If we want to know the etymological origin of the term travel, we have to find out what it is in Catalan. Thus, specifically, we can know that it emanates from the word viatge, which in turn comes from the Latin via, which can be translated as “path”.
Traveling is the action and effect of traveling (moving from one place to another by any means of locomotion). The concept is used to designate the transfer itself, the period in which it is carried out and the trip to any place. For example: “I have a three-hour plane ride before I get to my parents’ house”, “In a fortnight I am going to travel and I have no intention of taking any work calls”, “I have four more trips to go before of the end of the day” The trip implies a change of location of people, which can be done on foot or in any means of transport (a motor vehicle, a bicycle, an animal). As for the reasons for the trips, they can be very diverse: there are trips that are made for leisure (those related to tourism), others that are carried out for social or family reasons (visiting an aunt or a friend) and others that are. developed for academic or work purposes (a study trip, attending a business meeting).
Likewise, it is important to establish that, fundamentally when it comes to leisure trips, they can be carried out in different ways. Thus, for example, there are people who prefer to carry them as backpackers, that is, rely on the backpack as their only luggage, walk a lot and stay in the accommodation they find. However, there are also those who prefer to visit other corners of the planet, betting on closed tourist packages in which the agencies look for tickets for both the means of transport they are going to use and the hotels where they are going to stay. or guided tours. And all this without forgetting that in recent years, and in the richest sectors of society, trips to resorts are in fashion. That is, for hotels where beauty treatments are offered, since they have facilities such as jacuzzis or spas. Trips can start with a return date already set or at least an estimate. It is the usual case of vacations: “My sister is going to travel next Friday to see the Pyramids and will return at the end of the month”, “I already bought the tickets for the trip: we leave on the 4th and return on the 19th Other trips, on the other hand, they do not have a return date, like migrations. People who need to travel to escape conflict or who decide to move to settle in a foreign country do not know when they will return to the land of departure or may never return. In addition to all this, we can point out that there are also so-called travel books. They are publications in which the authors narrate, step by step, the experiences lived during some of their trips, the places they visited… They usually include both photographs and maps or plans.
