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by darkwater 1922 days ago
Don't want to sound harsh but, given how isolated Iceland is, anything less than a week is like... wasting money anyway? Obviouvsly if it's a business trip you might go and stay one or two days, but for anything involving leisure, I don't know, adding extra 5 days quarantine is not that a big deal (if you can afford going to Iceland anyway).
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Some people can only stay a week. I went for a week several years back, and in that time drove up through the highlands, tent camping and inching my way all the way around the island. I ended with a day trip to Vestmannaeyjar before flying back. I might not have been able to add an extra 5 days to said trip, and definitely couldn't now, where I only get a week of paid leave every six months or so.
If you go for a week, basically doubling the costs of the trip for a quarantine is anything but a big deal, I'd think. I'm not sure how you figure that paying double for a trip so you can quarantine isn't a big deal...
Some countries you get a lot more paid vacation. We have 25 days per year for example.
IDK, it's just that I usually like to go "deep" when traveling an one week for place like Iceland seems too few days.
A week is a good trip. We went around the whole island (the outer ring road) in five days and saw so many beautiful places. It was almost too much. This was in June 2020, so there were no tourists. Incredible nature.

Edited to add: It's isolated, but still just a few hours flight from us-east and northern Europe.