Could not find a compare on the two services. I have used Worldmate for a couple years now and have been happy with it. I am coming up on my renewal. Today I use a BB but will also have an Android phone in the next 6 months. Any advice on which service is better or has more feature?

For your BB try Blackberry Travel, it is basically Worldmate but redesigned, looks good and is free from Blackberry and it includes many of the features that had to be paid for with Worldmate.


http://us.blackberry.com/smartphones...ry_travel.jsp?

Neither are perfect. I have used both and have both on my iPhone. I get TripIt free through my AMEX Platinum card and already had Worldmate Gold. TripIt is better at trip management and I like the feature to automatically add items. Worldmate has better tools for searching for flights and little things like a currency converter. I'm letting TripIt manage all of my travel right now but if I had to pick just one I'd probably go with Worldmate due to the extra features. I think both of them are quite good though.

Try tripcase. It works quite good.

I used Worldmate for years but now use TripIt (and upgraded to Pro).

Liked both but overall, I am happier with TripIt. Just prefer pricing and interface, etc.

from my experience platform matters. on bb Worldmate - much cleaner interface, on android tripit as there is no WM pro on droid so no embedded alternate flight search which tripit pro has(although I wish tripit would make the default alt flight search all day - for some reason they think the only alt flight I would be interested in is later than scheduled - in fact, most of the time I am looking to move earlier as my reservations tend to have "safety time" built in).

tripit server side on all platforms better on auto import and also publishing iCal feed (great for gmail trip calendar). one thing that drove me batty with TripIt was it's insane desire to add gazillions of entries to the schedule (map to hotel, check out times - which it makes up...) Someone on FT mentioned how to turn it off and that makes it much better - my preference is just transportation and housing on the agenda for travel. keep it clean so I don't have to hunt for what I want.

Right now I have both on my Droid Incredible but TripIt is my go to.

Long time WM user. BUT, I am getting a Windows 8 phone next week & am considering switching to Trip It (My Trips paid app) & am VERY curious if anyone has done an apples to apples comparision as yet???

Four of the last five items I forwarded to Tripit could not be read even though all were supposed to be supported. Three of them were Hilton Hotels which are not exactly obscure properties.

Switched to kayak trips.

Cheers

I like TripIt for the functionality with pro that allows me to track my FF points and also the texts I get overseas letting me know about delays, gate changes etc.

I don't really like the mobile interface, but I use FlightTrack Pro to sync my flights with TripIt. I found FlightTrack to have a much nicer interface so between those two on my iPhone I'm set!

Hi all,
New to this particular forum. In one way or another, I've basically been a Worldmate User for many years, and I include the 7 years or so I was a BB owner and used BB Travel since they are essentially the same. Flight monitoring was important to me and comparing apples to apples across all three, I was mildly disappointed I had to upgrade to WM Gold to get that monitoring (since it was free on BB Travel).

I tried TripIt, but saw no value whatsoever in paying a larger monthly fee for that service when WM was much less expensive and found the interface easy.

All that said, however, I think I'm looking for a new app. As much as I like convenience, I also value security. For those of use using these apps/services (TripIt, Worldmate, Tripcase, BB Travel, etc.) we send emails to an email address that contain name, confirmation codes, dates, etc. Who at these organizations see's this information? What would happen if their system was hacked or some disgruntled employee wanted to 'take down' their former employer by stealing information or causing disruption by canceling trips submitted through their in box?

I have similar concerns with AwardWallet, so I don't use that, either. I mean really - giving my passwords to someone else for all my travel accounts? Am I the only one to see the gaping security hole in that? (No snark intended or implied, just really wondering why folks would do that?)

As such, do any of you know of an app that can take my confirmation info directly from my inbox (without going through another remote or third party inbox) to populate the info? I like the idea of having air, hotel, car reservations all together, but don't feel like sharing that info with a remote inbox and the people who may have access to it. Sound fair?

Does such an app exist (the idea of manually populating any of those mentioned above, notwithstanding)?

@pdxasflyer - TripIt has can access the Google API to get your confirmations from Gmail automatically. You don't provide TripIt with your password for Google; rather, you use the Google single-sign-on function. You basically, connect the TripIt web-app to your Google account. You have full control from Google to disconnect it anytime.

I have all my flight, train, hotel, car, limo reservation confirmations go directly to my Gmail account,and TripIt automatically adds them to new or existing trips. I love TripIt, with a couple of exceptions. My only problem with it is adding recurring meetings on a trip. But, it works great all other times.

For everyone else, the Pro version is very much worth the $50 a year. However, I don't recommend you purchase the subscription through Google Play, if you are on Android. Go to the TripIt website and purchase the annual subscription there, then use the TripIt free app from the Play Store. When you sign it to your TripIt account, it will see that you are a Pro member and turn on those features.

Does Worldmate have any of the freebies that Tripit Pro offers?
Hertz Gold has served me well.

To what freebies in particular are you referring to relative to TripIt Pro? Are you thinking of the things you pay for with TripIt Pro that Worldmate offers for free?

WorldMate has all of the same functionality as TripIt, with a couple of minor exceptions: Points tracking and seat alerts. For seat alerts, I get that with ExpertFlyer and Points Tracking I prefer to handle on my own.

I have spent the last month (because it's been a particular heavy month of travel for me) and I've been testing TripIt Pro and Worldmate side by side. I also have FlightTrack Pro as well. I've found that Worldmate still wins. I was notified of gate changes, schedule changes and check-in ability faster with Worldmate (and FlightTrack Pro, for that matter) than TripIt Pro. TripIt Pro did provide me with the email stating my trip was starting soon, though I've never found great benefit with that notifier.

I have also found that fundamentally, Worldmate displays - or even captures from confirmation emails - more information than TripIt Pro does.

It could be that I'm used to the interface with Worldmate, but it seems both simpler and easier to navigate and TripIt Pro a bit 'busier' which adds confusion. Still, I paid $9.99 for Worldmate Gold as a one-time fee, basically for the app. TripIt Pro is $50 every year.

And, I can book hotels and limos and have a great, live currency converter built into Worldmate.

YMMV, but I'm sticking with Worldmate.

I was referring to the Hertz Gold and Regus memberships. For me, this offsets the $50 for Tripit Pro, but I wonder if I could get these some other way and save $$ using Worldmate.
I'll check WM out. Thanks for the info.

A few years ago, I tested WorldMate and TripIt side by side, and I found that WorldMate choked on several itineraries that TripIt handled just fine. Having to repeatedly enter itineraries manually in WorldMate turned me off quite quickly to it. Based on that, I went with TripIt.

But time marches on; perhaps it's time to give WorldMate another try.