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Why you can't sleep while you're traveling

Comfort has gone out the window. Here's what to do about it.

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Christopher Elliott
Mar 09, 2025
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Janet Heller wishes the hotel she recently booked in Chicago had come with a warning label. After she checked in, she started hearing sirens. And that's when she looked outside her window.

"We were right across the street from a hospital," says Heller, a retired college professor from Portage, Mich. "I heard ambulance sirens all night. I couldn't sleep."

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