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I went to travel vs I went traveling

The phrases are both correct, but the contexts in which they're used differ a bit. 'I went to travel' implies that the main purpose of the trip was to travel, while 'I went traveling' suggests that traveling was the activity or experience during the trip.

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I went to travel

This phrase is correct but less common in everyday English. It implies that the main purpose of the trip was to travel.

This phrase is used to indicate that the primary reason for the trip was to engage in the act of traveling itself.

Examples:

I went to travel around Europe last summer.
She went to travel and explore new cultures.
They went to travel and experience different cuisines.

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I went to a travel agency instead.
I only have a second, but I went to the time travel lecture.
Then we went to the travel agencies.
Twenty years ago, most people chose trips from a travel brochure and then went to a local travel agency to book them.
This cyborg experienced time travel and went back to 2008.
Mr President, I apologise for not being in the House when I was first called but my travel arrangements went rather awry today.
But over time, he began to mellow and went on to time-travel with a host of new friends, or companions, over the years.
I paid for a trip and then the travel agency went bankrupt, the money's gone.
My parents died when I was very young, and they left me a large inheritance and I used that to travel the world, so I never went to college.
I went to my first community board meeting - which I'd never been to one before - and sat next to another guy named Joshua David, who's a travel writer.
I went to visit grandma in scottsdale...
I went to Wharton, actually.
I went to school with your brother.
I went to bed early that night.
Because I went to University of Maryland.
I went to Amsterdam spring break senior year.
I went to my apartment first.
I went to Italy after college.
So I went to her and I apologized.
I went to High School with Mitch.

Alternatives:

I traveled to
I went on a trip
I went on a journey
I went on a vacation
I went sightseeing

I went traveling

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English. It suggests that traveling was the activity or experience during the trip.

This phrase is used to indicate that the person engaged in the activity of traveling, exploring, or experiencing new places during the trip.

Examples:

I went traveling through South America for a month.
She loves to go traveling whenever she has time off.
They went traveling to discover hidden gems in the countryside.

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I went traveling, you know, since I couldn't see you.
When I went traveling, I remember, I met this fabulous old man, who I met when I was caricaturing, who turned out to be an artist, in Italy.
Then, one night, Mama Jeanne and I went to visit a traveling circus.
I guess I was afraid that it would happen again, so... I quit... and went traveling, just me and my camera - another observational tool to hide behind.
Maybe the same reason she took a two-year personal leave and went traveling.
He went traveling in search of adventure.
Some years later, I and this woman - we'll call her "Catherine Fletcher" - went traveling through the south of Portugal together.
You went traveling to find these treasures?
I went on a little road trip to Maine, and I brought back... traveling gifts.
I went to visit grandma in scottsdale...
I went to Wharton, actually.
I went to school with your brother.
I went to bed early that night.
I went there when he died.
Yesterday I went fishing and met Mak.
I went with an organization called Travel Without Barriers.
Because I went to University of Maryland.
I went backpacking there after college.
I went to Amsterdam spring break senior year.
So I went with something local.

Alternatives:

I traveled
I went on a trip
I went on a journey
I went on a vacation
I went sightseeing

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