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Do you like travelling?



Have you ever wondered what’s the difference between ‘travel’, ‘trip’ and ‘journey’? Many of you ask me in class when to use one or the other. Let’s see if this time you don’t forget them!

TRAVEL

'Travel' can be:

A) A verb

As a verb, travel means ‘to move or go from one place to another’ (Cambridge Dictionary)

                   I usually travel abroad when I have a couple of free days.

B) A noun

As a noun, it describes the activity of travelling and often forms part of compound nouns

                   I love air travel. I think it is the safest way of travelling.

                  My wife usually brings a lot of travel documents with her in case there is a problem.

It can also refer to the journeys someone makes:

                 His travels around Asia are very famous among his readers.

JOURNEY

'Journey' is a noun.

It refers to the distance when you go from one place to another.

                 The journey from London to New York took us six hours.

You make a journey and they can take or last a long/short time. 

Be careful! Because its plural is 'journeys' not 'journeis'.

TRIP

Trip is a noun.

It is defined as 'a journey in which you go somewhere, usually for a short time, and come back again' (Cambridge dictionary).

               The trip to Ireland was fantastic. We spent ten days visiting the most beautiful places in the country.

Trips can be of many different kinds: business trips, day trips, return-trips, weekend trips, school trips, shopping trips...

You go on or take a trip. You don't do or make a trip.


Can you now give me some examples using these words?

Comments

  1. Unknown7 November 2018 at 10:37

    Nieves Martínez B1 Tuesdays Thursdays
    -When I was a child, my uncle told me a lot of stories about his travels around the world.
    -Last summer, we made the journey from Barcelona to Milan by train because I'm afraid of flying.
    - When I was at school, we often used to go on school trips.

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  2. Miriam Falper7 November 2018 at 19:32

    -I would love to travel to New York.
    -The journey to the airport became heavy, it lasted long time!
    -I have a business trip next week.

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  3. Pablo7 November 2018 at 20:40

    Pablo Araujo, B1. Tuesdays and Thursdays:

    -When I travel to another country I prefer to go with friends. It's more fun.
    -The journey from Marrakech to the Sahara was very hard.
    -Two years ago we made a five-day awesome trip to Amsterdam.

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  4. Unknown7 November 2018 at 20:55

    Fatima Gomez B1. Tuesdays and Thursdays.

    - If I would have more money and freetime, I would travel around the world.
    - My friends and I are organizing a trip to India for next summer.
    - The journey to London was really bad because the turbulences.

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    1. Raul7 November 2018 at 21:40

      Raul Saiz B1 Tuesday and Thursdays.
      I`m very stressed. I need a journey to Dominican Republic.
      Last Saturday we went to Cabarceno. It was a fantatic trip.
      Yesterday we traveled to Berlin from Santander at 9.00 o´clock.

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    2. Unknown7 November 2018 at 22:55

      If travel would be free, I would go to all the places in the world.
      the trip to london was one of the best in my life
      the journey from Santander to Salamanca by bus was very heavy.
      Mónica Ortiz B1 Tuesdays and Thursdays

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    3. Unknown8 November 2018 at 10:41

      Nieves Calera B1 Tuesday and Thursday
      I travelled to London when I was a student.
      The long journeys to work are very boring.
      I went on trip to Caceres for five days.

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    4. MARIJOSE8 November 2018 at 14:16

      MariJose Barrios. B1 Monday - Wednesday.
      Does anybody really know what Christopher Columbus found on his travels through South America?
      I can't imagine those exhausting ship journeys!
      They weren't any vacation trips,but business trips.

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    5. Mari Paz8 November 2018 at 18:15

      Mari Paz Gutiérrez . B1 Monday - Wednesday.

      Travelling by plane is the best way to go abroad.
      It was a wonderful journey despite the weather was awful.
      The school trip to London was amazing and I could improve my English.

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  5. Luz8 November 2018 at 18:27

    Luz González B1 Monday Wednesday

    - Travels are very exciting, you know different cultures and interesting places.
    - The journey from my home to my job lasts a short time, it only takes me 15 minutes.
    - Last year I stayed in Scotland for a week and I really enjoyed the trip. I visited fantastic monuments and I ate delicious food.

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  6. Unknown9 November 2018 at 13:07


    1. I usually like to travel to warm places
    2. The journey from Potes was hard after the Feast of the Orujo
    3. We didn't attend the school dinner, because we took a weekend trip to Potes

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  7. afrika9 November 2018 at 18:55

    Josebe- B1, Monday and Wednesday
    -I usually prefer to travel to unknown places
    -When we went to Thailand the journey was exhausting
    -This weekend I will make a trip to the mountain to enjoy the autumn.

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  8. Unknown10 November 2018 at 10:10

    Virginia iturriaga B1.
    - I was travelling around France when my mobile home broke down in the middle of the road.
    - The journey from Castro to Bilbao I ussually take one hour by bus, but today I have taken two hours because there was an accident .
    - In December , we are going on a trip to Berlin to know its famous Chritmas market.

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  9. Unknown10 November 2018 at 17:38

    Rakel, B1, Mondays and Wednesdays
    - My interests are music and travel.
    - Did you have a good journey?
    - I am going on a business trip next week.

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  10. Domi11 November 2018 at 15:51

    Domi, B1, Mondays and Wednesday
    - My family and me travelled to Paris last year.
    -The journey was very hard, it was very hot and we were really tired.
    -My daughter is going on a school trip the next May.

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  11. Natalia11 November 2018 at 21:30

    Natalia Arias B1 L&W
    One of my favourite hobbies is travelling
    Make always the same journey os extremelly boring
    On Wednesday, I will not attend to English class because I have a business trip

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  12. Itziar Merino12 November 2018 at 12:24

    Itziar Merino B1 Monday-Wednesday:
    -I'd travelling around Europe.
    -The journey Bilbao-Lanzarote was awful because there were a lots of turbulences.
    -Yesterday I went on a business trip to Madrid.

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  13. Dori F.12 November 2018 at 18:06

    Dori B1 Monday-Wednesday:

    - I'm writing a blog about my travels around the Word.
    - My travel to Cancun was fantastic, but the journey from Madrid to Cancun was really tired.
    _ This week I'm in charge of the office, because my boss is on a business trip.

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  14. LAUR Documentos2 December 2018 at 20:44

    Rafael. B1. Monday-Wednesday, 9:30-11:30

    -Last holiday we travelled by plane from Bilbao to Sevilla.
    -When I had Holidays, my travel agent prepared me a fantastic trip to London.
    -Julio Verne wrote the Phileas Fogg´s travels around the World in his book "Around the World in 80 days".
    -Every Monday the journey from home to EOI Laredo takes me about 25 minutes by car.
    -I went on a business trip to Madrid because I had to meet an important customer there.

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  15. LAUR Documentos2 December 2018 at 20:47

    I did this homework three weeks ago, but I had some problems to post on your blog. I tried to post several times and it was imposible. Please, confirm that you have received this post. Thanks. Rafael, B1, Monday-Wednesday, 9.30-11.30

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  16. leon no es feroz12 December 2018 at 21:06

    Carmen Renteria_A2


    Stevenson liked to travel and write about it. " Travel with a donkey" is very fun.

    " The bus trip" by Josep Pla is an interesting book. They are small tours related with fine irony...

    In " The Bible in Spain" by de Englishman George Borrow a ninteenth-century traveller, the author tells us about journeys where all sorts of adventures occur.

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    1. Unknown12 December 2018 at 23:29

      Pedro Jesús Jiménez
      1- He´s going to eat with me in Tuscany so travel by train why road is cut.
      2- The journey from Santander to Oviedo took us three hours so it´s going to eat there in a cider house.
      3- The trip to Edimburgo has been nice, we´re going to back again another 4 days.

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