Senior trip

Context will tell you everything.

Without any context, I'd assume it was the students in their last year of school.

If you were talking about a church outing, I may think you mean a trip for those 55+.

Hi,



could "senior trip" denote a trip for elderly people or it could only mean a trip for senior students?



It could mean either, depending on the context. However, here are a couple of comments.

For senior citizens, I think it would be more common to speak of 'a seniors trip'.

For students, I think it would be more common to sa

Grammar Geek
If you were talking about a church outing, I may think you mean a trip for those 55+.

According to this, I've been a "senior" much longer than I had thought.

Philip, I can't tell you how happy my husband was to be eligible for AARP.

Grammar Geek Philip, I can't tell you how happy my husband was to be eligible for AARP.

But they get you at age 50!

I'm simply saying that "senior" has lots of definitions these days.

Speaking as a person who has one at home (a child in the last year of high school, not an AARP member, although that's coming very soon) "senior trip" is a very common way to refer to a trip taken by high school seniors, at least in this part of the country.
"We want to go to New Orleans for senior trip."