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How long to you have to be in a place
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 10:10 am
by OrangeDragon
To consider it a "visited country"?
Personally my rule is 3 days.
Re: How long to you have to be in a place
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 10:19 am
by phuketrichard
visited?
one night
Re: How long to you have to be in a place
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 10:39 am
by 0to60
At least 2 days, better a week. I've had too many 1 day layovers to consider that a visit.
Re: How long to you have to be in a place
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 8:25 pm
by taranis
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Re: How long to you have to be in a place
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 4:16 pm
by Sir_Quality_U_Feel
3 days is cool in my book. Threshold.
Re: How long to you have to be in a place
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 4:49 pm
by StroppyChops
Yeah, if three days is two nights, that seems right to me.
Re: How long to you have to be in a place
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 6:49 pm
by PSD-Kiwi
I spent 6 hrs in transit at Istanbul Airport once..."Yea, I've done Turkey". It really bugs me when people say they've "done" a place, especially when they've only spent a day or 2 there. Back to the OP...It all depends on the size of the country I reckon and whether you travel around or stay in the one place. Say you spent 3 days in 1 city (x) in a country (y), you can't really claim to have visited the country, but you can say you've visited "x, in y".
Not sure if that makes much sense, I'm really tired!
Re: How long to you have to be in a place
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 7:21 pm
by StroppyChops
PSD-Kiwi wrote:I spent 6 hrs in transit at Istanbul Airport once..."Yea, I've done Turkey". It really bugs me when people say they've "done" a place, especially when they've only spent a day or 2 there. Back to the OP...It all depends on the size of the country I reckon and whether you travel around or stay in the one place. Say you spent 3 days in 1 city (x) in a country (y), you can't really claim to have visited the country, but you can say you've visited "x, in y".
Not sure if that makes much sense, I'm really tired!
Makes sense. But then, I'm tired too.
Re: How long to you have to be in a place
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 4:40 am
by General Mackevili
"Visited"? I would say if you left the airport you have "visited."
My family had 2 layovers in Moscow, Russia that were about 15 hours.
They crammed in as much as they could, seeing the Kremlin and other very cool things.
It was only a few hours but to say they haven't "visited" Russia would be a joke.
It's not like they would claim they lived there as expats or "did" Russia, but I'd most certainly say they've visited.
Re: How long to you have to be in a place
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 3:44 pm
by Digg3r
Been to or visited I have no problem with. It's when I hear backpackers discussing how they have "done" a country.
I don't even know what that means but apparently the only requirement is to have the stamp in your passport.