TripIt: Travel Planner 4+

Simple. Easy. Brilliant!

We all have had that moment when we’ve printed out a dozen itineraries for one trip, or where we’ve had to flip through a dozen apps to check various confirmation numbers and all that. And am sure that we have all thought to ourselves at some point how much easier life would be if all that would be under one roof. Well, voila! This is an app that does all that, and more.
Being in the travel industry myself, I didn’t see the need to have a pro version, but it does sound very exciting with all its inclusions.
The basic version is great though. You create an account, and then just send your bookings/reservations via email or add them manually, and the best thing is that it puts it all together nicely. You can also assign a name to each trip, and use a cover photo to make it look all snazzy-like.
I recommended it to a friend who pointed out that it gives the app access to your email account, but that’s not true. You can give it access if you choose, and it automatically scans and adds any travel bookings into its system, or you can refuse access and just email them when you make a booking, and not fear that a third party has access to your email account.
Really love this little app, and am letting all my clients know about it, cause it’s brilliant!😀

HORRIBLE

My husband created an itinerary for our trip to the US. He invited myself and my daughter to view it and be able to make changes. Sounds like a grand idea.
Except! It won’t let me create my account. One email address it says there is maintenance going on, so I tried with Facebook keeps saying that I have blocked it, except I have never used the app or known anyone else who has so not sure what that’s about. Tried a different email and I keep getting a error that it can’t activate the email address, so tried my last option email and I get the same error. Have now run out of email addresses to try and can’t login using any of them. So I will not be sharing the itinerary for our trip unless we use another app.

After following the instructions provided by your help department, I am still unable to use the app to login and sync our itinerary. I can use the website, but the app still says that my password is incorrect. I have uninstalled and restarted my phone and installed again, still no joy. We have decided to use a different app.

Developer Response ,

Please contact our Support team via our Help page: https://help.tripit.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

Superb travel planner

When you make complex travel plans far ahead, it’s great to be able to keep your whole itinerary in one place (actually two places, as the app is synced to the website, so your travel details are safe whatever happens). You can add and edit details of flights, train tickets, hotel reservations, restaurants, sightseeing excursions, you name it, either through the app itself or via the Tripit website. You can also give Tripit permission to scan your emails (or manually forward them to Tripit), and it’ll automatically detect booking confirmations and add them. The whole thing then appears as a neat itinerary, so it’s easy to check you have every step covered or look up your flight number. You can even invite contacts to share a trip, either as planners, travellers, or viewers.

This is all a million times better than the old system of printing everything out, stuffing it in an envelope and losing it, or else manually typing it into a poorly structured spreadsheet which you can’t easily read on your phone.