How to survive a redeye: My 5 top strategies as a frequent flyer

Taking red-eye flights is a reality of intercontinental travel.After all, the vast majority of flights from the U.S. to Europe take off late in the day, fly through the night and land the next morning across the Atlantic.You're also likely to spend the night on a plane if you're headed deep into South America — and certainly if you're flying to the Middle East, Asia or Australia.The question is: When you land after a night of very little sleep, how do you make the first day at your destination as un-miserable as possible?Here are a few of my most successful strategies.Book a day-use hotelDid you know you can book a hotel room for the day?This might have been the best 90 euros I've spent recently.Day-use hotel reservations allow you to check into a hotel right after you land from a red-eye flight and have a guaranteed hotel room for the day.I did this for my wife and me earlier this summer when we kicked off our big summer trip with an overnight (economy) flight to Dublin on Aer Lingus.Knowing we'd be running on fumes, I went through Hilton's WorkSpaces by Hilton platform and booked us a day-use room at the Hampton by Hilton Dublin City Centre.Reward your inbox with the TPG Daily ne...