When you travel, do you have piles of paper with confirmations, addresses, things you want to do and their costs? Either that or you keep it all in your email and then can’t find it easily later to organize before you leave? Then you need TripIt.com. You can sign up for free and input all your info for each of your upcoming trips. It automatically makes an itinerary for you based on the times and dates you give it for your flights, hotels and activities.
One of the most convenient things TripIt offers is automatic updates to your itinerary when you get confirmations back for your trip. You can email it directly to TripIt, via the special email address they have, and within 5 minutes – sometimes less – you will see it entered on their website. This means you don’t have to input all the details yourself, which saves you time and frees you up to plan more of your vacation. When you’re ready to travel, you can just print out your itinerary and go! It contains all the information you need: phone numbers, addresses, prices, etc. If you want to write a note, you can enter it right online in the special box provided.
Once your itinerary is complete – or even if it’s not – you can share it with friends, family, traveling companions or your whole social network. Make them all jealous of the fabulous vacation your taking and they can know what you’re doing every day! Don't worry, you can customize what they see and what they don't. If there is more than just you planning your trip, you can give others permission to make changes to the schedule as well. That way you can all add what you were responsible for and note anything important that everyone should need to know, like things to bring, total still owed and hours of operation.
Don’t forget, TripIt is easy to use and it’s free! Here are some other cool things it does:
- TripIt keeps track of your frequent flyer miles and other rewards programs.
- You can sync it with your Google calendar and import all your information to your calendar from TripIt.
- Import travel details from your Gmail account.
- Use TripIt on your Windows 7 phone and take it everywhere you go.
- View your itinerary on your web-enabled mobile phone.
- Upgrade to TripIt Pro to get flight alerts, find alternate flights, learn about eligible flight refunds and receive a complimentary 1-year membership to Hertz Club Gold and Regus Gold.
Join now and start being a more organized traveler!
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