tripit for business travelers: how tripit keeps a husband and wife team organized
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TripIt for Business Travelers
How TripIt Keeps a Husband and Wife Team
Organized
Our dinner conversation is not like most homes.
We talk travel. Travel tips, travel products, travel tools . . . anything travel! Listen in on our conversation on how we use TripIt in our travels.
Author:CarolMargolisBusinessTravelSuccess,Inc.http://www.businesstravelsuccess.com
Two business travelershusband and wife
traveling the worldseparately
How the TripIt app helps us manage our travel
and our life together
Business travel = schedule challenge
Business travel + family = greater scheduling challenge
Business travel + family + traveling spouse = mega scheduling challenge
1x
2x
3x
‘Travel Math’ in our home:
ü Keep our itinerariesü Fill in gapsü Update our calendars (and each other)ü Act on notificationsü Stay sane!
For this family of business travelers, here’s how we use TripIt to:
TripItFeature HowWeUseIt Him Her
Complete itinerarytracking
This is myconfirmation that Ibooked everything. For example,if Idon’t see an airline, hotelorcar rental reservation in TripIt, Imay have forgotten tobook it.
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Itinerary slip-ups arespotted
TripIthelpsmesee if Imade anerroneous booking, such asahotel check-out date that doesn‘tmatch myflight date. Reviewingmyitinerary inTripItmakes itpossible for me tocatch mymistake.
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Itineraries aremorethan justflights, hotels and cars
Ilike that you can add things inTripIt like seminars, conferences,orany special events /dinners. Itis great tosee an entire itineraryinone place.
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TripItFeature HowWeUseIt Him Her
Adding otherplans When stayingwithfriendsorfamily,Iaddtheiraddress andcontact infointomyplans
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Flightcheck-innotifications (Profeature)
Ilovegetting theTripItemailnotifications afewminutes beforethecheck-inwindowopens –thenI’mreadytobeoneofthefirsttocheck infortheflight.
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Telephone numbersforhotels andmore
IfIneedtomake achange tomytravelplans, the lastthing Iwanttodoisstopandsearchforcontact information. TripIthas itall.
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Hotelcancellationdetails
It‘s easy tosee the hotel‘scancellation policy for myreservation – just incase Ineed tomake achange
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TripItFeature HowWeUseIt Him Her
Up-to-date flightinformation
When Ihave connecting flights,TripIttells me the exact time andgateofmynext flight.
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Alternate flights(Profeature)
When Ihave achange inschedule, orthe flight is delayed, Ican search for different flightoptions.
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Aircraft andseat info(Profeature)
For AvGeeks, it is an easy way totrack seat numbers andtypeofaircraft. TripIt lets me makemodifications when Ireceive aseat upgrade orthere is achangeintypeofaircraft.
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TripItFeature HowWeUseIt Him Her
Sharingtrips We share trips with each otherandandalso send our details toothers we may be traveling withorvisiting.
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Calendar integration Ihave myTripItdetails syncedwith myGoogle Calendar soIcansee mylife andmytravel all inoneplace.
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PointTracker(Pro feature)
Tracksrewardaccounts (flights,hotels, car,creditcards) whenIconnectmyaccounts and/orforwardstatements topoints@tripit.com.
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Socialmediaintegration
Shareourtravels withFacebook,LinkedIn andmore.We’veeachdecided tokeepourtravelsoffofsocialmedia fornow.
TripItFeature FeaturesWeWill UseNext Him Her
Loungebuddy airportlounges andcredit(Profeature)
Photos,amenities, hours,costs,ratingsandreviewsofairportloungeswillbehandyasweloveairport lounges – and itcomeswitha$25LoungeBuddy credit
RometoRiointegration
Ilike the ideaofcomparingground transportation options,especially incities where publictransportation is available, so Ican decide how togetaround
Flight refundmonitoring
Willnotifyuswhen wemaybeeligible foracredit orrefund
TripIt.com sponsoredthispresentation.Theauthorandherhusbandsharetheirreal-life,every-tripusageoftheTripItappintheirtravels
andintheirlife– andhavebeenavidTripItusersforyears.
carol@businesstravelsuccess.com877.619.8930www.businesstravelsuccess.com
BusinessTravelSuccess,Inc.Consulting|Training|Speaking|ContentProduction
To learn more about TripIt for your business travels or for your organization, go to https://www.tripit.com
* * *To learn more about traveling safer and smarter, contact Carol Margolis at Business Travel Success, Inc. TripIt has been a marriage
saver for us!
http://smartwomentravelers.com/2016/07/why-tripit-is-a-marriage-saver/
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