Rituals to Make Your Hotel Feel Like Home
Are you a nomad, road warrior, someone always attempting to make hotels your home away from home? Me too!
For almost 5 years, I have spent an average of 9 months of the year away from my home and my familiar bed. As a Tour Director, Travel Planner and Adventuress, I typically sleep in a different bed every night with two sleeps on the same pillow being a luxury.
It is this constant travel that fuels my soul and happiness but I always found myself missing home during bedtime and the early mornings until I established four rituals that make any space feel like home no matter where I am resting my head.
Bedtime Rituals
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Pillow Spray
I noticed all hotels, AirBNB’s and hostels use different detergents and the inconsistency of scent never allowed me to feel relaxed. That all changed when I came across Aura Cacia aromatherapy spray for the room and body! I almost never go to sleep without my lavender pillow spray now. This minor act coupled with my next bedtime ritual that has me fast asleep.
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Sleep Stories
This ritual has changed my sleep life! I use to listen to a white noise playlist on Spotify but found it no longer working to send me into dreamland. The Calm app’s adult bedtime stories have the 5-year-old in me feeling super mellow within 2 minutes, and typically asleep well before the 12-20 minute story concludes.
Morning Rituals
Meditation
This is where Calm has me feeling even more chill and ready for the day. After a peaceful night’s sleep in lavender dreamland, I immediately stretch and then use this wonderful app again to start my daily meditation. They have a meditation for anxiety, peaceful starts to the day, resilience, and body scans. The meditations last anywhere from 5 minutes to 1 hour. I usually practice 10 minutes and then bounce into getting ready for the day.
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Music & Podcasts
I’m big on multitasking and love listening to inspirational and happy music intelligent words in the morning in place of the negative news that plagues the TV screens. I have curated my own list of podcasts and Spotify playlists to start my morning off right as I get dressed for my day of exploring and working.
Each morning I select one depending on my mindset, the theme or region I am traveling in or personal interests of the day. My current favorites are Melissa Ambrosini, How I Built This, and TED Radio Hour. There are thousands of podcasts on all topics to choose from, I am sure you’ll find something to brighten your morning.
Adding these rituals into my day has allowed me to feel more familiar with the unfamiliar spaces which translate to a happier traveler! I hope you find these rituals helpful. If you have some of your own, please share them below! I’d love to try them out!
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