August 4, 2012

Short flights are never short

You've booked a short break and the flight is only two hours to your destination, but calculating the travel time always results in more time than you originally expected from end to end.

Calculating travel time for a short flight always involves more than just the flight time, you have to factor travel time as well. What you think is a short 2 hour flight, actually takes up to 6 hours to get from a to b. Consider getting to the airport, security and waiting for the departure flight and suddenly a short trip doesn't seem so short at all.

When you add the return journey this easily equals up to 12 hours total travel time for a short haul flight, not including preparation time such as packing.

What you actually get in a 72 hour short break equals just (72-18-12=42 hours) 14 hours per day in your destination.