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Rules about prepositions and duplicating 'to'

Where did you travel to to get that?

Using to, to has always looked/seemed awkward to me. What is the proper way to express this?

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If you choose to rewrite, a small alteration you might try would be to take one of the suggestions in the related question, such as To where did you travel to get that? or inserting something between the two tos, as in Where did you travel to, in order to get that? – aedia λ Sep 28 '11 at 17:04
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This question about "to to" is too interesting for me too. – belisarius Sep 28 '11 at 17:18
@aedia λ, you are correct. This is a duplicate question to the question linked in your comment. I did not find it before asking. Thank you for directing me to the correct place. If you'd like to post your second comment as an answer I will accept it. – jon3laze Sep 28 '11 at 17:27
see the duplicate question. the first to is part of the verb 'travel', the second goes with 'get' – Mitch Sep 28 '11 at 20:36

marked as duplicate by aedia λ, Daniel δ, JSBձոգչ, Mitch, waiwai933♦ Sep 28 '11 at 19:19

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to again is superfluous. Use:

Where did you travel to get that?

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This seems a scanty answer. – Daniel δ Sep 28 '11 at 17:10

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