Originally Posted by
emma69
if I was travelling back from that trip on the Thursday afternoon before going on holiday on the Friday, it is work, and I would do my best to ensure I was back in the home city (although not necessarily home, as my commute from office to home is over an hour) by 5pm.
Same here. If I have the next day off, I ought to be done with work by 5 or 6pm. "Done with work" includes traveling back from a remote location. Getting home at 11pm the night before a day off is not okay. As I said up-thread I adapt this from, and then extend it back to, the way I treat ordinary weekends.