Would you go to Tenerife for two nights ?

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1pm Friday departure ,arrive at 5pm and you
return Monday 12pm.
Do you think it’s worth it ?

No, not unless it was to attend a specific event eg a wedding.

It's an ok destination for a relaxed, good weather holiday. But I really can't see that it is interesting enough as a destination to spend all that time travelling and have just 1.5 days there. What is the point?

Sorry, I see now it is just over 2 days. But even so I wouldn't bother personally.

No, unless it was for a specific event.

I would for a wedding or something.

So you would get to Tenerife c5pm on Sat and leave around midday on the Monday? Sunset in the Canaries is fast and quite early - I don't think you'd get any sun on the Saturday.

Probably not. We went to Crete last year for 5 nights (lack of holidays from work and budget) and even that was a bit of a waste of time after factoring in all the travel.

Stay home, whack the heating up and have a picnic in the lounge. You'll save money, time, the planet etc etc etc

I wouldn’t, for a short break I’d choose a nice spa hotel where I can lounge around in a warm pool all day, the pools aren’t heated properly I find oversea, way too cold

I've been to a spa that had a 'beach room' which had loungers and bright lights (sunglasses provided) so you could mooch in there for a bit between treatments and feel the winter gloom lift a bit (along with the sauna and hot tub opportunities!) - could you look for something like that?

No couldn't be arsed but I hate travelling and don't live near an airport so far to much hassle

Nope.

No it’s morally bankrupt to fly so far for such a short period. Haven’t you heard of global warming?

No, I couldn´t be bothered, and I am already in Spain, it´s too far away...but then, I hate sitting in planes for hours...

I know the feeling. We just did 2 nights in Miami (which is a 3-hour flight away for us). Flight times meant we got 3 full days.

Sat 6:30am flight, landing at 9:30am
Mon 10pm fight, landing at 1am

We left -10C weather and were on a beach in 27C weather. It was fantastic, would definitely do it again.

No I wouldn’t do that trip. Far too much time faffing around airports and transfers and flying for the sake of one complete day on a Sunday.

Not unless you can find flight times that give you more time on arrival and departure days.

No.

I wouldn't, no.
To catch a flight leaving at 1pm, to allow for check in time and travel to airport, I'd have to leave home just before 9am at the latest (that's if I weren't nervous about traffic and delays, and that's from my closest airport). So you'd spend all day traveling, only have one day there in any sunshine, then to be coming back at midday, you'd presumably have to leave your hotel relatively early on the Monday (transfer pick ups, + check in and wait time at that airport).

If we don’t do this I’m thinking maybe a log cabin with hot tub for Friday -Monday (which I know isn’t in the sun but it’s a break )
Forest holidays is £465 for 3 nights which is tempting and only 1hr 35 drive for us

I know of people who go to Siam Park for the day. Cheap day return flights. Very do-able.

I would absolutely go for the cabin - chilled bottle of wine, good films and food, wrap up for a forest walk then into the hot tub. Perfect!
Far preferable to picking up peoples germs on a plane.

Absolutely!

I wouldn’t go further than 2 hours on a plane Friday-Monday, but that’s just me.

I would definitely do this, if going to Siam waterpark for the weekend. Wouldn’t bother if it was just to catch the sun though!

What’s your reason for going?

No chance unless it's hen/stag do where it's unavoidable

No. Even if you lived next door to the airport and your hotel was within half an hour at the other end you'd leave home at say 1030am and arrive at the hotel realistically 7pm on the Saturday. You would probably have to checkout at 8am on the Monday. So one day of sun. This time of year the daylight hours are shorter and of course it might be cloudy. At best you would get 6 hours of sun.

I'd go for a nice UK hotel with a spa - indoor pool and some good food.