change my clothes about an hour before landing. Can't bear brushing my teeth in aeroplane bathrooms due to the taste of the water. But I find Paris in summer is oftern muggy, even if it also cold. I am yet to land at CDG and find my plane has its own dock. Even when arriving on AirFrance this time, we parked on the tarmac and they unloaded the plane one busload at a time. Waiting on a plane once air con is off, and then waiting in a crowded customs hall jam packed in with many others, I feel better having put on fresh clothes with light layers to handle any eventuality. I don't like changing in the CDG bathrooms - well, OK, I've only done it once and they were jam packed and stuffy - as is much of the airport - stuffy, that is, not necessarily jam packed out in the main arrivals halls.
Then, if you can't access your accomm with its shower 'til later, I feel fresh enough.
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Post by Happygoin on Jun 11, 2007 6:59:43 GMT -5
I am a big fan of those toothbrush-on-a-stick thingies. You don't need water. They really work. I can't stand brushing my teeth using airplane water either. Yuk.
There's nothing for it. After a long overnight flight, you'll not be at your best when you arrive.
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Post by catherine on Jun 11, 2007 7:01:35 GMT -5
PS - for the real long hauls from down under, my trick is to ensure I have more than two hours on the ground during the plane change in Asia. I find the 'pay-per-use' club lounge and hand over my fifty dollars or so for the sake of that fluffy towel they give me for use in their clean shower. Another change of clothes here plus hair wash and blow dry before the 13hr haul across Asia and Europe, and voila, you're there already!
I travelled just fine this time. I purposely walked steadily for an hour inside the Hong Kong airport - which is huge. Also Qantas had about 30 or 40 on demand movies to choose from. I watched four on the Sydney to Hong Kong leg which kept me occupied (And keeps others occupied and quiet too).
RE the little baggies required now - its an international thing. I repacked my mini toiletries into my own system once on board the first leg - only to find I had to drag em all out and re-present them in specified single plastic baggie to re-board in Hong Kong!
PS - the actual containers can't be bigger than 100ml size. If you have a bigger one that is half empty but contains only the specified amount of fluid, they will reject it.
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Post by geordy on Jun 11, 2007 7:14:30 GMT -5
Our long haul isn't really all that long when we consider our friends from down under!!
When I saw the title of this thread I thought you were referring to the snack/wine at the airport to kill time, the drink and crackers on the plane, the dinner tray, and the breakfast a few hours later!
And I try to avoid the bathrooms at the end....they are pretty randy by then!!
I do what I can mostly at my seat(mints, makeup, hair touseling()sp) and then rely on the airport W/C (sometimes not so great either!) or the lobby W/C at the hotel if the room isn't ready.
But mostly I rely on my I'M IN PARIS GLOW!!!
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Post by sistereurope on Jun 11, 2007 7:24:15 GMT -5
Yes, me too Geordy...from the title I thought she meant how not to feel all full and yucky after eating that nasty airplane food ;D I don't know the answer to that one...I'm always amazed at how awful MOST airplane food has become...and wonder why I always eat it (and even look forward to the little cart reaching my aisle!!?)  |
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Post by Happygoin on Jun 11, 2007 8:03:34 GMT -5
Noooo!! Say it isn't so, SE! You don't REALLY eat that airline food!? I'd rather gnaw Tiddely Winks...
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Post by joan1 on Jun 11, 2007 9:13:27 GMT -5
I try to eat the food out of pigdom and boredom. I agree it has become beyond awful,, I remember flying Wardair and getting courses, METAL tableware, china plates,, and a choice off a menu!
Our last flights on spring break from Vancouver to FTLauderdale, which totalled about nine hours,, and we had to BUY our food, and it included CUP OF NOODLES, a frozen entree , or a lovely bag o carrot sticks.. It was all awful. And we bought and ate it anyways.
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Post by holger on Jun 11, 2007 9:28:57 GMT -5
Don't use the water from the tap. I request a bottle of water early in the flight, before they run out. Then I keep some of it and use that when I brush my teeth. Listerine makes little packs of mouth wash that you can carry on and pop in your mouth. That can work too. A small sample of perfume also helps to feel a bit better.
Used to take a caftan and change once we were in the air and sleep or sit in that and then change back before landing. Haven't bothered recently but am thinking about it. ;D
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Post by Shoesy on Jun 11, 2007 10:25:14 GMT -5
Like everyone else I feel pretty disgusting after a long flight. My skin gets so dry despite the fact that I try to drink a lot on the plane. And the worst is the "airplane hair" - yuck! Unlike many of you, though, I'm fine with eating airplane food. Perhaps El Al gives better meals than other airlines. |
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Post by Happygoin on Jun 11, 2007 10:41:15 GMT -5
That's likely true, Becky...but still...I'd rather be forced to buy simple decent food than get free food that is entirely inedible.
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Post by aude on Jun 11, 2007 10:47:42 GMT -5
When we fly to Paris from Atlanta, despite my efforts, I always feel bloated and puffy and nasty by the time we walk off the plane. Here's what gets me: When we stand up to get off the plane, there's always at least one woman who looks like a million bucks --- beautifully styled hair, gorgeous fresh skin, hip clothes (unwrinkled). How does she do it? I'm schlepping my stuff feeling like a greasy smelly pack mule, she looks so rested and fresh with her small tote and great purse. Must be in the genes. A ton of travel size toiletries couldn't do that magic on me. But then again, she probably looked a lot better than I did when she got ON the plane!
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Post by Happygoin on Jun 11, 2007 11:11:06 GMT -5
Oh Aude, you're funny. I'VE SEEN THAT WOMAN! I've seen her on every darned long haul flight I've ever been on. I want to kill her. Talk about making you feel like a frump!
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Post by andi on Jun 11, 2007 11:18:25 GMT -5
I made sure that I looked a million dollars when I landed in Paris last time after our long coach and train trip, re-applying make up, brushing hair, a little spray etc.........I may have looked good on the outside but let me tell you this, on the inside I was a tired, grumpy, shrivelled wreck.......so don't let those looks fool you! At least the normal people are rested and in a nice mood.  |
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Post by Ray(aka) tripnebraska on Jun 11, 2007 12:04:59 GMT -5
I understand it is not as bad for men, and I'm only going to look so unrumpled anyway.
The best decision I made on our trip last month, was putting my Addias slides in my carry on, so I would not have to wear shoes on the overseas flights. I wouldn't want to have to wear them going through the airport, but once on board it was great.
I was surprised that the airline food was actually better than I thought it would be. I did not expect wine with dinner.
I also sat near the back of the plane, and it was nice to be able to take a short walk back to the galley area, and get extra water.
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Post by goldenmama on Jun 11, 2007 12:30:36 GMT -5
Thanks everyone for your help, as always! :oI am shocked that you would think that I would be pigging out on the airplane food!! Tsk!Tsk!!  |
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Post by holger on Jun 11, 2007 15:01:15 GMT -5
What is really unfair is that rumpled men can still look attractive. Doesn't work for most women. When I get off a long flight, all I want to do is take a shower and wash my hair and put on fresh clothes.
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