VOCABULARY: TRAVEL

VOCABULARY: TRAVEL

Word choice: travel, travelling, journey, trip, voyage, crossing, flight

TRAVEL AND TRAVELLING

the general activity of moving from place to place

Air travel is becoming cheaper.

Her work involves a lot of travelling.

form/means/mode of travel (=the type of vehicle you use)

rail/air/space travel

TRAVELS [plural] journeys to places that are far away, usually for pleasure

We met some very interesting people on our travels in Thailand.

JOURNEY

to talk about travelling a long distance or travelling regularly, when the emphasis is on the travelling itself

a long and difficult journey (NOT travel) through the mountains

I read during the train journey to work.

Did you have a good journey? (=Were you comfortable, was the train on time

etc?) make a journey/go on a journey (=make a long journey) break a journey (BrE) (=make a short stop in a journey) return journey (=a journey home from a place)

safe journey (=used especially to wish someone a good journey) wasted journey (=one that did not achieve the result you wanted) leg of a journey (=one part of a journey) car/train/bus journey

CROSSING

a fairly short sea journey

The crossing takes 90 minutes.

a place where you can safely cross a road, railway, river etc:

You must give way to any pedestrians on the crossing.

level crossing (AmE) railroad crossing, pedestrian crossing (AmE crosswalk), pelican crossing, zebra crossing

a place where two lines, roads, tracks etc cross:

Turn left at the first crossing.

VOYAGE

a long sea journey

a voyage across the ocean

the Titanic's maiden voyage (=first journey)

These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise.

TRIP

when you go on a short journey, or a journey you do not usually make, and come back again

Use this when the emphasis is on where you are going or why you are going there : 

my first trip to the States

a business trip

Was it a good trip? (=Did you achieve what you wanted to or have a good time there?)

trip to Did you enjoy your trip to Disneyland? trip from The Palace is only a short trip from here. business/school/shopping etc trip a business trip to Japan Two lucky employees won a round-the-world trip. coach/boat/bus trip a boat trip up the Thames day trip (=a pleasure trip done in one day) It's an 80-mile round trip (=a journey to a place and back again) to Exeter.

return trip (=when you are travelling back to where you started) I'm afraid you've had a wasted trip (=a trip in which you do not achieve your purpose), Mr Burgess has already left. go on/take a trip We're thinking of taking a trip to the mountains

FLIGHT

a journey by air

Have a good flight! book a flight catch a flight (=get on a plane to go somewhere) miss a flight (=arrive too late to get on a plane) cancel a flight a long/short flight	a domestic flight (=to another place in the same country) an international flight (=to another country) a non-stop/direct flight a connecting flight (=a flight to continue a journey, after a previous flight)
BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH... American English	British English
subway carry-on baggage one way freeway rest room elevator coach class downtown round trip schedule parking lot airplane cab call collect check first floor, second floor gas(oline) intersection mail railroad	underground hand luggage single motorway public toilet lift economy class city center return timetable car park aeroplane taxi reverse the charges bill ground floor, first floor petrol crossroads post railway