Does 'FREE TRIP' make you think a trip that you don't have to pay or an unscheduled trip wherever and whenever you want to go?
Is there a more exact expression that describe a FREE TRIP without the meaning of non-pay trip?
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Sign up to join this communityDoes 'FREE TRIP' make you think a trip that you don't have to pay or an unscheduled trip wherever and whenever you want to go?
Is there a more exact expression that describe a FREE TRIP without the meaning of non-pay trip?
For a single word, consider the term discretionary (“Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment”). One can say “This is a discretionary trip” or “The trip is entirely discretionary” or “Take the trip at your own discretion”.
Note that discretion has a well-known sense of “being discreet or circumspect” besides its well-known sense of “The freedom to make one's own judgements”, so although it's an entirely proper answer to the question, it will confuse some people if you use it. For that reason, and because it is so easy to briefly and clearly state the intent, I'd just say something like “Take the trip when you like, where you like” or perhaps “The trip is discretionary: take it when you like, where you like”.
When I hear this word I will think it is a trip that you have an schedule for your trip. You can not define it word by word.
In the US we have a phrase a free ride, as in
"Were you expecting a free ride?"
It refers to getting something for nothing, and can also be said to someone that tends to be a freeloader (someone who latches onto others to take advantage of them).
At least it is informal language, possibly rude depending on the context.