Kayak Trips vs. TripIt
Nov 17, 2012, 12:35 am
#16
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: New Zealand
Programs: QF Platinum / LTS, Air NZ Gold Elite, Velocity Silver, OW Emerald, Hertz PC
Posts: 227
Tripit pro for me. Been using it for about 2 years. Synchronizes across all my devices and updates Lotus Notes calendar. Pro alerts have been useful on a couple of occasions when it has advised me of flight delays even before the announcement had been made.
Nov 17, 2012, 7:41 am
#17
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Ohio and Colorado
Programs: AA Gold MM, DL Gold, US MM, HH Gold, Starwood
Posts: 953
Tripit is about over for me. In addition to screwing up the Hilton and Viator entries, it also bounced my Austrian Train OBB reservation to a "note".
All of these are European items and all are supported according to the web site.
When I submit a problem report, the stock reply is they must have changed the format. Amazing that three totally separate companies ALL changed their format at the same time. I waved the BS flag and still no fix.
Cheers
All of these are European items and all are supported according to the web site.
When I submit a problem report, the stock reply is they must have changed the format. Amazing that three totally separate companies ALL changed their format at the same time. I waved the BS flag and still no fix.
Cheers
Nov 18, 2012, 3:08 am
#18
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 3
Worldmate is the best choice
Worldmate is much more reliable than the rest of them.
Automatically creating the trips items efficiently and enables me to keep everything regarding my trips organize.
Been using worldmate for users and am a huge fan, you should be one too!
Automatically creating the trips items efficiently and enables me to keep everything regarding my trips organize.
Been using worldmate for users and am a huge fan, you should be one too!
Last edited by amanz; Feb 17, 2013 at 2:04 am
Nov 18, 2012, 9:55 am
#19
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,838
I was blown away by Tripit when it first came out and got lots of my colleagues and friends to use it by adding them to trips.
But instead of increasing functionality over the years, my impression is the owners have lost interest. My main bugbears are:
- Atrocious IPad app UI
- Progressively slower app start up and sync process, which is a pain when pulling a PNR when checking in at the airport etc.
- more rather than less unsupported booking confirmations
- bizarre timezone arrangements and inserting phantom destinations in trips
But instead of increasing functionality over the years, my impression is the owners have lost interest. My main bugbears are:
- Atrocious IPad app UI
- Progressively slower app start up and sync process, which is a pain when pulling a PNR when checking in at the airport etc.
- more rather than less unsupported booking confirmations
- bizarre timezone arrangements and inserting phantom destinations in trips
Nov 18, 2012, 5:28 pm
#20
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: SYD
Programs: VA WP, UA 1k, QR G, AZ WP
Posts: 358
Nov 25, 2012, 4:07 pm
#21
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: YYT/YYZ
Programs: AC*SE, AC*MM, SPG Gold, FPC Plat, HHonors Diamond, PC Plat Elite, R&C Club 5C, Hyatt GP
Posts: 2,201
Tripit doesn't seem to be able to parse mytable.com reservations, a widely used European reservation website, comparable to OpenTable.
The Pro version is not able to provide SMS service in Canada.
My feeling is that that this is a service that Google could provide far more effectively, given their superior searching and text parsing technology. If Tripit aren't interested in improving their service, they're going to be vulnerable to a take over. Or perhaps that's their game plan?
The Pro version is not able to provide SMS service in Canada.
My feeling is that that this is a service that Google could provide far more effectively, given their superior searching and text parsing technology. If Tripit aren't interested in improving their service, they're going to be vulnerable to a take over. Or perhaps that's their game plan?
Nov 26, 2012, 5:53 pm
#23
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: CLD
Programs: US CP, HH Gold
Posts: 190
I'm a loyal user of Kayak but recently found one limitation: It does not automatically handle forwarded cancellation emails. When I cancel a booking (and get an emailed confirmation from the hotel, etc.) I have to sign in to the site and manually delete that item from my itinerary. Do any of the other tools handle Cancellations automatically?
Nov 27, 2012, 10:06 pm
#24
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Washington, DC
Programs: UA 1K, SPG Gold; Hilton Silver; Priority Plat; Marriott Silver
Posts: 127
I've used tripit for years, but I'm going to try worldmate now. Tripit was sold btw I believe so that might explain some of the changes. I emailed with the guys at expensify which I also use heavily and asked about integrating with tripit, but they said something about it now being owned by a competitor or something
Nov 28, 2012, 6:52 am
#25
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: YYZ
Programs: AC SE100K MM
Posts: 588
I've used tripit for years, but I'm going to try worldmate now. Tripit was sold btw I believe so that might explain some of the changes. I emailed with the guys at expensify which I also use heavily and asked about integrating with tripit, but they said something about it now being owned by a competitor or something
In my trials of three products, I have dropped TripIt. This, despite having a paid up pro version.
Now it is down to Worldmate vs TripCase. I bought the $10/year upgrade for Worldmate and am impressed do far. TripCase will not let me change seats or anything. So it will likely be deleted after December travels and there will only be Worldmate.
Nov 28, 2012, 9:59 am
#26
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Bay Area
Programs: DL SM, UA MP.
Posts: 12,729
Are you guys mostly depending on these services for the latest flight updates?
Because on my UA flights, I get calls and emails. I haven't really investigated it but I would imagine there are probably texts and push notifications available?
That kind of kills one of the main features of these 3rd-party services.
Because on my UA flights, I get calls and emails. I haven't really investigated it but I would imagine there are probably texts and push notifications available?
That kind of kills one of the main features of these 3rd-party services.
Nov 29, 2012, 8:37 am
#27
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: San Jose CA
Posts: 1,100
No. Based on FT suggestions, I spent $10 and bought Flight Track Pro for my iPhone, it's an amazing product. A few weeks ago, while sitting and waiting for a flight, I got a FlightTrackPro alert saying that my flight was going to be delayed for over an hour. I called United, rebooked, and packed up my gear. As I began walking to the new gate, I got an alert from United, and the gate agent announced the delay over the PA.
Dec 1, 2012, 1:04 am
#28
Join Date: Jul 2008
Programs: Greyhound Vermillion Mithril
Posts: 693
I tried Worldmate about a year ago and they couldn't handle different time zone properly, e.g. an earlier flight NRT-LAX would be listed after the connecting flight LAX-SFO because it's later in the local time. Tripit didn't have any problem with that. I even emailed support and they told me they were working on it.
Has Worldmate fixed this yet?
Has Worldmate fixed this yet?
Dec 1, 2012, 2:22 pm
#29
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Oregon
Programs: AA EXP, AS 75K, UA 1MM Gold, HH Diamond, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Plat, National EE, Hertz PC
Posts: 4,001
No. Based on FT suggestions, I spent $10 and bought Flight Track Pro for my iPhone, it's an amazing product. A few weeks ago, while sitting and waiting for a flight, I got a FlightTrackPro alert saying that my flight was going to be delayed for over an hour. I called United, rebooked, and packed up my gear. As I began walking to the new gate, I got an alert from United, and the gate agent announced the delay over the PA.
Dec 1, 2012, 7:56 pm
#30
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Akumal, Mexico
Programs: Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium (thanks to SPG), AA Life Gold, UA Life Gold
Posts: 840
I tried Worldmate about a year ago and they couldn't handle different time zone properly, e.g. an earlier flight NRT-LAX would be listed after the connecting flight LAX-SFO because it's later in the local time. Tripit didn't have any problem with that. I even emailed support and they told me they were working on it.
Has Worldmate fixed this yet?
Has Worldmate fixed this yet?
Although I hate the changes on TripIt, I probably will stick with it for now. What were they thinking on the Points page? That's the dumbest interface ever designed and is completely unusable.