A Meet lasts as long as two or more attendees want it to. For example, we had a Meet in Israel last year with official arrangements for 4 days. Some stayed on and made it a week long meet. Others came only for the dinner on the first night -- for them, it was a three hour meet.

If memory serves, Ralf and his semi-incredibly beautiful wife did the same thing for the Venice Meet. They were there only for the dinner while others stayed several days.

The important thing is the dinner. Anything else is just icing on the cake.