We have a winner! Barbara from North Caroline won this month’s giveaway!
I heard a story recently about someone who can’t fly due to how badly he gets airsick. I had no idea this was even a thing! I mean, I know there are those airsick bags in the seat pocket on planes, I just didn’t know they actually got used or that being airsick was so debilitating for some that they can’t fly to begin with.
I’m lucky in that I have a pretty strong stomach when it comes to feeling motion sickness. But there have been a few times when I’ve experienced it. There was that time eons ago when I was snorkeling near the Great Barrier Reef in Australia on a two-day boat trip. That was gnarly. More recently, I felt it on the way back from Antarctica on our expedition ship. (OK, that was gnarly, too.)
In Scotland I felt a little motion sickness while Jon was driving on the winding roads and I was simultaneously attempting to read our map and guidebook.
So, I get it. I understand why so many people have to look straight ahead when in a moving vehicle or have to sit in the front of a bus where they feel less motion.
The Reliefband Flex might be just the solution for those of you who have to deal with such issues.
The band works by stimulating the underside of the wrist with pulses. These pulses travel through your nervous system to the part of the brain that controls nausea and vomiting. The brain then signals to the stomach to reduce this nausea.
There are five degrees of pulsing you can choose from. Five is quite high and strong, so, while in Scotland, I kept it on one or two (on those twisty road!). At this lower pulsing, I could feel it on my wrist but it was just barely noticeable. And, even at this lower frequency, it still helped with any queasiness I felt while reading the map.
There are so many uses for this beyond simple motion sickness, however. It’s used by people suffering from migraines and morning sickness, and it’s even used for anxiety, gaming and hangovers. Yes, hangovers.
Am I eager to use this? Well, I wouldn’t quite say “eager” because when I have to use it again, it means I’m expecting to not feel great. But I will say, I’m very happy to have something that is NOT medicinal that can help me through a bout of motion sickness when it crops up again–like potentially on our Antarctica expedition next year. ?
If you’d like to win your own Reliefband Flex, it’s super easy!
1) First, make sure you’re subscribed to my newsletter.
2) Then, leave a comment below or send me an email to let me know where/when you would use your Reliefband Flex should you win.
The Deets:
* Approximate value for a Reliefband Flex is $180!
* Contest closes at 11:59 pm PST on November 30, 2023 and the lucky winner will be chosen on December 1, 2023.
* Item will ship to a randomly drawn winner with a US address (sorry!). Winner will have three days to reply once being notified. If no response, a new winner will be chosen 🙂
Good luck!
I would share it with my hubby on our future Antártica trip.
Yes!!! I have had motion sickness before and it’s miserable. I would love this to keep in my travel kit!
I have been reading your newsletter for some time. I dream but never do anything since I am apprehensive traveling alone in my 60s. No one wants to join me, tired of waiting. Alaska or Greenland cruise next year!!! No motion sickness would be one less worry!
I need one!
I used to be pretty good with motion sickness as well, but post-menopausal it is more of an issue. I haven’t flown anywhere for almost 7 years for that reason. Flying was/is already so stressful). Would love this type of support and to get back to traveling. A friend who lives abroad and I would like to visit Bruges and have some quality friend time!
I suffered from car sickness until I started to drive a car. It was awful. Now I experience it on trips in boats and I would love to take a cruise through the Norwegian fjords, but I’m hesitant to because of the motion sickness. And, since the death of my husband I suffer anxiety attacks and from the reading above, I’d love to try the Reliefband Flex to see if it would help with those.
I hope to go on a small boat trip to Alaska and would use this item. Thanks.
I often get sea sick on any cruise and would love to try it on our next one. We have an Alaska cruise booked for July and am really looking forward to it.
I’d use it the next time I am on a bus on winding roads. I got a little nauseated one of the days in Scotland so I am now cognizant it could happen again.
Cruising around the Galapagos Islands!
I would use it on our cruise next year
Road trips on winding mountain roads would be when I use it. Sometimes I am fine and other times, not so much.
I would use it on transatlantic cruises !!
My daughter always gets a little sick in the car or plane while reading. This would be perfect
This would be a great thing to own! Motion sickness is often an issue.
I would seriously use it any time that i am not the driver… be in car, boat or plane (not that i can fly a plane!) If i am the winner i can give you a US address to send it to or am happy to pay the International shipping.
I would use it on my next boat trip. It’s the big boats and high swells that get me. Thankfully most of the time I don’t get motion sick, but the few times I have something like this would have been well worth having.
I can get motion sickness in the car on a windy road, especially if I’m the navigator. Sometimes, I also get seasick in rough seas, especially on a smaller boat that’s close to the water.
Hi Beth, Wow! Winning the motion sickness band would be so wonderful!! I love to cruise and explore all around the world and US and often I am struck with the miserable nausea that comes from motion. I’m hoping to go to Antartica “soon” and the band would be a lifesaver for me!!
Fingers crossed………
Thank you!
I could use it while cruising or doing any flights in small planes or choppers where they are a little bumpy…or, let any friends use it when necessary.
I use Bonine on flights and boats to prevent motion sickness, but would love to switch to a natural remedy. I’d use this on all my travels!!
I would use it on my next cruise trip.
I would share this gift with my husband who has notion sickness so we could take a Greek Isles cruise.
I would love to try this, I’ve had motion sickness in planes, cars, trains, kayaks, powerboats and sailboats. Unghh. I sail weekly (with a women’s group) and I would love to be free of Bonine (which works well, don’t get me wrong, but it isn’t cheap).
I can’t stand Cheerios from all the early morning mountain drives on twisty roads as a child. Even thinking about it now is a bit horrifying.
I would love to have one of these. I, sadly, get motion sickness. I’m okay on airplanes, but cars, buses, boats about kill me.
I’d love to use this on an Alaskan cruise or PNW road trip.
This would have helped on my small ship Galapagos cruise and will no doubt on all future small ship cruises. Hear me, Antarctica?
I rarely if ever get motion sickness. However, since I will now be a guest speaker on quite a lot of long Disney cruises next year…you never know what the universe has in store for me.
If not then when I finally go to Antartica, cause I heard how challenging the Drake Passage is and I would like to be proactive and ready for it.
Alaska cruise I’m planning with my bestie next Fall.
Whether driving the gnarly curves of Big Sur, or going out on the ocean in a small boat, this relief band could be a game changer! Otherwise, I turn green and avoid these situations due to motion sickness that has gotten worse as I get older (ugh)
These would be perfect for my husband for our upcoming vacation to the Amalfi Coast!
This could be a God send. I struggle all the time with motion sickness