round trip
noun
variants
or less commonly roundtrip
or round-trip
plural round trips also roundtrips or round-trips
often attributive
: a trip to a place and back usually over the same route
It's a 25 mile round trip to work.
an hour-long round trip by boat
The lowest fare for the round trip is $1,694.18 including taxes and fees …—
Helen Anders and James Barragan
Helen Anders and James Barragan
round-trip
adjective
or less commonly roundtrip
round-trip fares
round-trip travel
With 50,000 miles accumulated, one can qualify for a free roundtrip ticket to Europe and back.
—David E. Rosenbaum
David E. Rosenbaum
round trip
adverb
or round-trip
or roundtrip
Consider the cost of flying round-trip for a three-day weekend to Los Angeles …
—Michael Fumento
Michael Fumento
Examples of round trip in a Sentence
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According to the park's Facebook page, ice cave visitors should prepare for a 2- to-6-mile round trip hike across uneven ice, with no shelter or water, and limited cell service.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 16 Feb. 2026
The Times’ investigation found among the costs was $353,000 for a single round trip to China on a private jet in 2005.
—Melody Gutierrez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Tuesday morning, the Cape May-Lewes Ferry canceled early round trips due to river ice.
—Joe Brandt, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Yet a 6,400-mile round trip inserted into Newcastle’s already-hectic schedule is far from ideal, while a triumph in Azerbaijan is hardly a foregone conclusion given the soft underbelly Howe’s team have repeatedly shown on their travels.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Sometimes, that would lead him to drive the nearly six-hour round trip to pick up a bike.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2026
The round trip from Rockford — the site of the hospital where McKee worked — to Columbus is seven hours, meaning that McKee drove at least 14 hours during that 17 hour span, according to investigators' timeline.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Jane Kviat, who was visiting South Florida from Mexico City, took a round trip on the new water taxi.
—Daniel Kozin, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
According to data by Skyscanner's Cheapest Destination Planner tool, airfare for a round trip economy flight in 2026 is 7% cheaper on Wednesdays, on average, compared to the rest of the week.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
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Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 16 Feb. 2026
The Times’ investigation found among the costs was $353,000 for a single round trip to China on a private jet in 2005.
—Melody Gutierrez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Tuesday morning, the Cape May-Lewes Ferry canceled early round trips due to river ice.
—Joe Brandt, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Yet a 6,400-mile round trip inserted into Newcastle’s already-hectic schedule is far from ideal, while a triumph in Azerbaijan is hardly a foregone conclusion given the soft underbelly Howe’s team have repeatedly shown on their travels.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Sometimes, that would lead him to drive the nearly six-hour round trip to pick up a bike.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2026
The round trip from Rockford — the site of the hospital where McKee worked — to Columbus is seven hours, meaning that McKee drove at least 14 hours during that 17 hour span, according to investigators' timeline.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Jane Kviat, who was visiting South Florida from Mexico City, took a round trip on the new water taxi.
—Daniel Kozin, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
According to data by Skyscanner's Cheapest Destination Planner tool, airfare for a round trip economy flight in 2026 is 7% cheaper on Wednesdays, on average, compared to the rest of the week.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
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“Round trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/round%20trip. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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