long-distance travel
Crossing many miles
Long-distance travel is journeying across significant geographic distances, typically requiring hours or days rather than minutes.
The phrase usually implies travel between cities, regions, or countries rather than local commutes: Long-distance travel by train remains popular in Europe.
The threshold for "long-distance" varies by context—a cross-town trip in Los Angeles might qualify where it wouldn't in smaller cities.
- airplanePowered flying machine
- red eye flightLate-night air travel
- connecting flightMulti-leg air travel
- jet lagPost-flight sleep disruption
- navigationDetermining position and course
train · globalization · visa · migration · cross-cultural communication · cultural exchange · adventure · vacation · passport · border crossing · foreign exchange · environmental impact · medical tourism · business trip · exploration · ship · layover · itinerary
- insect migrationmonarch butterfly, painted lady, locust swarms, locusts, dragonflies
- Stagecoachstagecoach, coachmen, coach horses, relay stations, way stations
- Trans-SiberianMoscow, Vladivostok, Siberia, Lake Baikal, sleeper cars
- horse trailershorse trailer, horsebox, gooseneck trailer, stock trailer, step up
long-distance travelstaying put
Remaining in place
staying home · sedentariness · rootedness · immobility · sedentary lifestyle