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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The routes listed reflect round trip flights rather than one-ways in a single direction.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Asia, 17 Dec. 2024
Savings are available on 19 departures from seven to 18 nights beginning March 14, 2025, including Ushuaia roundtrip, Ushuaia to King George Island, and King George Island round trip.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2024
For a longer experience, the four-hour Holiday Pavillion Tour includes a round trip experience, a two-hour layover, and opportunities to visit spots such as McCaysville, Georgia, and Copperhill, Tennessee.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2024
The most popular is Discover Doha, which includes round trip airport transfers, visits Dhow Harbour, Katara Cultural Village, the Blue Mosque, Gold Mosque, Galleries Lafayette and the Souq Waqif, all for $31.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
The round trip air transportation element begins and ends at the point of departure.
—USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
When Lockheed moved from Burbank to Palmdale in 1989, Nickerson chose to commute roughly 130 miles round trip each day rather than leave his neighborhood, his daughter told KCAL.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
Trails to consider: Castle Rock Trail to Castle Rock Falls runs 2.8 miles round trip, and is rated moderate.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Frontier flights ranging from $48 to $68 round trip were advertised for some mid-December dates, including a Dec. 16-18 itinerary priced at $53.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 1 Dec. 2024
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Asia, 17 Dec. 2024
Savings are available on 19 departures from seven to 18 nights beginning March 14, 2025, including Ushuaia roundtrip, Ushuaia to King George Island, and King George Island round trip.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2024
For a longer experience, the four-hour Holiday Pavillion Tour includes a round trip experience, a two-hour layover, and opportunities to visit spots such as McCaysville, Georgia, and Copperhill, Tennessee.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2024
The most popular is Discover Doha, which includes round trip airport transfers, visits Dhow Harbour, Katara Cultural Village, the Blue Mosque, Gold Mosque, Galleries Lafayette and the Souq Waqif, all for $31.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
The round trip air transportation element begins and ends at the point of departure.
—USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
When Lockheed moved from Burbank to Palmdale in 1989, Nickerson chose to commute roughly 130 miles round trip each day rather than leave his neighborhood, his daughter told KCAL.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
Trails to consider: Castle Rock Trail to Castle Rock Falls runs 2.8 miles round trip, and is rated moderate.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Frontier flights ranging from $48 to $68 round trip were advertised for some mid-December dates, including a Dec. 16-18 itinerary priced at $53.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Round trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/round%20trip. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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