Originally Posted by bnamike (Post 17131870)

Unfortunately, Outlook 2011 (Outlook for Mac) doesn't have native iCal sync support built in.

Back in April/May Microsoft released an update for Office 2011 that provided "Sync Services". What this allows is for Outlook to sync with native Apple Mail, iCal, and Contacts on the Mac.

What I've done is setup my TripIt iCal feed in Apple iCal. Then I setup Sync Services in Outlook (Preferences, Sync Services) auto sync the TripIt iCal feed into Outlook. It's a pain, but it works.

Originally Posted by LTParis (Post 17129255)

So I have been working for my current employer for ~6 months and it has required a lot more travel than I am used to in the past. All the employees schedule their own trips, book their hotels, book their car rentals, which is great because it adds a lot of flexibility, but it costs a lot of time. So I have been trying to examine all my options to save some time.

It seems to be a bit more difficult to integrate cost saving techniques because I use a Mac laptop, Outlook 2011 to manage my calendar and emails, and I am using an Andriod phone for now (waiting for the iPhone 5 and SMIME encryption).

I tried TripIt and it's nice that it auto feeds into the app and you can subscribe to iCal. But it seems that TripIt, along with others only have iCal options and nothing is really supported in Outlook 2011.

I have been considering taking the drastic step and just migrate over to iMail and iCal, but I haven't quite make that step yet and I am not sure if it's just my familiarity with Outlook (I've used some iteration of it since 1997) or just an uneasiness of combining personal use applications for corporate work.

Anyone facing the same dilemmas as I am?

Originally Posted by latony (Post 17516144)

unfortunately outlook 2011 doesn't have a way to get tripit in the calendar. Anyone know how to do this?

Originally Posted by GadgetFreak (Post 17516401)

I gave up and sync my Outlook with iCal on my macs and then subscribe to Tripit with the Mac Calendar. That way it is all in iCal on my macs and iPhone.

Originally Posted by cagalindo (Post 17129547)

WORST comes to WORST...

You can set up Bootcamp and install Windows on your Macbook...

:td::td::td:

What about using gMail and gCal? They both have offline options now, and will push to your Android phone.

Originally Posted by latony

bummer so you look at email in outlook, then ical for calendar?

Originally Posted by simonmason (Post 18165861)

I contacted Tripit tech support and they claim that adding the feed to iCal and then turning on Outlook Sync Services will do the trick. I have tried it several times and it does not work. The process seems fairly straight forward - the only part that has any user input is the Sync Services. I was hoping that the person that got this working could weigh in and let us know how he configured this.

Under Sync Services when I select Calendar on the left I see two accounts to sync with: "On My Computer" and "Exchange". I have selected both. Then beneath that I have a dropdown box "Outlook folder to add new items to" and it has two options "On My Computer / Calendar" and "Exchange / Calendar". The dropdown box appears like it can be set for each option in the window but in fact can only be set one way or the other for all items (poor interface design!). I have tried setting it both ways and it makes no difference.

Bottom line - I get Outlook items synchronized with iCal. But the calendar feed never shows up in Outlook in any calendar.

Anyone got this working?