Our flight home leaves from an airport outside the main city. We could spend the last night in the city and take an early train, or move to a bland airport hotel the day before. I hate wasting the last evening, but a missed connection to the airport would be much worse. We won't have a car. What decides this for you: departure time, reliability of the first train, or how much you value one final night in town?
Choosing where to spend a final night when the departure airport is outside the main city
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For me it comes down to the first train and how much slack there is before the flight. If it's an early departure with one shot at getting t...
For me it comes down to the first train and how much slack there is before the flight. If it's an early departure with one shot at getting there, I'd take the airport hotel and sleep better.
I lean the same way unless the city-to-airport connection is frequent and boringly reliable. One last evening in town sounds great until the timetable becomes the whole trip.
I always pretend the final night in town is the prize, then remember I hate hauling luggage before dawn. The bland hotel is ugly, but it is also honest.
If you have to keep checking the clock, it stops being a vacation anyway. I usually spend the last night near the airport when the flight le...