WHICH WORD?

to travel / trip / to go
UPDATED:  DEC 2021
  • PROBLEM:

    ​    Saying "travel" when you should say "trip" or "go".

  • travel = verb or adjective

  • trip = noun

to travel


EXAMPLES:

  1. I travel a lot due to my work.

  2. Traveling today is less enjoyable that 20 years ago.

  3. When I travel, I always take my laptop.

  4. I traveled all over Europe last year.

  5. I have traveled around the World and have never missed a flight.

  6. Did you travel a lot when you worked for Microsoft?

  7. Traveling to the US is difficult now due to the pandemic.

  8. Air travel has gotten cheaper over the years.
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 a/the trip


EXAMPLES:

  1. How was your trip to London?

  2. On my next trip to New York, I'm going Business Class.

  3. On my last trip to Singapore, I got really sick.

  4. I went to Switzerland last year and had a great time.  

  5. You are stressed out.  You need to take nice, long trip.

  6. I took a trip by car through Italy, Switzerland and Germany last year.

  • trip + to + place + in + time 

  • (My trip to Rio in March was great).

NOTE:  to go
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  • In normal,  American English conversational, we use the verb "to go" instead of travel.
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  • I go to Rio every two weeks on business.  
    ​("I travel to Rio every two weeks." isn't incorrect, and not normally used.)

  • When I go to Los Angeles, I always stay in Santa Monica.

  • Do you go to China often?    
    Yes, at least four times a year.