Printable Travel Crossword Puzzles

Print a criss-cross travel crossword of airport, road trip, hotel and sightseeing words, with a word bank and answer key.

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  • Beach
  • Boarding
  • Globe
  • Hotel
  • Itinerary
  • Luggage
  • Map
  • Passport
  • Pilot
  • Souvenir
  • Suitcase
  • Terminal

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Answer key: Travel Crossword

1S2G3BEAC4HULOIO5PILOTTBEC6TERM7INALAT8SOUVENIR9LENU10MEG11PASSPORTGPAA12BOARDINGYE

Across 3 BEACH · 5 PILOT · 6 TERMINAL · 8 SOUVENIR · 11 PASSPORT · 12 BOARDING

Down 1 SUITCASE · 2 GLOBE · 4 HOTEL · 7 ITINERARY · 9 LUGGAGE · 10 MAP

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At the Airport 23

  • Aisle Seat choice: window, middle or this
  • Arrival Coming in; families wait in the hall with this name
  • Attendant Flight ___: crew member whose main job is to keep the people in the seats safe
  • Baggage What you check at the counter and pick up after landing
  • Boarding ___ pass: the slip you show to get on the plane
  • Carousel After landing, everyone stands around it watching for their own bag
  • Carry-on Small bag that rides with you, under the seat or overhead
  • Check-in Counter stop where you show ID and hand over your big bags
  • Concourse Long, wide hall lined with shops that leads to the planes
  • Delay Fog can cause one; the board changes to a later hour
  • Departure Leaving; a big board lists the time of each one
  • Gate B12 or C4, for example: where the plane waits for you
  • Layover Three hours in Denver on the way from Boston to Seattle, for example
  • Luggage All the bags you bring along
  • Nonstop A flight with no landing on the way
  • Passport Little book that says which country you belong to
  • Pilot The one at the controls up front, in the cockpit
  • Red-eye Overnight flight that lands in the morning
  • Runway Planes line up for a turn on it
  • Security Checkpoint where bags ride through an X-ray machine
  • Suitcase It has wheels, a zipper and a pull-out handle, and it holds a week of clothes
  • Terminal Counters, shops and waiting areas of an airport under one roof
  • Ticket You buy it first; without it you cannot ride

Road Trips 22

  • Atlas Book you open to find the right page for the roads of each state
  • Camper House on wheels: drive all day, then sleep where you park
  • Carpool Sharing one car so fewer people drive
  • Compass N, E, S and W ring its dial
  • Cooler Packed with ice, juice boxes and sandwiches for the car
  • Detour A bridge is out, so arrows lead the cars along this
  • Diner Pancakes at any hour, a jukebox and a row of stools
  • Exit Ramp that leads off the freeway; also the way out
  • GPS Satellite helper that says "turn left in one mile"
  • Highway Fast road with green signs that count down the miles to the next city
  • Interstate Freeway in a national network; its sign is a shield with a number
  • Journey All the miles between leaving home and arriving
  • Map You unfold it, find the star for the capital and trace the road with a finger
  • Mileage Number that grows with every trip a car takes
  • Overlook Pull-off with a railing and a wide view
  • Pit stop Quick break for fuel, food and a restroom
  • Route Blue line on the phone from here to there
  • Scenic Full of beautiful views
  • Shortcut A back road that saves twenty minutes is one
  • Toll Fee paid to use a bridge or a turnpike
  • Traffic All the cars on the road; when heavy, it crawls
  • Tunnel Lights on: here the cars go straight through the rock

Trains, Ships and Buses 29

  • Bus It stops at a sign on the corner; riders pay as they step on
  • Cable car It grips a moving steel rope to climb the hills of San Francisco
  • Captain At sea, every order on board starts with this person
  • Conductor Rail worker who checks and punches your pass
  • Cruise Pleasure sailing with shows on board and a new stop each morning
  • Deck Open floor of a vessel, where you stroll and watch the waves
  • Express It passes the little stops without slowing down
  • Fare Exact change, please: what the ride costs
  • Ferry It crosses the bay on a schedule, loaded with riders and their cars
  • Funicular Steep hillside railway: two cars on one rope, one going up as the other comes down
  • Gangway Ramp for walking on and off a vessel
  • Gondola Painted black by old Venetian law, it is rowed by someone standing at the stern
  • Harbor Boats tie up here out of the wind
  • Locomotive The heavy front unit, steam, diesel or electric, that does the pulling
  • Monorail It rides on a single beam
  • Pier It stands on posts over the waves; people fish from it
  • Platform "Mind the gap" is painted along the edge of it
  • Porthole You watch the waves through this round glass
  • Rickshaw Two- or three-wheeled cart, first pulled by one person on foot, that carries a rider
  • Ship Ocean liner or freighter
  • Shuttle It loops between the parking lot and the front door all day
  • Sleeper Rail car with beds for overnight rides
  • Station Building beside the tracks where riders get on and off
  • Subway Riders go down the stairs, through a turnstile and under the city on it
  • Taxi Yellow in New York, black in London: wave and it pulls over
  • Timetable It says the 9:15 gets in at 11:40
  • Train It whistles at crossings and rolls on two steel rails
  • Tram City rail car that shares the street with cars; most draw power from an overhead line
  • Voyage An ocean crossing is one

Places to Stay 22

  • Balcony Step outside from the third floor to see the sea from this
  • Bellhop Worker in a uniform who wheels your bags upstairs on a brass cart
  • Cabin Log walls, a wood stove and a porch
  • Campsite Numbered patch with a fire ring and a picnic table
  • Chalet Swiss word that first meant the hut of a herder; now a wooden house with wide eaves
  • Checkout Time to hand back the key and pay
  • Concierge Staff member who books your dinner table and answers "Where should we eat?"
  • Cottage Cozy little house by a lake or in the country
  • Elevator It lifts you to the tenth floor
  • Guest Person who stays the night
  • Hostel Backpackers share a room of bunk beds here to save money
  • Hotel Building of rooms rented by the night
  • Inn Small, cozy place that rents rooms, often in an old house
  • Keycard Tap it on the lock and the light turns green
  • Lobby First room inside the front doors, where the desk clerk stands
  • Lodge Big log building where hikers and skiers sleep and eat
  • Motel Roadside place to sleep, built for drivers; its name blends "motor" with another word
  • Pool Cannonballs and laps happen here
  • Reservation "Table for four at seven, under Garcia" is one
  • Resort Ski or seaside property built so visitors never need to leave
  • Suite Set of connected rooms rented as one
  • Vacancy Sign word that means rooms are free tonight

Sights and Souvenirs 30

  • Aquarium Indoor ocean: sharks behind glass, starfish in a touch tank
  • Bazaar Marketplace of many small stalls or shops, found from North Africa to South Asia
  • Beach Where the sandcastles are
  • Binoculars Bird watchers and whale spotters wear these around the neck
  • Boardwalk Wooden promenade along the shore
  • Camera Point, focus, click
  • Canyon A river spent millions of years carving it
  • Castle Moat, drawbridge and towers: once a home for a king
  • Excursion Short side trip for fun
  • Explore To go and see what a new place is like
  • Guide "Follow me, and watch your step," says this person
  • Guidebook Paperback of tips, prices and history for one city or country
  • Island Reached only by boat, bridge or plane
  • Landmark Famous building or natural feature that tells you where you are
  • Lighthouse Tall coastal tower with a turning lamp
  • Market Stalls of fruit, spices and handmade baskets in the town square
  • Monument A president carved in stone, for instance
  • Museum Quiet building of paintings, dinosaur bones or old treasures behind glass
  • Panorama What you see by turning all the way around on a hilltop
  • Photo "Say cheese" comes just before one of these
  • Postcard It travels through the mail with no envelope
  • Ruins Broken columns and roofless walls
  • Safari Bumpy ride across the African plains to spot elephants; its name is Swahili
  • Scenery The view of mountains, fields or coast around you
  • Sightseeing Going around to look at the famous places
  • Skyline Towers and spires seen from across the river at sunset
  • Souvenir A magnet, a mug or a T-shirt with the name of the city
  • Tour Planned visit led from stop to stop
  • Tourist Out-of-towner who stops to look up at every tall building
  • Trail Marked path for a hike

Crossing Borders 30

  • Adapter Plug piece that makes your charger fit a different wall outlet
  • Adventure Exciting trip full of surprises
  • Border A sign says "Welcome to Canada" just past it
  • Consulate Office in a big city abroad that helps citizens of its own country
  • Continent Europe is one and so is Antarctica; there are seven
  • Culture What makes Japan feel different from Brazil: food, festivals, manners and stories
  • Currency Pesos in Mexico, yen in Japan, euros in France
  • Customs "Did you pack any fruit or plants?" asks the officer at this desk
  • Declare To tell the officers what you bought while away
  • Destination The place you are going
  • Domestic Inside one country, like a flight from Chicago to Denver
  • Embassy A flag from home flies over this building in a far-off capital
  • Equator It splits the Earth into north and south halves
  • Exchange To trade dollars for the local money
  • Globe Spin it and stop it with a finger to pick a country
  • Hemisphere Northern or Southern, Eastern or Western
  • International Between countries, like a flight from Chicago to Paris
  • Itinerary Written plan that lists where you will be each day
  • Jet lag Tired, mixed-up feeling after flying far east or west
  • Language French, Swahili or Japanese
  • Overseas On the far side of the Atlantic or the Pacific
  • Phrasebook Pocket list of handy sentences in another tongue
  • Round trip There and back again, paid for together
  • Stamp Ink mark an officer presses onto a page when you enter a country
  • Time zone New York and Los Angeles are in different ones, three hours apart
  • Translate To turn "hello" into "hola" or "bonjour"
  • Traveler One l in America, two in Britain: a person going places
  • Vacation Spring break or a week at the lake
  • Visa Official permission to enter or stay in another country
  • Wanderlust A strong wish to see the world; a word borrowed from German

How this list was compiled: Clues written for this site in six sets: the airport, road trips, trains, ships and buses, places to stay, sights and souvenirs, and crossing borders. Meanings were read in English Wiktionary and facts in English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) in October 2026. No airline, hotel chain, travel company or brand is named, and no clue gives a rule for passports, visas or security, because such rules change. Licence: own work

How it works

These printable travel crossword puzzles are vocabulary crosswords for a trip or a geography unit. The first puzzle has 12 easy answers, among them Passport, Luggage, Terminal, Itinerary and Souvenir. Each fits Letter or A4.

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Six sets after the easy one

At the Airport has Layover, Carousel and Concourse. Road Trips has Detour, Atlas and Shortcut. Trains, Ships and Buses has Ferry, Funicular and Gangway. Places to Stay has Hostel, Concierge and Vacancy. Sights and Souvenirs has Landmark, Binoculars and Bazaar. Crossing Borders has Visa, Customs and Currency.

Clues are scenes

Most clues are something a traveler sees or hears. The Gate clue is: B12 or C4, for example, where the plane waits for you. The Layover clue is three hours in Denver on the way from Boston to Seattle.

  • Print the easy puzzle before a long drive or flight: it needs only a pencil and something flat to lean on.

Questions and answers

Are the travel crossword puzzles free to print?

Yes. There is no sign-up. Print one for each traveler or student; the answer key is the last sheet.

Is there a printable travel crossword puzzle for kids?

Yes. Easy Travel Words is written for kids in about grades 2 to 5: short clues, a word bank under them, and answers such as Map, Taxi, Beach and Camera. That band is our judgment, not a published standard.

What is the difference between a passport and a visa?

A passport comes from your own government and certifies your identity and nationality. A visa is permission from another country to enter it, stay in it or leave it. Both are answers in these puzzles.

What does itinerary mean?

An itinerary is the route, or the planned route, of a journey: where you will be, day by day.

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