Word: itinerary (noun)

Associations

An itinerary is a plan or schedule for a trip or journey. It usually lists places to visit, times, and activities. People use itineraries to organize travel and make sure they don’t miss important things.

• When you travel to a new city, you might create an itinerary to know which museums, restaurants, or parks to visit.
• Tour guides often give tourists an itinerary so everyone knows the plan for the day.
• Business travelers use an itinerary to keep track of meetings, flights, and hotel stays.

A synonym is "schedule," but an itinerary is more specific to travel plans, while a schedule can be for any kind of plan or timetable.

Substitution

You can replace "itinerary" with:

• travel plan (more general, less formal)
• agenda (usually for meetings, but sometimes for trips)
• route (focuses more on the path taken rather than activities)

Using "route" changes the focus to the path or direction, while "itinerary" includes activities and timing.

Deconstruction

"Itinerary" comes from Latin "itinerarium," from "itiner-" meaning "journey" or "road," and the suffix "-ary" meaning "related to." So, it literally means something related to a journey.

Inquiry

• Have you ever made an itinerary for a trip? What did you include?
• How might an itinerary help someone who is visiting a new country for the first time?
• Can you think of situations where having no itinerary might be better? Why?