It's the right time of year to talk about travel as the holiday season is now beginning in most countries north of the equator.
travel/travelling (nouns)
Travel is the general term to describe going from one place to another. We can talk about someone's travels to refer to the journeys he makes:
Travelling by boat between the islands is less tiring than travelling by road.
I don't do as much travelling as I used to now that I'm retired.
Travel often crops up as part of compound nouns. Compare the following:
Make sure you keep all your travel documents safely. You can obtain your travel tickets from the travel agents in the High Street if you don't want to order them over the Internet. Some of you may suffer from travel sickness. Air travel may well give you a bumpy ride. If you don't have a credit or debit card, make sure you take plenty of traveller's cheques with you.