travel

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I usually stay at cheap hotels when I go on business travels.
I usually stay at cheap hotels when I go on business trips.

Last summer we made a travel to India.
Last summer we went on a trip to India.
Last summer we travelled to India.

Travel is a verb or an uncountable noun: ‘We travel a lot.’ ‘Business travel can be expensive.’ Do not use a travel for one visit.

Trip is countable. Use it for a particular visit or journey: ‘a trip to India’, ‘business trips’. We normally say ‘go on a trip’ or ‘take a trip’.

See TRIP

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The travel to Scotland was very fast. It took only 1 hour.
The journey to Scotland was very fast. It took only 1 hour.

Use journey to talk about travelling from one place to another, especially the time spent getting there: ‘The journey took an hour.’

See JOURNEY