day-tripper

day-tripper

One who travels to a destination for just one day, without an overnight stay. They save money by being day-trippers and avoiding costly hotel fees.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

day-tripper

a tourist who makes excursions lasting just one day. At about 4:00 P.M. the day-trippers start thinning out. Being a day-tripper is hard on your feet sometimes.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

day-tripper

n. a tourist who makes one-day trips. At about 4:00 p.m. the day-trippers start thinning out. Being a day-tripper is hard on your feet sometimes.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • from one day to the next
  • (just) one of those days
  • not (one's) day
  • not one's day, this is
  • not someone's day
  • day off
  • day to day
  • day-to-day
  • face the day
  • day one
References in periodicals archive
Thousands of day-trippers are leaving their cars at home and letting the train take the strain as they embark on visits out of Birmingham.
A DAY-tripper strolled into a seaside theatre carrying a live mortar bomb and asked: "What should I do with this?"
A DRUNK punched a 58-year-old woman day-tripper in the face during a tug-of-war for adeckchair.
A DAY-tripper involved in a lewd act with a 15-year- old girl in a busy North Wales park was fined pounds 100 yesterday.
Day-tripper Neata was 23 when she spent hours trying to find the trinket on the beach at Poole, Dorset.
Many day-trippers flocked to the beach to see the Tall Ships for a final time, before they set sail for Ireland.
But day-trippers can find a better spot for nearly 80% less by booking online with sites such as Yourparkingspace or Just Park.
Day-trippers have already started to visit this one of the most distinctive winter center to embrace its amazing nature richness, which presents wide range of activities to visitors.
e two-carriage train pulled into Barry Docks station absolutely packed with day-trippers.
AFASIC Cymru Family Day at Bodelwyddan Castle takes place on May 29, and thanks to funding from the charity Day-trippers, they are able to offer free places at the Alice in Wonderland Tea Party for young people with speech, language and/or communication needs, that is taking place on the day.
What brought the iron men here is what brought us here: day-trippers, dog walkers, the allure of water's point of departure.
ANORTH EAST agricultural contractor is warning day-trippers and holiday-makers to take care travelling through the countryside as harvest time approaches.
Day-trippers and locals sunbathed in the Queen of Welsh resorts and other seaside towns and sparked a sharp increase in business.
DAY-TRIPPERS are worth nearly pounds 3bn to the Welsh economy every year, research has found.
THOUSANDS of day-trippers are out of pocket after one of the country's biggest coach firms collapsed.