How to Use day-tripper in a Sentence

day-tripper

noun
  • Venice has delayed plans to charge day-trippers a tax to enter the city, meant to curb arrivals.
    — Colleen Barry, USA TODAY, 17 July 2023
  • The ecopark is hard to get to, which deters day-trippers and keeps it from getting too busy.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2023
  • But the park closes to the public at 4:30pm, and the emptiness that descends once the day-trippers go home is priceless.
    — Ann Abel, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • For example, Venice, Italy, in April became the first city in the world to charge day-trippers a fee just to enter on peak days.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 5 June 2024
  • Similarly, the city of Venice also wants to charge day-trippers to come.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Currently, the length of the walk means that too many day-trippers and school groups have to choose between visiting the museum and the site of the battle.
    — Erin L. Thompson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Come summer, a pop-up restaurant serves day-trippers and hikers.
    — Madeline Weinfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The city banned large cruise ships from entering the lagoon in 2021 and this year there are plans to expand the tourism tax introduced for day-trippers last year.
    — Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 13 Mar. 2025
  • This is the first time in four years that the park hasn’t required advance booking for summertime day-tripper visits to the valley.
    — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
  • Since day-trippers don’t pay the existing overnight tourist tax, starting on April 25 the city will charge them a new €5 daytime levy during the busiest days in spring and summer.
    — Laura Millan, Fortune Europe, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Taking a selfie at the red, yellow and black Southernmost Point marker is one of those Key West must-do’s for day-trippers and tourists.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
  • Top tip: For day-trippers after somewhere to park up, check this list of Arkansas State Parks in, and close to, the path of totality.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Last April, day-trippers to the city started having to pay a 5-euro entry fee, and large cruise ships have been banned from entering the Venice lagoon.
    — Paul Thornton, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Until the end of February, day-trippers will be asked to park at a tourism centre two kilometres (1.2 miles) away and pay for a shuttle bus.
    — Afp, Fortune Asia, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Those farmers still send many of their grapes to the Fredericksburg area to be turned into wine that is then tasted by and sold to locals, tourists and day-trippers.
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • When the entrance fee was in effect, day-trippers were required to register online and pay using a QR code.
    — Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024
  • But now there’s a substantial increase in bookings from day-trippers who are more local.
    — Katie Jackson, Outside Online, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Afternoons can be slightly less crowded as day-trippers return to the train station for their trip back to Cusco.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2023
  • Besides, the famous changeable weather in spring across the path of totality will dictate where many day-trippers head to on April 8.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
  • For the few who choose to spend the night and camp, the remoteness of the islands offers incredible stargazing and afternoons of crowd-free swims once the day-trippers have returned to shore.
    — Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Those crowds can average twenty-thousand day-trippers during the peak of summer, so making the trip early on is a smart move.
    — Amy Louise Bailey, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The town also hosts cruise ships — and day-trippers flood the many tourist shops selling everything from tequila to silver jewelry.
    — Jake Naughton, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Farther away, Venice, Italy, has started a program to charge day-trippers an entry fee for the city, hoping to discourage visits on peak days.
    — Karim Doumar, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
  • So why do dozens of ferries disgorge thousands of backpacking day-trippers all through the summer season?
    — James Fallon, Footwear News, 24 May 2025
  • Its cafes and restaurants were mobbed by Parisian day-trippers, many of whom came to watch or participate in the sailing and rowing regattas, and to swim, shoot or ride horses.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
  • For the thousands of travelers who enter the park as day-trippers, however, the program marks an important change.
    — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • After the day-trippers leave Cinque Terre and others retire to their hotel rooms, villages are left in arguably their most magical state.
    — Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 17 June 2025
  • No matter your travel style, the state has something for everyone — even Denver day-trippers will find a national park less than a two-hour car ride away.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Pool passes for day-trippers include lunch (plus each sunbed comes with its own cooler icebox filled with rose, beers, and soft drinks).
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Most tourists are day-trippers.
    — Miquel Ros, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025

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