Taking the Travail Out of Travel

A romantic weekend jaunt to the Caribbean, a week-long tour of the Italian wine country, a road trip with the kids to Disney World. Sound like fun? Absolutely. Vacation travel is a time to relax, get away from the pressures of the every day, and reconnect with your family or significant other. However, when you have arthritis, traveling can be more taxing than relaxing. Cramped airplane seats, hours riding in the car, and unfamiliar hotel rooms can take it's toll and cause more stress than the stress you're supposedly escaping from. 

And vacation travel is not the only kind. There is also the daily commute to work in the car, on the bus, or on the subway. As if dealing with the day-to-day stresses of the job weren't hard enough, when you have arthritis getting to your job and back home again could be the most trying part of the work day. 

In this section we have attempted to provide you with tips and resources to help take the stress out of your next trip. So the next time you hop on a plane for Europe, get in your car for that Thelma & Louise road trip, or get on the bus in the morning on your way to work, you won't have to dream about taking a vacation from traveling.