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To think that this isnt a "road trip"?

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PyongyangKipperbang · 23/07/2025 18:54

Colleague talking about how she is going on a road trip next month and will be gone two weeks. I ask which part of the UK she is travelling around and she is driving to South Devon, staying in a cottage for two weeks and driving back.

Thats just going on holiday isnt it?!

When did any long (or even not so long!) journey start being called a road trip?

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WhatATimeToBeAlive · 23/07/2025 19:01

YANBU. It's a bit like people saying they are having a "staycation" when they are actuallly going on holiday in the UK. A staycation is staying at home - clue in the name - and having day trips out. A road trip is definitely stopping at different places. Getting there is a journey.

gildurthegreen · 23/07/2025 19:00

Maybe she didn't know what else to call 'getting away from judgy colleagues' 😊

UnsocialMedia · 23/07/2025 18:59

Maybe she means she’s not getting on a plane, but yes, a road trip implies a tour of several places to me.

Arlanymor · 23/07/2025 18:56

For me a road trip is when you stop at various places on your journey - definitely not if you are only staying in one place!

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