How do days and nights in travel package work?
Looking at travel packages like this.
I am wondering, how does a '8 days 6 nights' package work? Where is the missing night?
Is the missing night in the flight towards the destination?
Best Answer
Days are counted from the day you leave to the day you come back (inclusive), while nights are nights spent in a hotel.
So "8 days, 6 nights" means you will have ~7 days at your destination and will spend one night on a plane.
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What does it mean by 3 Days 4 Nights?
It means that you will spend 3 nights at the destination, the fourth day will be partly spent at the location and otherwise you will depart before the 4th night.What does 1 night and 2 Days mean?
If you are taking a package for 1Night and 2 Days it means that on the day of arrival will be the first day and that day night will be count as night stay and second day as called as day 2\u2026 which means you have cobmver 2 days and 1 Night.Is a Week 6 nights or 7 nights?
Yes, a week would always be 7 nights. Whether it's worth going back to court for is another matter... You could try it from the angle that a week is seven 24 hour days - 168 hours.How does a vacation package work?
A vacation package allows you to bundle multiple aspects of your trip into one convenient purchase, often saving you both time and money. You can choose from a variety of bundles including flight + hotel, flight + hotel + car, flight + car or hotel + car. Let's face it, planning a vacation can be hard work.More answers regarding how do days and nights in travel package work?
Answer 2
The rule of thumb on day counting by tour companies is there is no rule of thumb.
Some count days actually doing something, so arriving in the late afternoon or departing after breakfast don't count setting up a tour of 5 days 6 nights ( but immigration would call it 7 days in country)
Some would count every day, so a 7 days 6 nights package.
Some will include flights which might include a night on the plane, but only count hotel nights, so you end up with 7 days 5 nights.
And of course each tour company considers their counting method to the "way it should be done".
Answer 3
The example you give lists the days pretty explicitly. They are counting the departure and travel day as part of the package.
Air Inclusive packages will count travel days, as in the example above.
Hotel Resort only packages will almost always count the shoulder days so Sunday to Saturday would be 7 Days & 6 Nights.
Cruise lines very rarely count the disembarkation day since you must be off the ship very early. They will list packages as 7 Days or 7 Nights even though you are technically on the ship 8 calendar days.
Trains will often list the duration in hours of the itinerary.
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