A stop made during a journey, often overnight, between two main destinations; a break in travel.
From stop + over, combining two English words. It became common travel terminology in the 1920s with the rise of commercial aviation and railway travel.
Airlines invented the stopover as a revenue strategy—they charge you less if you're willing to wait 12 hours in Denver than flying direct, essentially selling you time in a city!
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