An 8-Hour Vacation? Meet the Travelers Who Love 'Extreme Day Trips'

This is probably better when you're young. I'm in my 40s and it takes me some time to get over being squashed in a small seat on a plane with a bunch of other people.

I won't even travel on low-cost airlines anymore because my experience has been so horrible.

However, I used to do this all the time when I was in my 20s. I lived in Asia for awhile and would frequently take cheap flights on the weekend for fun.

“We went to the Acropolis [from London], had a three-course lunch, and everything came to 147 pounds each—about $160,” he recalled. “If I’d just bought a train ticket to Athens, that alone would have cost about $200.”

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