Travel Time

mancila60 · April 2013

So H and I are trying to decide what to do for our anniversary. We don't want to spend too much since we have some bigger purchases coming up. We thought about doing a day or weekend trip somewhere just to have a little getaway.

I get off work early on Fridays and so does H so we could leave around 3 or 4 and get on the road and then of course travel back on Sun. How far is too far when traveling for the weekend?

mildlymailyn · April 2013

I think any travel time over 4 hours, by car, or 1.5, by plane, is too much. We are going to Pittsburgh, from a Cleveland area suburb, and it is less than 3 hours. That leaves most of Friday, all day Saturday, and Sunday morning for fun time

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adventureisoutthere · April 2013

I'm with Mailyn. For a long weekend 4 hours travel (by car) is about my max. When we go to the family cabin (6 hour drive) over a "long weekend" we usually take an extra day off and leave after work so we have 3 full days up there to make it worth the

toothpastechica · April 2013

My parents summer place is 4 hours away and my in-laws cabin is 5 hours away....during the summer we often will take off on Friday afternoon (2ish) to be there around dinner (or we will stop for dinner if traffic is bad) and come home after d

AurorasEnvy · April 2013

I agree with the others, I wouldn't drive more than 3-4 hours away. SIL and MIL each live about 3.5 hours away (although on opposite sides of the state from each other) and when we go for weekend visits, the drive is tolerable but I'd stil

Mona8 · April 2013

For a weekend, I would do up to a 4 or 5 hour drive. For day trips, up to 3 hours away.

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