how long do you guys stay in a country for when traveling?

>>1294331
At least 2 weeks, otherwise what's the point really

>>1294331

In a country it depends from the kind of trip I'm doing, if I'm focusing on a single country or if I want to see more

About cities, at least 3 days, possibly more. I find it very stressing when I arrive in a new place knowing that in 24 hours I will have to pack my things and move again.

>>1294357
I'd say that a good rule of thumb whether in cities or not. Life is a lot more pleasant if ou are not pacing and unpacking all the damn time.

>>1294343
>what's the point really

There would potentially be instances where I am not, at the moment, visiting a country so much as traveling to see a particular museum, archeological site, national park, event, etc. Might not need to spend two weeks on that.

I could also see myself traveling through a series of countries for 3-4 days each to dip a toe in, to scout out future travels.
And if all I have is a week, not enough to do a country justice, I'll take what I can get in hopes of coming back for more later.

>>1294331
This varies incredibly widely. I just got back from a month in a single country, not huge, quite interesting, but also close by land to several other interesting countries. So it would have been easy to visit one or more adjacent nations but I elected not to.

I've also been in three countries in a week, one of which I'd never seen before (so I wound up spending a little less than four days in a single city in a country I had never before visited overnight).

I regret neither.

My shortest answer is that I don't prefer to spend less than three or four nights in any single town. I may do it if I'm traveling on business, have an overnight layover somewhere, or for some other reason have to move quickly. And I don't think most countries can offer an accurate impression in less than a week.

But I also think that brief glimpses of a place can be interesting in their own way, too. I took a long weekend in London, UK a few years ago (just under four days on the ground, with expensive ten-hour flights on each end), and had a great time. Was it cheap/cost-effective? Obviously not. Did I get to know London (I'd been there once before, but still)? Hardly. Was I unpleasantly exhausted when I got home and went into the office on Wednesday? You bet. But it was a great teensy jaunt and I'm glad I did it.

>tl;dr--there are lots of ways to travel and any can be worthwhile.

>>1294490
>>tl;dr--there are lots of ways to travel and any can be worthwhile.

This should be its own sticky.

>>1294331
The length of my stay is inversely proportional to the size of the country.

Therefore, I visited Russia in 4 hours, while I stayed for about 1200 years in Vatican.

I recommend, you really get into the heart of the local culture.