Life Hack: How to deal with travel fatigue — and how to tell it apart from jet lag

Is that relaxing getaway actually making you exhausted? Here's what you need to know

Travel fatigue is different to jet lag as it is not always caused by the travel itself. File picture

The summer holiday season is in full swing, and it is likely we could see record-breaking numbers of passengers travelling through Dublin and Cork airports over the coming weeks.

With those higher numbers comes more of a chance that Irish travellers who opt for destinations closer to home may experience travel fatigue — and mistake it for the jet lag usually associated with long-haul flights.