Booking.com for Business has created a calculator that allows users to work out their ideal flight departure and arrival windows to minimize jet lag. The calculator estimates how different journeys affect the body clock. By entering a flight route, it calculates:
- The effective time zone shift
- Estimated recovery time
- A recommended arrival window
- A recommended departure window
The tool covers a range of popular global business travel destinations across the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific, focusing only on direct, long-haul flights, and allows users to input their origin and destination from a list of these hubs to help inform their business travel booking.
Joshua Wood, director of business travel at Booking.com for Business, said: “Small decisions — like choosing a flight that arrives at the right time of day — can make a meaningful difference in how quickly someone can perform when they land.”
The key, said Wood, “is thinking carefully about when a journey starts, not just when it ends.” Selecting departure times that align with more favorable arrival windows, he said, can help reduce exposure to disruptive light patterns and support faster adjustment on arrival.
