The phrase "beginning a trip" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used to refer to the start of a journey or vacation. Example: "We woke up early, excited to be beginning our trip to Europe. After months of planning, we were finally on our way to explore new countries and cultures."
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, beginning a trip through Russia and Central Asia, met President Vladimir V. Putin for what both sides indicated was a productive discussion of arms control and the war against terrorism.
SHANNON, Ireland, Oct. 10 - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, beginning a trip to Central Asia, urged the region's leaders on Monday to hold "elections that are free and fair," even though in one state she plans to visit nearly all the likely opposition candidates have been jailed and in another laws have been passed that stack the odds in favor of the present rulers.
Palin is set to embark on a bus tour this weekend, beginning a trip that will traverse the eastern United States in Washington, DC.
He took a leave of absence from his job as a reporter on the Herald Tribune, and began a trip around the world.
Meters, outfitted with GPS devices, do not operate if a driver tries to begin a trip within the so-called "yellow zone".
On a cool April morning, Anita Harris of the U.S. Geological Survey, began a trip on Interstate 80… ANNALS OF THE FORMER WORLD about geology.
Having beat Wycombe Wanderers and AFC Wimbledon, scoring eight times in doing so, to start things off, Chelsea begin a trip around the continent.
Mr. Jennings began a trip earlier this month in Missouri, where he addressed a luncheon audience of 1,000 at a rodeo-and-livestock show in Kansas City.
The rebuff came as Stephen W. Bosworth, the American special envoy on North Korea, began a trip to Asia with a fresh offer of dialogue.
This is the world's largest Afro-Latino festival and a great way to begin a trip to Columbia's Pacific region, with its rich culture and history.
One traveler is Henry Webb, who identified himself as a lawyer from the United States who teaches business law in Vietnam and who began a trip to Myanmar on April 26.
