Thousands of people suffer from motion sickness while travelling in a car, on a ferry, by train or on a plane, and it can cause some unpleasant symptoms but one 30p item could help

Your bags are packed, and you're on route to your anticipated getaway, but the excitement is overshadowed by the nuisance of feeling travel sick. Thousands of Brits go through the ordeal, whether that's travelling by car, plane, train or boat, yet there's one cheap item a travel expert swears by.

Travel sickness, also known as motion sickness, occurs when the brain receives conflicting messages from parts of the body that sense movement. Symptoms vary from case to case but typically include nausea, vomiting, dizziness, a headache, feeling cold and going pale or sweating.

It can be an uncomfortable feeling

See Full Page