Travel Planner Guide: Tripsy

I’ve been using these app for a few years now and the updates and feature improvements during that time have been outstanding. Some of the best features of this app is that it is cross-platform (iPhone, iPad, Mac) and you can share trips with friends and families. Highly recommend!

6 star if lifetime could be less expensive.

I have tried nearly every trip planning software out there and Tripsy is without question the best there is, at least for me. The interface is clean and uncluttered, but still manages to be refined, effective it’s the most beautiful travel app I’ve ever found. Most needed functions have been provided, though there is still room for improvement. All in all, I give it 5 stars without hesitation, but I would love to see the following items eventually addressed by the developers: 1. Native support in Android. I don’t use Android (all Apple ecosystem) but many of the friends I travel with do. It would be nice if they had access through something other than the browser. 2. I wish I could adjust the width of the information pane in MacOS. For now you can widen the window, but it only enlarges the background map, not the embedded data window. 3. I’d love an enhancement of the expenses module allowing me to keep track of paid expenses versus unpaid ones. Also would love to be able to quickly split expenses with other travelers in my party. Having a reminder system to tell you when certain expenses are coming due would greatly help trip planning. 4. When inputting a cruise itinerary, Tripsy is smart enough to parse out all the ports of call into routes, indicating trips from one port to another, but doesn’t add anything into the itinerary list showing arrival times, only departing times. I had to create a custom category and manually input all of the arrival times. 5. Only one note can be added to any activity. All the notes regarding that activity have to be included in that single file. I would prefer to be able to attach multiple notes with individual titles in order to more quickly find the information I need when I need it, much the same way you can add other files and links. 6. Speaking of links, it would be nice to be able to title them. I love the ability to attach links directly into the activity page, but it is sometimes hard to find the one you want if you have a lengthy list of them. Having the ability to control the name of the link, apply an icon, or add a subtitle would be very helpful. 7. Having the ability to embed checklists would be a welcome feature that is currently missing. 8. Tripsy doesn’t handle split days at the same lodging very well. You will be able to add the first one from the search window. Any subsequent visits to that lodging within the same trip have to be added manually if they are not directly adjacent days. It’s not a frequent circumstance but it’s cumbersome when it happens. 9. Being able to quickly see what flights, lodging or activities still require booking or payment without having to click into them would be a lifesaver for planning. 10. Since Tripsy promotes the idea that it is as much a log of your journeys as it is a planner for them, it would be nice if photos from the trip were differentiated from the rest of the attached files, maybe a trip album separate from the documents file folder. It would also be nice to be able to edit the dates, right now they get entered as the day the photograph was attached, not the day it was taken. I know it sounds like I have a bunch of complaints, but I don’t take this kind of time to give suggestions on software I dislike. It is only my enthusiasm for this app that inspired me to write this review. Given the unparalleled quality already evident in the app, I have little doubt its only a matter of time until the above listed improvements will be addressed, probably in much better ways than I imagined.

I have tried nearly every trip planning software out there and Tripsy is without question the best there is, at least for me. The interface is clean and uncluttered, but still manages to be refined, effective its the most beautiful travel app I’ve ever found. Most needed functions have been provided, though there is still room for improvement. All in all, I give it 5 stars without hesitation, but I would love to see the following items eventually addressed by the developers: 1. Native support in Android. I don’t use Android (all Apple ecosystem) but many of the friends I travel with do. It would be nice if they had access through something other than the browser. 2. I wish I could adjust the width of the information pane in MacOS. For now you can widen the window, but it only enlarges the background map, not the embedded data window. 3. I’d love an enhancement of the expenses module allowing me to keep track of paid expenses versus unpaid ones. Also would love to be able to quickly split expenses with other travelers in my party. Having a reminder system to tell you when certain expenses are coming due would greatly help trip planning. 4. When inputting a cruise itinerary, Tripsy is smart enough to parse out all the ports of call into routes, indicating trips from one port to another, but doesn’t add anything into the itinerary list showing arrival times, only departing times. I had to create a custom category and manually input all of the arrival times. 5. Only one note can be added to any activity. All the notes regarding that activity have to be included in that single file. I would prefer to be able to attach multiple notes with individual titles in order to more quickly find the information I need when I need it, much the same way you can add other files and links. 6. Speaking of links, it would be nice to be able to title them. I love the ability to attach links directly into the activity page, but it is sometimes hard to find the one you want if you have a lengthy list of them. Having the ability to control the name of the link, apply an icon, or add a subtitle would be very helpful. 7. Having the ability to embed checklists would be a welcome feature that is currently missing. 8. Tripsy doesn’t handle split days at the same lodging very well. You will be able to add the first one from the search window. Any subsequent visits to that lodging within the same trip have to be added manually if they are not directly adjacent days. It’s not a frequent circumstance but it’s cumbersome when it happens. 9. Being able to quickly see what flights, lodging or activities still require booking or payment without having to click into them would be a lifesaver for planning. 10. Since Tripsy promotes the idea that it is as much a log of your journeys as it is a planner for them, it would be nice if photos from the trip were differentiated from the rest of the attached files, maybe a trip album separate from the documents file folder. It would also be nice to be able to edit the dates, right now they get entered as the day the photograph was attached, not the day it was taken. I know it sounds like I have a bunch of complaints, but I don’t take this kind of time to give suggestions on software I dislike. It is only my enthusiasm for this app that inspired me to write this review. Given the unparalleled quality already evident in the app, I have little doubt its only a matter of time until the above listed improvements will be addressed, probably in much better ways than I imagined.

Nice interface but if you choose not to pay a subscription fee you will be punished by being forced to look at the locked features you can’t use. Deleted it.

Just trying it out. Looks like there’s no support for generating hard copy of itineraries. Paper never needs batteries LOL.

The iphone app is not syncing with my partner that shared a trip with me. The ipad app isnt showing that we added a new trip at all. I tried signing out and signing back in, and the app just gives me the spinning wheel and then resets to asking me to log in again. Useless.

This is the best app in its class and should be 5 stars. I spent all evening planning a trip and when I tried to login the next morning nothing worked. I can’t access my account or even make a new one.

Can’t make an itinerary without dates selected. I don’t have specific dates yet but I’d like to still make a M-S itinerary to help plan. Great for future trip planning too.

Not a fan