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is travelling vs on travel

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Is travelling' is the present continuous form of the verb 'travel,' indicating an ongoing action. 'On travel' is a phrase used to describe someone who is currently away from home for a trip or work.

Last updated: March 29, 2024 • 867 views

is travelling

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate the present continuous form of the verb 'travel.'

Use 'is travelling' when you want to describe someone or something that is currently in the process of traveling from one place to another.

Examples:

He is travelling to Europe next week.
She is travelling by train to visit her family.
The team is travelling to the competition by bus.

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The Countess is travelling under the protection of my nephew, Lieutenant Christian Gibbons.
Another thing: A blue GTO is travelling parallel to Ahab.
This ship is travelling through space.
Captain, the ship is travelling at warp 9.72.
My colleague Benita Ferrero-Waldner is travelling this week and so I have offered and have been delighted to be able to speak on her behalf in Parliament today.
This exchange of views is very close to his heart, but I can assure you he is not wasting his time: he is travelling to an important meeting outside Brussels.
A Grandmontine monk is travelling with them and they're attacked by Saracens.
The blade's point is travelling inexorably toward his heart.
Your note will send your mistress riding for Brineved while the king is travelling in the opposite direction.
May I also thank Commissioner Špidla for being here today in place of Commissioner Figeľ, who is travelling outside Europe.
(a) in the framework of a school excursion, the school pupil is travelling as a member of a group of school pupils from a general education school;
One of you is travelling with forged papers, no-one knows...
Due to design, the impact of being hit by a bus or a coach is significantly higher than being hit by a car that is travelling at the same speed.
(v) sewage within 12 nautical miles of land or ice shelves, or sewage while the ship is travelling at a speed of less than 4 knots; or
The vessel is travelling at warp 7.6.
Everyone believes he is travelling to the Northern Borders.
In my family, this is travelling light.
We know Egan is travelling back to Los Angeles under an alias.
But, Phelps is travelling tonight on a train to Tedsford.
It says here your sister is travelling north on 287...

Alternatives:

is going on a trip
is journeying
is on the move
is en route
is in transit

on travel

This phrase is correct and is used to describe someone who is currently away from home for a trip or work.

Use 'on travel' to indicate that someone is currently on a trip or journey away from their usual place of residence.

Examples:

She is on travel for a business conference.
He is on travel in Asia for a research project.
They are on travel to explore new cultures.

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Mr President, the former Ukrainian Prime Minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, has had to answer several corruption charges this spring, and a ban on travel in February prevented her from coming to meet us in Brussels.
I hope the Minister will bear in mind that the current restrictions on travel and the security measures at British airports are causing enormous disruption to normal commercial and economic life.
I hear the Tourist Commission is concerned with the impact on travel numbers.
Secondly, I urge that the authorities in Minsk be asked whether it is not finally time to lift all the restrictions on travel by the children of Chernobyl.
The Commission shall report to the Council and to the European Parliament no later than 30 June 2003 on the impact of visa requirements on travel undertaken for normal business, leisure and study reasons, in particular from countries neighbouring the European Union.
Welcomes the signing of agreements on visa facilitation and readmission aimed at easing visa restrictions on travel for certain categories of citizens as well as facilitating the expulsion of immigrants illegally entering the EU from Russian territory;
Allowances specific to the posting shall be considered to be part of the minimum wage, unless they are paid in reimbursement of expenditure actually incurred on account of the posting, such as expenditure on travel, board and lodging.
In this regard, we ask that a complete ban on travel to and through Europe be imposed on all officials of the Hamas regime, including those who are not formally allied with Hamas and those who are not on the European terror list.
That Resolution provides for certain amendments to the exemptions to the arms embargo as well as to the criteria for designation with regard to restrictions on travel and the freezing of funds, as imposed by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1807 (2008).
Subject: Overall spending on travel expenses
What, by overspending on travel?
It should go without saying that reimbursement should cover what we actually spend on travel.
Amendment 72 on travel zone in industrial lifts;
Instead, we are left with a dubious proposal on travel expenses.
Joint Declaration on cooperation on travel documents
Parliament will also have to make some very necessary savings on travel and subsistence allowances.
In many international concerns savings are made in particular on travel costs in difficult economic times.
In 2006, the Council spent EUR 12.6 million on travel.
But those points only accumulate on travel expenses.
I'm not much on travel.

Alternatives:

traveling
on a trip
away on business
on a journey
out of town

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