How Many Days? Four Things

2 NIGHTS EQUAL ONE DAY

And three nights equal two days. Add a half day since you’ll be eager and excited as soon as you land. It’s settled: the amount of days you have in your new city is the number of nights minus one-half. Three nights? Two and a half days. Five nights? Four and a half days.

I’m unsure of how “5 days & 4 nights” became a thing, but who’s doing anything on don’t-miss-my-flight day? When The Real was still on the air, a friend and I DID get up at 6ish to go to an 8 am taping only to fly out at 3 something later that day. But these situations are few and far between - I don’t get up at 6.

ROADTRIPS/CRAMMING DOES NOT A VACATION MAKE

Sedona, Page, and the Grand Canyon in two days is a blur and a waste of perfectly good outfits. Even those who enjoy parallel parking will be tired from driving. Rome wasn’t built in a day.

NUMBER OF DAYS

I visited NYC for 6 full days and time flew by. Toured Dublin for 4 and feel I’m owed 3 more. I stayed in Brussels, that’s “Boring” Brussels, for 4 days and want to go back. You all didn’t have the waffle I had. I’ll skip over the places I’ve stayed too long.

Length of stay, according to me, should depend on familiarity. How long have you known about said city? What draws you to it? If there for culture, food, museums, day-trips, markets, and a beautiful hotel, stay 6+ nights. Food, history, and cheaper leather? 4 nights. To visit a monument or a VIP section? a 3-day weekend should suffice :). Add a night when crossing an ocean.

No matter how much or little a place had to offer my personal interests have always taken precedence.

THREE STOPS, 21 HOURS

More than a week’s stay is required anywhere that leaves me on a plane for that long.

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