TripIt Takes Your Travel Plans to the iPad
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The summer season in the northern hemisphere is just a month away. Soon, families will be traveling to destinations looking for that special vacation that will bring a stress-free environment and allow everyone to enjoy some time off.
However, even during vacation travel can turn out to be a nightmare and quite the stressful situation. To help organize your travel and bring additional flexibility to your upcoming schedule, TripIt has released its much awaited iPad application.
For folks like me, who are on the road quite often, the TripIt iPad app will be quite convenient. The new app allows travelers to access all their trip reservations in one place – including air, hotel, entertainment and much more. The application also gives you access to mapping features along with GPS-enabled driving directions, airport information, and even seat assignments.
If you’ve been using the TripIt iPhone version, the application will be quite familiar to you. However, exclusive to the iPad app is a master map that captures your entire trip and individual maps are provided on each page of your itinerary. TripIt is taking advantage of the larger resolution display.
Some of our readers have asked us when would TripIt release a native iPad application. TripIt certainly answered this question quite well.
TripIt users have been asking for an iPad app to access the same simple tools they rely on for smooth travels on Tripit.com and their smartphones. iPad interest level has reached new heights from one year ago when just 9 percent of TripIt users owned an iPad. New survey data reveals that more than 70 percent of TripIt users own an iPad, or plan to purchase one in the future.
*Surveys were conducted in May 2010 and April 2011 by TripIt.
Though it is quite difficult to eliminate the stress of traveling, TripIt is certainly an effective tool that can help you organize your travel information effectively on your iPad.
TripIt offers two versions of the iPad app – a free, but ad-supported version; and a paid version without advertising that will set you back $3.99.
