Contents • • • • • • • • Etymology The origin of the word 'travel' is most likely lost to history. The term 'travel' may originate from the word travail, which means 'work'. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, the first known use of the word travel was in the 14th century. It also states that the word comes from Middle English travailen, travelen (which means to torment, labor, strive, journey) and earlier from Old French travailler (which means to work strenuously, toil). In English we still occasionally use the words 'travail', which means struggle. According to Simon Winchester in his book The Best Travelers' Tales (2004), the words 'travel' and 'travail' both share an even more ancient root: a Roman instrument of torture called the tripalium (in Latin it means 'three stakes', as in to impale).

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This link may reflect the extreme difficulty of travel in ancient times. Intellij license server download. Today, travel may or may not be much easier depending upon the destination you choose (e.g., the ), how you plan to get there (,, or ), and whether you decide to 'rough it' (see and ).

'There's a big difference between simply being a tourist and being a true world traveler', notes travel writer Michael Kasum. This is, however, a contested distinction as academic work on the cultures and sociology of travel has noted. Purpose and motivation. Travel – Passengers on a train on a bridge of the, between and, in, Reasons for traveling include, or, travel, the gathering of information, visiting people, for, to begin life somewhere else, religious and,,,, and other reasons, such as to obtain health care or waging or or for the enjoyment of traveling. Travellers may use such as or; or, such as,,. Motives for travel include: • • • and • Getting to know other • Taking personal time for building.

History of travel Travel dates back to where wealthy Greeks and Romans would travel for leisure to their summer homes and villas in cities such as. While early travel tended to be slower, more dangerous, and more dominated by trade and migration, cultural and technological advances over many years have tended to mean that travel has become easier and more accessible. Mankind has come a long way in transportation since sailed to the new world from Spain in 1492, an expedition which took over 10 weeks to arrive at the final destination; to the 21st century where allow travel from Spain to the United States overnight. Travel in the offered hardships and challenges, however, it was important to the economy and to society. The depended (for example) on dealing with/through or sea-voyagers, end-user often demanded the services of many itinerant wandering from village to hamlet, (Wandering Monks) and wandering brought and to neglected areas, practiced the never-ending tour, and armies ranged far and wide in various crusades and in sundry other wars.

Pilgrimages were common in both the European and Islamic world and involved streams of travellers both locally (-style) and internationally. In the late 16th century it became fashionable for young European and wealthy upper class men to travel to significant European cities as part of their education in the arts and literature. This was known as the, it included cities such as London, Paris, Venice, Florence and Rome. However, The brought with it the end of the Grand Tour. Travel by water often provided more comfort and speed than land-travel, at least until the advent of a network of in the 19th century. Travel for the purpose of tourism is reported to have started around this time when people began to travel for fun as travel was no longer a hard and challenging task.

This was capitalised on by people like selling tourism packages where trains and hotels were booked together. And took over much of the role of long-distance surface travel in the 20th century, notably after the second World War where there was a surplus of both aircraft and pilots. Geographic types Travel may be local, regional, national (domestic) or international. In some countries, non-local internal travel may require an, while international travel typically requires a. A trip may also be part of a round-trip, which is a particular type of travel whereby a person moves from one location to another and returns. Travel safety.