About Worth the Layover
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A long layover is either dead time or a free mini-trip — and which one it is comes down to fiddly details: how much time you really have once buffers are subtracted, whether you’re allowed to leave, and how long it takes to get into town and back. Worth the Layover does that work and takes a position: a clear verdict on whether to leave the airport, what you can do with the time, and whether a stopover is worth it.
How we handle the facts
Accuracy is the whole point, so we’re explicit about it. The trust-critical facts — visa and transit rules, minimum connection times, prices — each carry a source and the date they were checked, and every guide shows when its data was last verified. We verify against official sources, but rules and prices change, and our guides are general information, not advice. Always confirm the things that matter for your trip with the official source and your airline. See our Terms for the full picture.
Who runs it
It’s an independent project, not a big travel company — built and maintained by one person who got tired of doing this maths by hand in airport queues.