I started thinking (FINALLY!!!) and realized that we have expressions from each era of travel. "Off the beaten path" for foot traffic, "backwater town" for marine travel, "jerkwater" for rail travel, "airline" for air travel, etc. What others might we add?

Columbus Ohio's just a wide place in the road.

I have worked in the travel industry my whole life and have never heard of any of the expressions cited, except "airline". "Off the beaten path" I know, but to me it means travel, by any means, on a route that is less well-used.

But travel has many, many terms, some of which have almost disappeared from use. The "Grand Tour" is one name that springs to mind as obsolete.

Asa, I was thinking about your topic and remembered that someone said that the internet is a vast number of rooms with no hallways. You can put a doorway to any other room just by putting a link on your page. You don't even need the other person's permission or knowledge. That being said, to be in a chat room or to link to another room may be considerd a new method of travel? maybe?

Australians talk about going on a "walkabout".

A journey is from the Old French journée "a day's work or travel".