day trip
noun
: a journey in which a person goes to visit a place and then returns home on the same day
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In early 2025, Assemblymember Blanca Rubio, D-Baldwin Park, reported spending north of $63,000 on a three-day trip to New Orleans that fell over Super Bowl weekend in that city.
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Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 11 Jan. 2026
The concierge team can make anything a reality from a private day trip with a gourmet picnic to visiting Hot Springs Cove via boat or floatplane, to bear-watching excursions with local outfitter James Whaling Station.
—Jennie Nunn, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
Artemis 2 will send four astronauts — NASA's Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency — on a 10-day trip around the moon and back to Earth.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 10 Jan. 2026
After that, Charlotte hits the road for a nine-day trip with stops in Utah, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Denver.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026
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Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 11 Jan. 2026
The concierge team can make anything a reality from a private day trip with a gourmet picnic to visiting Hot Springs Cove via boat or floatplane, to bear-watching excursions with local outfitter James Whaling Station.
—Jennie Nunn, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
Artemis 2 will send four astronauts — NASA's Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency — on a 10-day trip around the moon and back to Earth.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 10 Jan. 2026
After that, Charlotte hits the road for a nine-day trip with stops in Utah, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Denver.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026
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“Day trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20trip. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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