Would you want to stay for at least X hours? 2X? 4X? Something else?

    • PorkSoda@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 years ago

      Exactly. I once drove 12 hours to save $6k on shipping. I was there for 45 minutes while four pallets were loaded.

  • Merwyn@sh.itjust.works
    161·
    3 years ago

    More than 1h drive and I should spend half a day there.

    More than 2h, I should plan the whole day (leaving in the morning and coming back end of the day)

    More than 4 hours and I need to spend at least a night there before coming back.

    I don’t like to drive long distance at all. Obviously, all of that depend what I’m doing there.

  • jbrains@sh.itjust.works
    101·
    3 years ago

    I would want to stay for as long as I enjoyed it and no longer, no matter how long it took to get there.

  • EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works
    9·
    3 years ago

    I really wanted to try taco bell. Unfortunately the nearest taco bell to where I live is 4 hours away. So one day I hopped in my car, drove 4 hours, crossed a country border and ordered some. I ordered almost the entire menu which was only like 5 different items. Then I drove back 4 hours, eating my taco bell order.

    So that gives some perspective as to how long I’m willing to stay somewhere

  • joucker29@lemmy.ml
    7·
    3 years ago

    7X. If I have to travel a day to go on vacation I will be staying for at least a week.

  • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    5·
    3 years 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.

  • SolidGrue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    3 years ago

    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.

    • favrion@lemmy.mlOP
      3·
      3 years ago

      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.

    • radix@lemm.ee
      1·
      3 years ago

      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.

  • zephyr@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 years ago

    I’d say x1.5 the amount of that time.

    But sometimes the journey is more important than destination.