Food Trips
Destinations built around a table.
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Pattaya + Bangkok, Thailand
Thailand in 8 Days: Pattaya + Bangkok With 4 PTO Days
Pattaya and Bangkok in six days on the ground — four PTO days with a Monday holiday, built on honest U.S. long-haul math that gives the outbound Saturday to the flight.
4 PTO days · 6 days · $2,100
Medellín, Colombia
Medellín in 4 Days: A Two-PTO-Day Escape to Colombia's City of Eternal Spring
Medellín is the best two-PTO-day trip in South America: a short flight, zero jet lag, spring weather every month of the year, and four days that feel considerably longer than the calendar they cost.
2 PTO days · 4 days · $1,020
Mexico City, Mexico
Mexico City in 4 Days: A Two-PTO-Day Escape That Feels Like Another Continent
Mexico City is the highest-value long weekend in North America: two PTO days, a short flight, no jet lag, and four days that feel like crossing an ocean.
2 PTO days · 4 days · $1,080
Madrid, Spain
3 Spanish Cities in 4 Days — Why Madrid is Europe’s Sharpest Long-Weekend Bet
Two PTO days, a Thursday-night flight, and three full days across Madrid, Toledo and Segovia — the cleanest transatlantic math available from the U.S. East Coast.
2 PTO days · 3 days · $1,140
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo on 2 PTO Days: A $900 Long-Weekend Blueprint
I took a Thursday evening flight to Tokyo, spent two PTO days — the Friday out and the Monday home — and had two full days in Japan for about $900 before landing back Tuesday morning.
2 PTO days · 2 days · $900