Sea-sickness during travels?

I pretty much have no sickness when I travel by bus or plane or the sea and I'm really thankful for it coz sometimes my sis gets sick and so does my aunt. Looking at them suffer saddens me!! Anyway the one thing I do is talk a lot with my sister and try and make funny/interesting conversations so that she doesn't start getting sick. It does help. And sometimes she takes medicines and goes to sleep immediately. Well I think sleeping helps the best.

I get sick in most means of transport, cars, buses, trains, boats etc. I've never been travel-sick when riding or going by horse-wagon, so I suppose I should start to travel like they did 500 years ago :-) Preferrably on horse-back though, I imagine I'd get sick in a closed wagon. I take medication sometimes, if I have to go by bus I sit in the front of the bus if possible (or throw up :-/). When going by train I always try to get a seat facing in the direction the train moves, 'cause that helps. For boats and ferries it's the same. If the weather is OK I'll stay outside, if it's bad, I'll take medicines and try to find somewhere where I can look out and forwards. For cars I try not to travel with someone, but rather drive myself, especially in cities and on curvy roads.

I really get dizzy so easily whenever I travel by bus, but unlike you im fine with traveling by plane and by ship. That's why when I travel I usually go via sea travel. I really hated traveling by bus since my medication no longer worked on me.. I barfed a lot and I hate that feeling...

People suggest sea-sicking people to sleep during their travelling on bus or plane. I used to be vomitting every time I took the flight while travelling between the UK and HK in a period of time. This gets better after I ate less before taking my flight.

Hmmm...That was my BIG problem before. I used to puke during our travel (by bus) because I hate the smell of buses. The scents they use kills me, turns my stomach upside down and makes me feel dizzy then, ooops, "mommy, I wanna puke.." So, everytime we travel, my mom makes sure that we have LOTS of plastic bag. But I can't refuse to travel and it became a challenge to me as I grow older for I can't imagine myself as a grown up lady puking hard on a bus. So, I controlled the dizziness, bought some ointment to remove the bus' scent, sleep fast and the funniest, talk to my tummy while rubbing it saying, "sssshhhh, calm down, don't make me puke" then my dizziness is diverted. So, now, I don't have problems anymore. I already tried traveling by plane too and now, upon going to work, we travel by RORO(passenger ship). When there is a typhoon, the waves are super mad and the RORO will sway like about 30 degrees. But I got used to it already. =)

Sometimes, when I travel by bus, I feel sick during the trip. I learned a trick to this not happen anymore. You should put a magazine or a comic book in your stomach before you travel. I know this sounds weird, but it works.

Hi sais! I used to have that when I was young. I used to puke all the time when riding a bus. I remember I even puked on my dress when I was riding a jeepney. I was very young then. But as I grew up, I got used with the traveling. I never took once any medicine even when I still used to puke. I just got used to it. Usually I sleep it off to avoid getting dizzy and to prevent my stomach from churning. ^^ My mom used to say to look far away to avoid getting dizzy. But sleeping was the best solution for it. Nowadays, even if I don't sleep during travels, I don't get motion sick anymore. I can travel by bus or by plane or by ship without puking or getting dizzy. You'll get used with traveling, too. Time will come.

I tried wearing wrist bands that give pressure on certain points. This took my sea sickness away I am pleased to say in Indonesia. I like to have fresh air when I am on a ferry and look into the distance. It is interesting if the ferry is going past land or islands but just ocean it can be boring. I try to have something solid by my tummy to keep it calm on a ferry. It is a hard book and when I was younger it used to be my passport. These days my passport has a soft cover so it is not any good for keeping away seasickness nowadays. I went on a ferry trip in Colombia. I imagined a fast trip out to the islands but it was slow. I felt seasick so I tried eating some of my children's ginger biscuits. I felt sure ginger would stop me being seasick. Though I was totally wrong. I was sick five or six times. It was a horrible experience. I so wish I had my pressure bands that day, had taken more of my own food and not eaten one of the ginger biscuits. Good luck with sea trips.

We can do travel to on various works. But most of them are only "duty oriented" travels. many are traveling many kilo meters daily by doing up and down. It is a pressure full thing...

I almost never get carsick, although occasionally I feel a bit nauseous on long bus trips. My solution--don't take the bus! However, my older son, who has no problem on crazy roller coasters and other rides, or airplanes, now has started to get carsick in our minivan. He's not bad enough that he actually vomits, but he does get nauseous and lightheaded, and sometimes gets a headache. I feel like he is too young for most carsick meds, since they often have a sleeping aid built in. So we try to limit the amount of time he sits in one particular seat. We also have him watch movies on the overhead dvd screen. It seems to help, because his gaze is focused on one thing, and it is forward from him and slightly above his head, so he doesn't seem to get the same vertigo-type symptoms. Maybe the next time you go on a trip, you could try focusing one one thing and not change your field of vision too much? This trick also works for me when I my kids force me onto amusement park rides that spin in a circle. Best of luck!

Me too.. huh, I do really hate that. I cannot enjoy the voyage. I feel like to vomit millions times. I walk unsteadily. even I cannot sleep well. I brought good medicine to avoid the dizziness. It worked though. You must bring some medicine to avoid getting sick.

I also share the same sentiments with you sais06. I'm having nausea and vomiting whenever I ride a bus. What I do aside from medication is to take menthol candies with me so that when the sea-sick starts to attack, I have a weapon. I avoid eating too much when I ride to avoid vomiting.