Is one who travels from Jeddah to Makkah considered a traveler?

Question : The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, is the journey from Jeddah to Makkah considered travel or not? And do we perform what is obligatory upon us of the regular voluntary prayers? I ask for detail on this.

Answer : What appears to me is that one who comes from Jeddah to Makkah with the intention of staying for a day or two or something similar is a traveler, because such a stay is prepared for and one readies himself for it as for travel. However, if he enters Makkah from Jeddah with the intention of doing some work for a part of the day and then returning to Jeddah the same day, then he is not a traveler.
As for voluntary prayers during travel, some people understand this incorrectly; they think there are no voluntary prayers during travel, and this is a mistake. Travel does not prevent voluntary prayer at all. However, the Sunnah for the traveler is not to pray the regular voluntary prayer before Zuhr, nor the regular voluntary prayer before Maghrib, nor the regular voluntary prayer before 'Isha'. If it happens that he wishes to stock up on good deeds, let him pray a voluntary prayer without the intention of it being a regular voluntary prayer, and no one prevents him from this. Does the traveler pray the night prayer?
Yes, he prays the two rak'ahs of Duha. Yes, he prays the greeting of the mosque. Yes, he prays the prayer of seeking guidance (istikharah). The traveler prays all voluntary prayers except for three: the regular voluntary prayer before Zuhr, the regular voluntary prayer before Maghrib, and the regular voluntary prayer before 'Isha'. He does not pray them as regular voluntary prayers, but he may pray them as voluntary prayers. Yes.