I’m headed to Bangalore again this fall and planning a layover in Doha, Qatar for a few days as part of the travel. I can do so before or after my work week, it’s not going to make a significant difference in price or timing. Given that, would you rather spend the vacation time before the work week or after?
The flight from home to Doha is 12 hours, so if I do the layover first I arrive in the evening after probably a poor sleep on the plane. I would hope to stay awake a bit and try to get on local time that night. If I go straight to India first I arrive at 2:00 AM Sunday morning, go to the hotel, spend Sunday adjusting to local time and go to the office Monday morning. Either way my first day is a little hazy but I think I can deal with it. My assumption is that doing the layover first will make the adjustment to the work week easier, and the reverse as well (work first will make the layover easier).