travel companions

Fellow trip takers

Travel companions are the people you journey with—friends, family, or strangers who share your trip.

The term appears in travel writing and tour advertising: Looking for travel companions for a backpacking trip through Southeast Asia.

A good travel companion shares your pace and interests; a bad one can ruin a vacation.

The phrase sometimes appears on dating profiles to signal interest in shared adventures.

Opposites
social configuration of travel

travel companionssolo traveler

One journeying unaccompanied

hermit · loner · recluse · lone wolf · soloist

relationship to the traveler

travel companionshomebodies

People preferring domestic life

strangers

Family

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Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G