With summer here, many people will be visiting different places. That means the words ‘travel’, ‘trip’ and ‘journey’ will be used. Let’s look at how to use these three words correctly.
Travel talks about going to from one place to another and is mostly used as a verb but can also be used as a noun or an adjective.
Verb: She travels to a different country every summer, and right now she is travelling throughout Brazil
Noun: Nowadays, airplane travel can take you almost anywhere.
Adjective: I like to read travel magazines for ideas about places to visit.
Trip is a noun and is used to talk about going somewhere for business, school or pleasure. Often the verbs ‘take’ and ‘go on’ are used with trip.
We took a five-day road trip around Hokkaido and had a great time.
He went on a business trip to Europe last month and brought back some nice souvenirs.
Many of the students enjoyed their school trip to Kyoto even though it rained most of the time.
Journey is mostly used as a noun, but it can also be used as a verb. It usually talks about a long distance or time to travel from one place to another.
His bicycle journey around China lasted three months.
Getting here was a journey. We had to use three different flights.
I hope this has helped you with your English, and wherever you travel, take a trip or journey this summer, have a wonderful time. Erik