TripIt
Automatically create itineraries, store important documents, and share your trips with loved ones.
What is TripIt?
TripIt automatically converts your travel confirmations into organised itineraries. You forward your booking emails (flights, hotels, car rentals, restaurants) to TripIt, and it extracts the details and creates a structured day-by-day plan. All your travel documents are stored centrally, and you can share trip details with family and friends.
The free version covers basic itinerary creation and document storage. The Pro tier adds real-time flight status notifications, mobile boarding passes, detailed seat maps, and priority customer support. TripIt works with bookings from any major travel provider, so it doesn't matter where you book.
TripIt is useful if you coordinate travel with others, manage multiple bookings across different sites, or want a single place to access all trip information. The email-forwarding approach means no manual data entry; the service does the organisational work for you.
Key Features
Automatic itinerary generation
forwards your confirmations are parsed and organised into a day-by-day itinerary
Document storage
keeps all travel confirmations, receipts, and important papers in one place
Trip sharing
invite others to view or edit trip plans
Real-time flight alerts
notifications for delays, cancellations, and gate changes (Pro)
Mobile boarding passes
digital check-in and boarding pass access (Pro)
Seat maps
view aircraft layouts and seat assignments (Pro)
Calendar integration
trip details sync with your calendar application
Expense tracking
monitor and categorise travel spending
Travel insurance guidance
recommendations and policy information
Pros & Cons
Advantages
- Requires zero manual data entry; email forwarding handles all extraction
- Centralised access to all travel documents and confirmations
- Works with any travel provider or booking site
- Simple sharing with travel companions or family members
- Mobile app allows access to your itinerary and documents anywhere
- Particularly helpful for coordinating complex multi-person trips
Limitations
- Free tier is limited; most useful features require a Pro subscription
- Email forwarding approach feels dated compared to direct API integrations
- Can struggle to parse unusual or complex booking confirmations accurately
- Limited integration with other travel or productivity applications
- Real-time notifications and premium features locked behind paid tier
- Requires you to remember to forward confirmations rather than automatic capture
Use Cases
Family holidays where multiple people need access to shared itinerary and bookings
Business travel planning and expense documentation
Multi-destination trips with various transportation and accommodation providers
Frequent travellers managing overlapping or back-to-back journeys
Travel insurance and emergency contact information management
Group adventures with complex booking coordination across multiple suppliers