A travel working machine includes: an automatic travel control unit (61) configured to implement automatic travel based on automatic travel information necessary for automatic travel; a manual travel control unit (52) configured to implement manual travel based on an operation signal from a manual travel operating unit (9); a machine body status detecting unit (51 configured to output machine body status information indicating a machine body status based on the operation signal and a detection signal received from a status detecting device (8); and an automatic travel management section (7) configured to determine forbiddance of automatic travel by the automatic travel control unit (61) and permission of the automatic travel based on the machine body status information, and output a control command in automatic travel forbiddance, for deciding control of the machine body after a command to forbid the automatic travel has been issued, based on the machine body status information.