Would you want to stay for at least X hours? 2X? 4X? Something else?
- Mothra ( @Mothra@mander.xyz ) 22•1 year ago
No. It depends on what I went to do.
- Franzia ( @Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 15•1 year ago
If I hike up a hill for an hour, it was about the journey and I only need to stay at the top for 5 - 10 minutes.
- sparky@lemmy.federate.cc ( @sparky@lemmy.federate.cc ) 13•1 year ago
For travel I usually use as a rule of thumb, that you need to stay the same number of days as there were hours in the flight to get there. So for example a quick two hour hop lends itself nicely to a weekend getaway, whereas a transcontinental flight implies staying a week or two. This tends to be advantageous anyway, for jet lag purposes.
Nifty.
- Tolookah ( @Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de ) 9•1 year ago
Depends where.
DMV? 0h.
Family? 2x minimum.
Friends? Whatever I can get. - joucker29 ( @joucker29@lemmy.ml ) 9•1 year ago
7X. If I have to travel a day to go on vacation I will be staying for at least a week.
- Gormadt ( @Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 6•1 year ago
It depends really, but my go to in general is about as much time as I’m going to spend driving.
Sometimes though I don’t need to stay that long if the company is great or the place is great.
An example of a fun time with a 3 hour drive (1 way) and less than 6 at the destination: I went hiking with a good friend of mine and the hike only took 4.5 hours. The views were worth it and the company made it that much better.
An example of a crap time with a 2 hour drive (1 way) and less than 4 at the destination: hiking (again) except the person I was to be hiking with spent the night before getting drunk and rather than tell me they were too hung over to hike, came along anyways. He started vomiting 30 minutes into the trail, so we have to turn around and go home.
- nfsu2 ( @nfsu2@feddit.cl ) 6•1 year ago
For a one night stand 1/4x. I guess it really depends on the action if you now what I mean.
- Devi ( @Devi@kbin.social ) 5•1 year ago
It really depends, my friend was having a hard time once so in the evening I drove 3 hours to go see them, had a beer with them, then came home. I think it was absolutely worth it. I’ve also driven that far to buy something that took 15 minutes.
But say, a museum, I’d definitely want to make a day of it if I was driving that far. Maybe more.
- Extras ( @Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today ) 5•1 year ago
Depends on other factors like who I’m meeting, time of day, etc. Purely on the time to get there though I think 2x minimum to make it feel worth it imo
- Sibbo ( @Sibbo@sopuli.xyz ) 5•1 year ago
If Neil Armstrong was resting this, he would laugh. So many months of preparation, just to walk a very short while on the moon
- Ravi ( @Ravi@feddit.de ) 1•1 year ago
It’s not about the travel
- jrbaconcheese ( @jrbaconcheese@yall.theatl.social ) English4•1 year ago
2/3 of X^2 seems pretty close
- __forward__ ( @__forward__@lemm.ee ) 2•1 year ago
Obviously it depends (for work when I can work on the train I am okay with longer journeys) but there has to be some sort of non-linearity involved, I agree!
- luxyr42 ( @luxyr42@lemmy.dormedas.com ) English4•1 year ago
I don’t mind driving, especially through the mountains. So I don’t really think twice driving for 3 hours each way to spend an hour apple picking, for instance.
- FredericChopin_ ( @FredericChopin_@feddit.uk ) 4•1 year ago
I wouldn’t put a time on it.
I would drive for a dozen hours for things that last a few minutes.
JS Bach walked hundreds of miles to hear someone play the organ.
- Zikeji ( @Zikeji@programming.dev ) English1•1 year ago
I love my audio books, so driving isn’t a huge complaint. I once drove 12 hours to hang out with family for Thanksgiving (~4 hours) and then drove back (another 12 hours).
- Firemyth ( @Firemyth@lemm.ee ) 1•1 year ago
Bach didn’t have planes trains and automobiles…
- essell ( @essellburns@beehaw.org ) 3•1 year ago
Everywhere is an hour away from where I live, so X hours is my standard for high quality experiences, to reference your formula.
- MNByChoice ( @MNByChoice@midwest.social ) 3•1 year ago
X hours. I prefer 2X hours, but X is my minimum.
- sharpiemarker ( @Sharpiemarker@feddit.de ) 3•1 year ago
So you’re saying a 1:1 travel to staying ratio?
- radix ( @radix@lemm.ee ) 3•1 year ago
I think it’s a 2:1 ratio because it’s X hours traveling there, X hours spent at the location, and then X hours coming back home, totaling 2X hours in transit.
- MNByChoice ( @MNByChoice@midwest.social ) 4•1 year ago
At least a much time there as time to get there. Not the round trip time.
Preferably, at least as much time there as round trip time. However, I have violated this, so it is clearly not my limit.
Technically, I have stayed for shorter times. Those were not “for fun” trips and had important goals attached.
I am also discounting all one-way trips of less than an hour.