European holidays, are you a one week or a two week fan?

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Of course, any short haul holiday the answer is 10 days, but with this not really widely available in a package set up (aware you can do your own thing), which do you prefer? I love day six of a holiday and you're all relaxed ready to go home.

The idea of staying for two weeks strikes me is a little bit boring but I am very easily bored.
I think in my six week teacher holidays, I'd rather do two weeks of holiday/activities/trips rather than one solid two weeks stretch.

(I haven't got any kids at home anymore.)

I like two weeks but not in the same place. Change of scene half way through.

10 days is enough for me and most packages are flexible enough to allow this now.

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I usually do a week to nine days. When my DC were younger we’d often go on a stay and cruise or cruise and stay holiday and they were perfect for us. So a few days in Rome then 10 days on a ship or a week cruise and a week in a hotel in Turkey etc.
I think I’ve only done two fortnight holidays in the same place, one in Corfu and one in Egypt both with lots of excursions.
With Tui etc you can book the exact number of nights you want with most of their accommodation.

Two weeks without doubt. In fact I never want to come home from holiday. The thought of returning to a routine fills me with overwhelming dread. Having said that I did try to cut short my stay in Torremolinos in 1982 (I could write a short story about that). And I actually did cut short my holiday in Malta circa 1985 and got a ferry to Sicily after 5 days.

With Jet2 and TUI you can choose any number of nights to most destinations.
We used to do two weeks but once DC were teens that became too long and we mostly did 10 days unless it was a two centre trip.
I don't like early morning flights so often do 8 nights on an afternoon flight. Instead of staying at an airport hotel my first night is at resort.

Depends on the holiday!

5 nights is perfect for me on an all inclusive fly-and-flop holiday.

2 nights is good for a city break.

6-8 nights for something more active or for a mixture of fly-and-flop & city.

Two weeks is too long for me, i'd rather do 2, 1 week breaks.

My optimum is 5 nights. Jet2 let you do this.
Any longer and I get bored/backache/sick of the food.

Depends what you’re doing. City breaks are best over 4-7 days ime. Some cities are genuinely small enough to see everything in 4 days like Prague definitely was and Krakow. Lovely places but no need to be there any longer than that.

I like 2 weeks but we have a cat who HATES us going away. Starts to refuse food :( so we limit ourselves to one week.

10 days is the best I think, enough time to fully settle in and enjoy yourself but not too long that you get bored

Two weeks, with the caveat that we don't remain in the same place for the entire fortnight. Also, I'm not a pool/beach holiday person so there's generally a lot of trips and activities to keep me busy

2 weeks. More if possible!

10 days is good for us. You can specify number of nights on package holidays we've been on.

I've Just done 3 nights in Amsterdam, which was more than enough for me. I get very twitchy and just want to go home. I can manage a week in a more sedate location, but am always glad to leave.

We have a cat and we don’t go anywhere for more than 6 days. I couldn’t bear the stress.

I like 3 but I don't go to just one place. I always go and travel around somewhere. If I go to just one place then the longest I do is 4-5 days over a weekend usually. (and even then might do 2 different locations) . I can't imagine staying 7 days in one location tbh.

I’m on day 6 of a week - we come home tomorrow and it’s been just the right length for us.

we normally do 10 days and it’s too long for me.

I’d love to be able to a week away, a week at home and then another week away - maybe next year!

One week because I like to try out multiple places and two weeks+ uses up all my leave.

"one place" - 1 week
"Multiple places" - 2 weeks

I like 9 or 10 days and it's often possible to pick.

2 weeks is too long unless long haul.

1 week is too short, unless we're with other people in which case it's long enough!

DS did a friend holiday to a place we later did a family holiday to the next month. He feels he's completed that city now

My fave is 5&5 - a 5 day city break followed by 5 days AI. Barcelona followed by an "internal" £9 flight to Tenerife was the best!

I'm 52 and never had more than a week on holiday. Work (mine or a partner's) or finances (ditto) never allowed for it. I'd love to do ten days but suspect two weeks I'd be bored unless it was twin-centred (say, one week sightseeing and one week beach). As probably not having any holiday this year now, I'd settle for 5 days in a beach!

I’m partial to 3-weeks. A few days slow travel to destination, 10-14 days in one place or with side trips, then head home by a fast routing.
If you are paying a lot to actual travel somewhere, better make it worthwhile.

I get tired easily so I’d rather stretch outings to every second day over 2 weeks.