If you wear glasses and travel, then you may be a good candidate for the contact lens alternative. Traveling is demanding, and some of us who travel long distances and experience jetlag will do anything to mitigate the stress and discomfort associated with life on the road. If you have flown one too many red eye flights, then you may want to ask your eye doctor if it’s time to fit you with a contact lens instead of another pair of conventional framed glasses. Here are some reasons why:

What can be more stressful that waking up in a new city, exhausted from traveling all night, to the realization that you remembered to bring your presentation portfolio but you forgot and left your eyeglasses in the taxi. If you are a contact lens wearer, you would probably have nothing to worry about, because they are inexpensive, portable, and you can afford to pack not just one or two pairs but a whole box of them, if you are prone to forgetfulness.

And unless you have a rather exotic prescription, your particular kind of contact lens is probably stocked and ready to go, on a moment’s notice, at thousands of retail vision care outlets. All you have to do is provide your prescription and they can have you seeing 20/20 in less time than it takes to call the concierge and report that you lost your expensive gold-rimmed eyeglasses.

So next time you travel, remember to take your address book and keep a good database of local contacts in your laptop. Plus, keep another kind of contact – your contact lens case- in your shaving kit or coat pocket, as your dependable and low-maintenance traveling companion.

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