How to correctly use the expression “safe travel(s)”?
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00:00 How To Correctly Use The Expression “Safe Travel(S)”?
00:30 Answer 1 Score 1
00:45 Accepted Answer Score 7
01:39 Answer 3 Score 0
02:07 Thank you
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 7
"[I wish you] safe travel." uses the uncountable form of the noun. It refers to an amalgamation of all of the travels one might undertake in the specific time period.
"[I wish you] safe travels." uses the countable noun. We understand that a number of separate travels will occur, perhaps in a single trip with stopovers.
Notes:
Although I have added 'I wish you', that doesn't mean I endorse the phrases that way - it's just to make the grammar clear.
The expression "Safe Travels" as a valediction seems perfectly acceptable to me. It may not be what most native speakers would say but it is polite and meaningful.
EDIT
A better known phrase is "Travel safely!" This is a friendly imperative. You'll find lots of examples online. Try searching Google Images for example.
ANSWER 2
Score 1
Technically, you are to assume that he will be traveling at least twice. Once to his destination and once back. So I would stick with "safe travels" as you have done.
ANSWER 3
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Safe travels - is a polite way of wishing someone a safe journey, where ever they may be headed, as well as a good time. Bad traveling accommodation can be an attributing factor to someone having an awful trip or vacation... here's a poem from New Yorker entitled "Safe travels"