A person leaves one place and moves through distance and time until arriving at another. That process is a journey. It encompasses the entire experience of getting there, not only the destination.

Journeys may be short commuting trips or long odysseys spanning continents. The quality of the journey depends on transport modes, companionship, delays, scenery, and the traveler's own frame of mind. Some journeys are valued mainly for efficiency; others are undertaken partly for the movement itself.

Travel writing and personal memory often dwell on the journey as much as on arrival. Unexpected encounters and small obstacles become part of the story. In planning, attention to the journey prevents the trip from collapsing into a series of disconnected points on a map.

• Act of traveling between places
• Includes the full experience of movement
• Can be valued for efficiency or for itself
• Shapes the overall character of a trip