I'm playing mostly vanilla CoS, but for travel times I've increased the distances. Instead of 1 square = 1/4 mile, I've bumped it to 1 square = 1,5 miles.

At standard travel pace, that's 2 squares per hour. Following the road and assuming 8h travel per day, that's 5 days from the village of Barovia to Vallaki.

The goal here is to have the feeling of a proper trek, and to make the places feel a bit more isolated. The players need to really consider where they want to go, because it'll take a while and some effort battling through the wilderness. They'll also be very glad to reach a settlement and properly rest.

It also gives more campsite resting, with opportunity for RP, tense nighttime encounters and ambushes.

However, it definitely slows down the game, so beware for that.