Travel Tips and Helpful Travel Apps: Just TripIt Like a WorldMate
We are not fans of the Stressful Vacation or the Gut-Wrenching Business Meeting Abroad. Our plans are always focused on efficient and Worry-Free Travels.
So, naturally, we’ve created a series of Travel Tip blog posts. It’s important to keep calm and carry on, but we want your trip to be in your control.
These days, Travel Apps go a long way. Not everyone has the time to set up a binder full of plane tickets and hotel addresses with attractions and restaurants to visit while on a vacation or a business trip. Itineraries have gone mobile, and they’ve gotten smarter too. Travel Apps and Mobile Travel Itineraries help keep your transition from location to location smooth and stress free.
What tips and tricks have we for you this week?
Two great (and affordable) travel itinerary apps:
Helpful Travel Apps That Work For You
WorldMate Highlights
- Itinerary Manager
- Forward your confirmations emails to WorldMate and your itinerary will be instantly assembled from the airline and hotel websites you visit. Your itinerary is automatically synchronized to your iPhone.
- Trip Items
- This aspect of the app contains all of your trip items and details including terminals, gates, confirmation numbers, phone numbers, addresses.
- Hotel Search
- With WorldMate’s intuitive interface, you can narrow down the endless list of great hotels. Select the Price Range, see Top Picks or search for your favorite hotel chain.
- Search Hotels by Map
- Instead of a name search, WorldMate includes a searchable map. Use filters to update the Map results or choose to just show Deals—results update instantly.
- Social Sharing
- Inform the Social World of your travel plans by sharing them via WorldMate on Facebook and Twitter. See which of your LinkedIn friends are nearby to your trip location and arrange a meeting or snazzy dinner.
TripIt Highlights
- Organize Automatically
- TripIt does way more than just organize your travel plans. It also monitors, tracks, and shares—you will be in the know, on the go.
- Anytime, Anywhere, Any Device
- View your itinerary on any smartphone, tablet, or computer, in the airport or on the road—even when you’re offline.
- Email Address Recognition
- Whenever you make travel plans with an airline, hotel, car rental service, etc. and the vendor sends you an email with your travel details and confirmation number, forward that email to TripIt. And TripIt will collect all important information.
- Time Sensitive
- Forward an email with plane travel on the 1st and the 4th, a hotel during those same dates, and a car rental during those same dates, TripIt automatically puts it all together into one trip. You can also sync your online or mobile calendar to your TripIt Pro travel plans. It works with Microsoft Outlook, Google Calendar, or Apple iCal.
- Details, Details, Details
- All of your trip details (flights, hotels, car rentals, and more) are organized into one incredibly convenient and comprehensive itinerary, and also includes directions, maps, and weather updates.