1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/travel.h b/crawl-ref/source/travel.h
index 02291b4735..010d8cd626 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/travel.h
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/travel.h
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ private:
         Z thing;
 
         named_thing(const std::string &n, Z t) : name(n), thing(t) { }
+        operator std::string () const { return name; }
     };
 
     int es_flags;