Resting

[Brimy]

Unless I'm really anxious about trying something new, I'll let mine rest. Most that I've read do as @Scott W. said 1 week/day in transit. But being in the NE and not brave enough to don the war gear to go outside and smoke from late fall to early spring, resting my stash is easy.
I could be way off base here, but I think Saka and most of the manufacturers look at how they store their cigars before shipping when they say that the cigar should be good to go in a couple of days. I believe that they are hoping, believing that retailers are not over humidifying the cigar. And as you eluded to, unless you are living in an extremely humid/arid area, the cigars are not going to deviate too much from the time they left the factory. Especially with retailers shipping with some form of humidification. I would hope that the manufacturers ship with some sort of humidification or vacuum seal too.