trippers

Trippers is a plural noun with several overlapping meanings. In everyday usage it most commonly refers to people who travel for short periods, particularly those who make day trips or short visits away from their usual home base. In tourism research the term "day-trippers" or simply "trippers" describes visitors who arrive at a destination for the day and return home the same day, as opposed to overnight or longer stays. Trippers can influence local economies through spending on transportation, food, and attractions, while also placing demand on limited infrastructure and popular sites.

In counterculture and drug literature, "trippers" describes individuals who undergo a psychedelic experience, or trip, typically after consuming substances such as LSD, psilocybin (magic mushrooms), mescaline, or related compounds. The term emphasizes the altered states of perception, mood, and cognition that may occur during these experiences. Risks vary by substance, dose, and setting; acute anxiety, confusion, or dangerous behavior can occur, particularly without supervision or harm-reduction measures.

Other uses include fictional or colloquial references to travelers or to the rhythm of trips in music and pop culture. The term remains informal and its meaning is highly dependent on context.