People take trips for a wide variety of reasons: Conducting business, attempting to get away, studying abroad, or maybe even being exiled from your homeland. Regardless of the reason for escape, planning for travel is often stressful. Aside from the never-enjoyable act of packing, there's the hassle that comes with trying to organize your entire trip with no guarantees, except for a string of numbers for ticket confirmation and an uncomfortable moment with an overly grabby TSA officer.
If you're constantly on the go -- and in the air as often as on the ground -- it's time to download TripIt. The app sets out to make travel plans feel more like an extra day of toes in the sand. rather than the standard feeling of feet to the fire. Never again will you feel the horror that overcomes travelers as they scour their manila folder of confirmation receipts at the check-in desk.
Every time you plan a new aspect of your trip, from hotel accommodations to flight plans and dinner reservations, simply email the information to plans@tripit.com; or enter the information manually if by chance you're planning through a booking site that isn't one of TripIt's 3,000+ partners. Within a few seconds, your itinerary will be updated with your most recent additions.
Whether others are taking part in your travel experience or you just want to brag to friends and family about your awesome journey, TripIt has you covered. Everything you add into the app's itinerary can be shared directly or via Facebook and LinkedIn, making it the fanciest "out of the office" note you can leave.
All of the essentials of TripIt is available completely for free, though you can spend $3.99 to remove the ads. If you're someone who spends more time in cities other than your own, it might be worth dropping $48.99 for the yearly subscription to TripIt Pro, which adds on-the-fly savings alerts and other notifications regarding your travel plans. No matter which version of TripIt you pick, you'll be set the next time you leave for a faraway place.
The Best is a weekly column in which we spotlight the most helpful or impressive iOS app to fit a certain need, whether it's a part of your day-to-day life or just something cool that might come in handy down the line.
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