tripit for business travelers: how tripit keeps a husband and wife team organized

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

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‘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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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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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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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 [email protected].

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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!

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