How to split vacation days between two different cities
Splitting a fixed number of nights between multiple destinations often results in feeling like one city will get too much or too little time. This makes it difficult to finalize an itinerary without worrying that the pacing is off or that something important is being overlooked.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Considering renting a car for about 24 hours to visit Longwood Gardens
- 2Thinking about adding another city like Chicago for two nights
- 3Wondering about heading to Atlanta a couple of days before the flight home
- 4Extending stays in larger cities through the weekend for better nightlife and cutting down time in shorter transit or food-focused destinations.
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I'm currently working on my upcoming trip to South Korea and Japan (early October) and I'm stuck on how to properly split my time between Seoul and Fukuoka before heading over to Osaka.”source ↗
“The part I’m struggling with is how to divide our time: five nights in NYC would leave us with seven nights in Washington, which feels like it might be too much for us.”source ↗
“So, does seven nights in Washington sound like too much for us? Would you split the 12 nights differently, or is there something we’re overlooking about this itinerary?”source ↗
Where this came up
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