Don’t be homeless after taking the red-eye to Europe

Virtually all the flights from the US to Europe are red-eye (overnight). This is so there is enough time for the plane to make the return trip back to the US in the same day. Convenient for the airlines but decidedly inconvenient for passengers. That means you often arrive in Europe (especially western Europe) very early…6–8am local time. If you fly farther east (like Rome), you can arrive mid-to-late morning. Regardless, you’re going to arrive prior to check-in. We flew to Madrid because there was a direct flight from Charlotte. We arrived at 6:15am. We told our Airbnb host that we needed to check-in early. They told us to bring our bags by the apartment and they will keep them until they get the place cleaned. They’ll put extra people on cleaning duty so we are in “first thing.” Sounded good to me. <a href="https://robbieallen.medium.com/dont-be-homeless-after-taking-the-red-eye-to-europe-b46cb2a0d66a">Website</a>