❌ “She travelled with her bicycle to work (The bicycle sat in the seat next to her).”
✅ “She travelled by bicycle to work. Her legs hated her for it.”
❌ “He travelled with the boat across the river. The boat thanked him for the company AHAHAHA.”
✅ “He travelled by boat across the river — and immediately regretted eating breakfast first.”
* He was using boat
Why “with the” is wrong and “by” is correct
The word travelled means “used a mode of transport to get from one place to another.” In English, you travel by a method of transport — never travel with the train. Think of by as showing the means or method (by car, by plane, by boat). The preposition with is wrong here because with means accompanied by (with a friend, with a dog) or using a tool (cut with a knife), not the vehicle itself as a method.
For someone who doesn`t understand what we use
| ✅ Correct | ❌ Incorrect |
|---|---|
| by train | with the train |
| by boat | with the boat |
| by plane | with the plane |
| by bike | with the bike |
| by bus | with the bus |
| by car / in a car | with the car |
| by taxi / in a taxi | with the taxi |
| by land | with the land |
| by sea | with the sea |
| by air | with the air |
| on horseback | with a horse |
| on a donkey | with a donkey |
| on a bicycle | with a bicycle |
| on foot | with foot |
