diff --git a/packages/lib/CalendarService.ts b/packages/lib/CalendarService.ts
index 5a310cd72f..c18dec7332 100644
--- a/packages/lib/CalendarService.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/CalendarService.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,30 @@ function getFileExtension(url: string): string {
   return fileName.substring(fileName.lastIndexOf(".") + 1);
 }
 
+// for Apple's Travel Time feature only (for now)
+const getTravelDurationInSeconds = (vevent: ICAL.Component, log: typeof logger) => {
+  const travelDuration: ICAL.Duration = vevent.getFirstPropertyValue("x-apple-travel-duration");
+  if (!travelDuration) return 0;
+
+  // we can't rely on this being a valid duration and it's painful to check, so just try and catch if anything throws
+  try {
+    const travelSeconds = travelDuration.toSeconds();
+    // integer validation as we can never be sure with ical.js
+    if (!Number.isInteger(travelSeconds)) return 0;
+    return travelSeconds;
+  } catch (e) {
+    log.error("invalid travelDuration?", e);
+    return 0;
+  }
+};
+
+const applyTravelDuration = (event: ICAL.Event, seconds: number) => {
+  if (seconds <= 0) return event;
+  // move event start date back by the specified travel time
+  event.startDate.second -= seconds;
+  return event;
+};
+
 const convertDate = (date: string): DateArray =>
   dayjs(date)
     .utc()
@@ -387,6 +411,9 @@ export default abstract class BaseCalendarService implements Calendar {
         }
         const vtimezone = vcalendar.getFirstSubcomponent("vtimezone");
 
+        // mutate event to consider travel time
+        applyTravelDuration(event, getTravelDurationInSeconds(vevent, this.log));
+
         if (event.isRecurring()) {
           let maxIterations = 365;
           if (["HOURLY", "SECONDLY", "MINUTELY"].includes(event.getRecurrenceTypes())) {
diff --git a/packages/types/ical.d.ts b/packages/types/ical.d.ts
index 775460f004..982a4b4552 100644
--- a/packages/types/ical.d.ts
+++ b/packages/types/ical.d.ts
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ declare module "ical.js" {
     public isNegative: boolean;
     public icalclass: string;
     public icaltype: string;
+    public toSeconds(): number;
   }
 
   export class RecurExpansion {