Wanderlog is the best option I’ve found for this :) you can mark destinations and write notes as well as make to-do lists and add flights/hotels etc

Excel, or some other spreadsheet.

Google Maps or Wanderlog, or both. Any time I hear someone talk about XYZ cool place or restaurant anywhere on earth, I give it a "want to go" tag on Google Maps.

You can also make lists and save locations in Google maps. I use it for keeping track of restaurants and other places I want to go.

Holicay .com lets you save the plan but its not a mobile App. I found them at a travel fair and they are a bunch of young folks building this because apparently they ended up spending more when they planned the trip themselves lol. But yes wanderlog checks all the boxes, normally i use notion/ gmaps but when i get lazy i talk to someone from holicay and someone curates the itinerary for me

OneNote. Screenshots of reservations, directions to places, lists of things to do, calendar to keep track of activities, links to tours, places, etc… accessible with no internet (as long as you sync prior), portable (on phone or tablet).

i tried wanderlog and tripit pro and chose tripit pro, because the interface was more intuitive to me. it's been a couple of years since i've done a multi country, multi month trip requiring this level of organisation. but it worked well for me then.

I don’t know about organizing but for tours I use Viator. Incredible app.

Tripit.

Every single time.

Thank you. I guess it’s more of convenience that’s all

Wanderlog is really good for creating itineraries, collecting reservations, keeping track of expenses.

I use an app called get my guide It's great for booking tickets, discounts and let's me know what is in the local area

Google Sheets

Rows are : Date; activity for morning, day, evening; Sleeping location.

Each column is a day in the trip, and underneath each day I have notes, flight numbers, booking codes, etc

New workbook tab for packing list and expense tracking

Tripit, forward reservations vis email.

I freeball it

Google maps - I set up a list for every trip and star all the relevant and must visit places such as hotels/attractions/food before I leave. I find Google reviews are far more reliable than TripAdvisor. It's also great for downloading offline maps.

Google translate - likewise, download the language of the country to use offline

Citymapper - best for navigating public transport in cities. It's what I use in London and I'd also recommend it for other European capitals, Tokyo, Singapore, New York etc

Uber/Free now/Grab - I have all 3 of these taxi apps and find they cover me almost anywhere in the world. Grab for Asia, Free now for Europe and Uber for USA/most other places. Download them before you go so you can verify your phone number and set up an account whilst you have data at home.

XE - for currency conversion. I always try to learn the conversion rate but this is good for quick checking you are not being ripped off.

Get your Guide - great for attraction tickets and tours. I've had really good success using them. All tickets are stored on your phone and they have really good refund rates so you can buy ahead and change your mind later.

Booking.com - I prefer to book through third parties if I'm on a trip with multiple reservations as this allows me to keep them all in one place, check details easily and pay in my home currency. Personal preference I've had the best experience with booking.com and find their app the cleanest.

NHS app - UK only, but this has my vaccine passport on it and has been accepted everywhere I've been this year. Highly recommend keeping a version of yours on an app.

I always used maps.me as a navigation app on my travels. It’s openstreet sourced so it has a lot of trails and paths on there too. I usually do my research online and just drop pins on the map.

Tripit, Airline app, Lounge app, Google Translate, Google Maps downloaded with key places saved, TravelSpend for expenses, Airbnb, Xe for exchange rates, Citymapper, Atlas Obscura, transpo apps like Uber, Bitaksi, ParisMetro, etc.

Visit A City is my favorite for planning. It suggests plans for the number of days you have in that city, sights, info, tours... Everything is neatly organized, all in 1 app.

Citymapper is superior to Google maps in several ways. It tends to have more up to date and real time information on things like delays, closures and strikes, it gives better combined routes with bus/train/walking/cycling, it has more options for different types of journeys such as fastest Vs quietest, step free etc and, perhaps most importantly, it gives prices for all the different options so you can work out the most cost efficient (in London it will show you never to use the Heathrow express as several other option are just as fast and less than a quarter of the price!)

Tripit is probably one of my favorite apps I've ever used. I also really like Layover and Mapsme.

TripIt is brilliant for keeping all your travel info in one spot. I also find TripAdvisor useful.

I really like Maps.me for the cities, so I'll echo this. I tend to switch to OsmAnd when hiking or biking (https://osmand.net/). I find it has better trail descriptions, especially internationally.

A vital app when traveling.

TravelMoney is a good one i have used for years. Good if you travel with others too and share costs it will show who owes. It handles multiple currencies

I really liked using Moovit while traveling in Europe. It’s an app that helps you navigate public transportation in real time. Type in your starting location and destination as well as either your preferred time of departure or arrival and the app will show you multiple public transportation routes available to reach your destination in time.

It uses realtime GPS to show you where busses are and if they’re running late. When you’re on a bus the app will alert you that your stop is the next stop so you don’t have to keep your eyes glued to your phone, counting bus stops, worried that you missed your stop or got off one stop too early.

I personally used the app to get around in Italy, Germany, and France.

Btw get these apps too:

- Polarsteps: My n1 app. I track my trips in there as a diary. Amazing photoalbums for a great price (300 pages for 75€)

- Google translate: Download the languages up front so you are not without them when needed.

- Skyscanner: For cheap flights.

- Currency: So you can quickly check prices and rates in your own valuta compared to the country where you are.

- Grab (Uber in Asia. They actually bought Uber out so they are the only company) Supercheap and pretty reliable. Used it in Vietnam/Indonesia.

- Booking.com : Site to book hotels and stuff.

- Agoda: Site to book hotels and stuff. Different version of Booking.com. More expensive in EU but less in Asia.

It can be used offline mainly. But I think Google maps has added that functionality now.

I still prefer maps.me while travelling though. It can even find routes when you're offline. You just remember to download the area before leaving WiFi range

Rome2Rio for planning transportation -- eg. how do I get from place A to place B. It then gives multiple transportation options with estimated costs and timing information. In some places, you can link through the app to book tickets (such as rail).

I use wandernote.io, which suggests the plan and let's you sync it to your google calendar. no new app to download

TripIt has been pretty useful

For stays, Airbnb For itinerary, Reddit :)

Chatgpt 🤣🙌🏽

Created TripStep from my needs
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/travel-itinerary-app-tripstep/id6745501860
it's free

Have come across a new version Google Trips inside the Google app (iOS)

Not sure how to link to it, but I Google searched “trips” and clicked the link to “Upcoming Trips”

fr RIP. My current fav travel app is Layover.

• Occasionally The Points Guy for deals/inspiration.
• I love wikitravel and use it the most out of anything.
• Lately I've been using weatherspark for weather forecasting.
• Offline guide books, my personal preference is Lonely Planet.
• For Itineraries I just end up making an excel spreadsheet. I like TripIt and have used it for years but have had issues where it can't parse the information from the reservation/booking emails properly. I'll also have a written itinerary just in case.

Yup, love Wikitravel! So helpful at just understanding the ins and the outs of most places. Sometimes info is dated but for me it's never been to a problematic degree...if it is really consequential stuff like bus/ferry/train timetables, I also double-check somewhere else.

Rome2Rio is pretty amazing for organising getting from A to B. Gives you a list of options for getting to the destination, the potential price and stuff like that. 100% would recommend.

*Rome2Rio guys plz hire me

I like Atlas Obscura too find things to do off the beaten path, and sometimes Thrillist for some inspiration.

The more I've traveled, though, the more I've started winging it, and it always pays off. Probably not the help you're looking for, though, sorry. Hope others share some great tips with you! Good luck! :)

Skyscanner is the best. It's how I found cheap flights to Spain. From Boston

I use Wanderlog for trip planning

TripIt. I have used wanderlog and just don’t like it as much

Have offline maps - you can download specific areas in Google maps. More specialized for offline are maps.me, OSMand Maps.

Have your country's travel advisory app for some offline contacts at embassies.

Google translate - dowload offline translation packages for languages you might need

i use " ATM Fee saver" a lot. its shows you reliable atms near you with low fees for withdrawing money. super useful :) can recommend it

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Wanderlog. Much prefer it over trip it for the Google integrations.

Second for Wanderlog. It's stupidly easy to use. Add locations to days, drag and drop between or within days, color map pins by day, optimize route, etc.

Wanderlog is probably all you need. Does exactly what you need it to do.

I use tripit - does the job and super easy

I installed PLANKA (free opensource) on a VPS (Hetzner, 5€/month). It’s a Kanban board with boards for a calendar with our intinerary and a board for every place, where I collect hotel reservations, travel tips, opening times etc. You need credentials to access the data, but it works worldwide. Packing list goes into another board.