Rinse out the first pot and fill it again.

NPR: Recipes: 'The Summer Shack Cookbook'

Nance, of Weatherford, Texas, uses a saline rinse system that is not a "pot, " but is the same concept.

CNN: Why people swear by the neti pot

Regular international flyer George Kellerman admitted that bringing a supply of sinus rinse, also known as a neti pot, on every trip sounded crazy, but flushing his sinuses everyday seemed to keep travel colds away.

BBC: Packing secrets from savvy travellers