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Tourism & Hospitality vocabulary · Tours & Guiding

Day trip

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

/ˈdeɪ trɪp/nounCommon term

In tourism & hospitality, day trip means: A journey to a place and back on the same day, usually for sightseeing or an activity, without staying overnight.

In Turkish: günübirlik tur, günübirlik gezi

How it is used

Common in tourism offers: a day trip to Pamukkale, a day trip from Istanbul to Bursa. You go on, take or book a day trip. People on day trips are called day-trippers, which sounds slightly informal.

Example sentences

  1. Many guests take a day trip to Rhodes by ferry from Marmaris.

  2. The day trip includes lunch, entrance fees and hotel pick-up.

Common collocations

  • go on a day trip
  • take a day trip
  • day trip to
  • full-day trip
  • day-tripper
  • excursionA short trip, usually lasting a day or less, that tourists take from their hotel to visit a place or do an activity.
  • itineraryA detailed plan of a trip or tour that shows where travellers will go, in what order and at what times.
  • pick upTo collect someone from a place by car, minibus or coach, for example from their hotel or the airport.
  • sightseeingThe activity of visiting famous or interesting places in a city or region as a tourist.

More terms: Tours & Guiding

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