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For so-named alien traveler, please see The Traveler.

A traveler was an individual who traveled to distant places. Those that traveled through space were known as space travelers; those who traveled to different times were known as time travelers. (TOS: "The Alternative Factor"; TNG: "First Contact")

Apollo, when recalling the planet Earth, described how himself, Zeus, Athena, Aphrodite, and Artemis visited there five thousand years ago, describing the group as "a gallant band of travelers." (TOS: "Who Mourns for Adonais?")

The Traveler from Tau Alpha C was a self-proclaimed traveler. (TNG: "Where No One Has Gone Before")

When Jean-Luc Picard presented himself to the primitive Mintakan named Liko, he explained that he was "a traveler from a faraway land. Nothing more." (TNG: "Who Watches The Watchers")

During Earth's past, highwaymen often robbed travelers. (TNG: "Family")

Kahless described himself as being "merely a traveler", specifically, "someone who has journeyed back and forth between this world and the next." (TNG: "Rightful Heir")

When Worf joined his brother Nikolai Rozhenko while in disguise as a Boraalan, he introduced himself as being "a traveler." Later, he spoke of "the sign of La Forge," which he explained was "a message to travelers. It is said when these lines appear and disappear in a pool of water, the road ahead will be filled with good fortune." (TNG: "Homeward")

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