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2 night outs in a week is too much IMO. At my work, the maximum is 1 dinner+team building event in the middle of the week (never Friday because people have families to go home to for the weekend). We usually try to go to a place where an activity can be done and the place has food and drinks as well, so it's 2 birds with 1 stone. But to answer your question, any respectable professional environment should accept a simple "sorry, I can't go" answer without any further questions. Any simple excuse should also be fine, like "I'm tired from all the meetings today and will retire early to get some rest, since we still have a ton of meetings tomorrow as well".
It's not a regular thing, OP works remote and sees his team like a few times a year, or less.
Yes that’s exactly my setup at work. I’m part of a global team so it’s only once or twice a year were enough people travel to one office location that it becomes an “event” of visitors in the office for a week.
Honestly, given it's only once or twice a year, I'd say you should just regard the entire trip as part of the job and socialise as expected. It's hard to say more without knowing the details of your job env and career goals, but they're obviously expecting it and it might affect your standing within your team.