travel bug
Urge to roam
A travel bug is an intense, persistent desire to travel.
The metaphor treats wanderlust as an infectious condition—once you catch it, you can't shake it: I caught the travel bug after my first trip to Europe.
The phrase implies travel becomes a compulsion rather than an occasional pleasure.
Homeless wanderer by choice
- globetrotterFrequent international voyager
- wandererRootless, roving person
- vagabondHomeless, aimless wanderer
- drifterAimless, rootless traveler
wayfarer · jet-setter · backpacker · explorer · roamer · pilgrim · rambler · nomadic
Craving for distant places
- itchy feetUrge to travel
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- urgeStrong inner drive
restlessness · desire · pining · compulsion · drive · yearning · fever · ache
Pierced by teeth
- infectedInvaded by pathogens
- caughtSeized or grabbed
- incurableCannot be healed
- chronicPersisting over time
afflicted · smitten · hooked · addicted · stricken · consumed · obsessed · struck
Act of finding something
- curiosityDesire to learn
- adventureRisky exciting undertaking
- cultureCollective social practices
- noveltyQuality of being original
learning · experience · immersion · expedition · quest · odyssey · pilgrimage · safari
nomad
Homeless wanderer by choice
- globetrotterFrequent international voyager
- wandererRootless, roving person
- vagabondHomeless, aimless wanderer
drifter · wayfarer · jet-setter · backpacker · explorer · roamer · pilgrim · rambler · nomadic · itinerant
wanderlust
Craving for distant places
- itchy feetUrge to travel
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- cravingPowerful urge to have
urge · restlessness · desire · pining · compulsion · drive · yearning · fever · ache · pull
bitten
Pierced by teeth
chronic · afflicted · smitten · hooked · addicted · stricken · consumed · obsessed · struck · gripped
discovery
Act of finding something
novelty · learning · experience · immersion · expedition · quest · odyssey · pilgrimage · safari · voyage
- geocachingcache, trackable, coordinates, logbook, waypoint
- traveltrip, trips, journey, journeys, voyage
- travel woesjet lag, homesickness, lost luggage, flight delay, missed flight
- whimswhim, whimsy, caprice, fancy, impulse
travel bughomebody
One preferring domestic life
stay-at-home · rootedness · couch potato · domestic bliss · homebound
travel bugrootedness
Being firmly established somewhere
nesting instinct · provincialism · parochialism · territorial instinct · hearth and home
travel bugfear of the unknown
Dread of unfamiliar things
unadventurousness · timidity · risk aversion · xenophobia · insularity
travel, bug, travels, traveled, travelling, traveling, traveler, traveller, travelers