Would you want to stay for at least X hours? 2X? 4X? Something else?
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
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.
For a one night stand 1/4x. I guess it really depends on the action if you now what I mean.
No. It depends on what I went to do.
Exactly. I once drove 12 hours to save $6k on shipping. I was there for 45 minutes while four pallets were loaded.
Depends where.
DMV? 0h.
Family? 2x minimum.
Friends? Whatever I can get.X^2
I regularly have to drive 6 hours round trip for a call that takes 5 min.
Why are you traveling to make a call? You could just call.
I interpreted that in the sense of “service call”, like going out to some remote site to do something menial
I drive to the office once a fortnight. 4 hours driving total for 6 hours there. It’s necessary and recharges my enthusiasm because we have a great team.
2 6 2
So 3x or 60/40
Depends on what I’m there for. I’ve done 0.8X for a pretty long trip and would have gone faster if it wasn’t for bureaucracy.
PS i dont enjoy traveling
Generally around 3-4X for me, except if I’m riding a motorcycle or driving a sports car, where the travelling is the main event.
I’ve done .25x so I guess it depends how good the destination is and who I’m going with.
I would want to stay for as long as I enjoyed it and no longer, no matter how long it took to get there.
X/2+7 is like the 80-20 rule: it fits 80% of the time.
Given a travel time of X, half that time plus 7 more hours seems reasonable, until it isn’t. 1 hour? Full day. 2 hours? Also a full day. 8 hours? Now were talking 2 days with an overnight expense and 80% per diem.
Math. It works.
Isn’t that also the equation for finding your youngest possible date? I’m 27 and according to that my lower limit is 20.5.
It’s like the 80-20 rule, I say!
Do you mind explaining a little more? How do you get two days from 8 hours (8/2 + 7 = only 11 hours not 48)?
Edit: Oh, because nobody’s spending 8 hours traveling and then 11 hours at the place and then going back home without staying overnight.
7X. If I have to travel a day to go on vacation I will be staying for at least a week.
Everywhere is an hour away from where I live, so X hours is my standard for high quality experiences, to reference your formula.
