Travel can
be an uncountable noun (an incredible travel) or a verb. It is the
general term (=word) to describe going from one place to another. Don’t use it
to talk about a particular “viaje”.
Although
it is uncountable, we can talk about someone's travels to refer to the journeys
he makes (los viajes en general): Gulliver’s Travels.
Travel is often part of compound
nouns (=sustantivos compuestos):
Travel documents, travel tickets, travel
agents, air travel, etc.
Journey is a noun. A journey
is one single piece of travel,
especially when the places are a long way apart. You make journeys when you travel from one
place to another.
The journey from
London to Newcastle by train can now be completed in under three hours.
A difficult journey across the mountains.
How long did your journey
take?
Trip is a noun. A trip
is an act of going from one place to another, and usually back again. It often
involves (=supone, implica) more than one single journey. Its
meaning includes the activity (business or pleasure) which is the reason for
the journey.
. We make journeys
usually, but we go on trips:
- I went on a day trip to France. We
left at 6.30 in the morning and returned before midnight the same day.
- Her school organized a skiing trip to the Pyrinees.
- Where's Laurie? ~ He won't be in this week.
He's gone on a business trip to Malaysia and Singapore.
- The trip
went well. It was an old car, but we didn't break down in four weeks of
travelling.
- A round-the-world trip.
- A boat trip.
- They all went away
on a school trip.
- A five-minute
trip by taxi.
Sometimes you can use
either:
- Did you have a good journey?
- Did you have a good trip?
REMEMBER:
the most common mistake is to say things like:
What a
wonderful travel! Did you have a good travel?
