
In today’s post we are describing the Differences between travel trip and journey. One of the main things that we need to consider is whether the noun is countable or uncountable.
TRAVEL

- travel is an uncountable noun. We cannot say ‘three travels’.
- Use travel to talk about the act of travelling.
- Travel can be both exhilarating and exhausting
- His job requires frequent travel to Asia.
- Travel is most commonly used as a verb
- We travelled to Egypt last year.
- It can also be used as an adjective
- There is a travel ban in place and we cannot leave.
TRIP
- Trip is a countable noun.
- Use trip to talk about a specific journey where you visit someone or something and return home.
- He went on three trips this year!
- When was the last time you took a trip and just got away from everything?

JOURNEY

- Journey is a countable noun.
- Use it to talk about the physical travel from one place to another.
- I’m looking forward to the trip, but not the journey there. It’s very long.
- We take advantage of the journey to watch movies or listen to audio books.
Common Mistakes
- I had a great
traveltrip to Paris.- Remember that travel is uncountable and refers to the general concept of travel.
- Trip is countable and is used to speak about specific trips, like a trip to Paris.
- The
traveljourney from Madrid to Chicago is long.- Use journey to tal about the physical act of travelling.

Vocab Rehab
Now that you have learned about the Differences between travel trip and journey, take a look at our other vocabulary based posts:
Vocab Rehab: attrition
Vocab Rehab: loss, loser, lost, lose