Comments on: TripIt Adds Calendar Sync, Travel Confirmations http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/ Startup and Technology News Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:11:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Useful Websites of the Day 12.06.07 « Useful Websites http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1835733 Useful Websites of the Day 12.06.07 « Useful Websites Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:41:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1835733 [...] Organize Your Trips with Ease — Much easier ways to book your next trip [...] [...] Organize Your Trips with Ease — Much easier ways to book your next trip [...]

]]> By: CalendarReview http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1817501 CalendarReview Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:34:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1817501 <strong>TripIt Adds Calendar Sync...</strong> Online travel organization startup TripIt will today release some new features that aim to further simplify booking travel online. TripIt now syncs itineraries with any personal calendar that supports iCal, including Google Calendar, Outlook 2007, Plax... TripIt Adds Calendar Sync…

Online travel organization startup TripIt will today release some new features that aim to further simplify booking travel online. TripIt now syncs itineraries with any personal calendar that supports iCal, including Google Calendar, Outlook 2007, Plax…

]]> By: Duncan Riley http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1816320 Duncan Riley Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:44:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1816320 Sorry about the title, there was one there when I preposted it prior to going to bed, I blame Matt Mullenweg and WP for it all ;-) Sorry about the title, there was one there when I preposted it prior to going to bed, I blame Matt Mullenweg and WP for it all ;-)

]]> By: Gregg Brockway http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1815562 Gregg Brockway Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:47:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1815562 Great to see the energy here as always! @5, 18 & 21, the unique thing we are doing at TripIt with this release is to eliminate another step from the tedious process of managing your travel information. Now, by simply emailing your purchase confirmation to plans [at] tripit.com, your travel details automatically show up in your calendar. We've built a pipe for travel info from your Inbox to your Calendar. No more cut & paste. This may be "obvious", but there isn't anyone doing this today. @9 & 12, I really like your ideas. The point of today's announcement isn't to say "we're done". Calendar synch has been one of the most requested features and we're just trying to keep people up to speed with our progress. As you can imagine, you will be seeing a lot more from us as we continue to evolve the service. We love feedback, so please keep it coming! Gregg Brockway president & co-founder TripIt, Inc. "organize your travel" Great to see the energy here as always!

@5, 18 & 21, the unique thing we are doing at TripIt with this release is to eliminate another step from the tedious process of managing your travel information. Now, by simply emailing your purchase confirmation to plans [at] tripit.com, your travel details automatically show up in your calendar. We’ve built a pipe for travel info from your Inbox to your Calendar. No more cut & paste. This may be “obvious”, but there isn’t anyone doing this today.

@9 & 12, I really like your ideas. The point of today’s announcement isn’t to say “we’re done”. Calendar synch has been one of the most requested features and we’re just trying to keep people up to speed with our progress. As you can imagine, you will be seeing a lot more from us as we continue to evolve the service.

We love feedback, so please keep it coming!

Gregg Brockway
president & co-founder
TripIt, Inc.
“organize your travel”

]]> By: Bill http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1815472 Bill Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:07:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1815472 A company has been doing this for years and I think they work with a lot of the large travel and reservation booking services already - Infotriever.com. And they sync up with a lot of calendar systems. A company has been doing this for years and I think they work with a lot of the large travel and reservation booking services already - Infotriever.com. And they sync up with a lot of calendar systems.

]]> By: The Hater http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1815077 The Hater Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:17:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1815077 @14, 16: Actually, Pittsburgh totally rules. You're just exposing your laughably obvious ignorance with your post. Fatheads, Southside. @14, 16: Actually, Pittsburgh totally rules. You’re just exposing your laughably obvious ignorance with your post.

Fatheads, Southside.

]]> By: Tom http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1815024 Tom Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:57:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1815024 Is it possible for you guys to report on a website that isn't obvious and took more then a week to build? Is it possible for you guys to report on a website that isn’t obvious and took more then a week to build?

]]> By: zizi http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814966 zizi Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:30:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814966 HAHAHAHA!! I added this feature to my Ning account in less than 5 minutes, now my whole network is synced to one calendar, why dont you write about me!!?? go to your google calendar and copy the code and paste it on any site!! i dont get whats so amazing? so they copied and pasted the google calendar into their site, and? HAHAHAHA!! I added this feature to my Ning account in less than 5 minutes, now my whole network is synced to one calendar, why dont you write about me!!??
go to your google calendar and copy the code and paste it on any site!!
i dont get whats so amazing? so they copied and pasted the google calendar into their site, and?

]]> By: Travel Clips http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814862 Travel Clips Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:55:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814862 I can see this being useful for business professionals with lots of stops on their itinerary, but not as useful for leisure travelers. I can see this being useful for business professionals with lots of stops on their itinerary, but not as useful for leisure travelers.

]]> By: Automatt http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814812 Automatt Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:27:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814812 All the hotels in Buffalo were booked, you see. All the hotels in Buffalo were booked, you see.

]]> By: Jonathan Dingman http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814807 Jonathan Dingman Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:25:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814807 Hmmm think you forgot a title there :) woops, Charles beat me to it there... Hmmm think you forgot a title there :)

woops, Charles beat me to it there…

]]> By: james shamenski http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814792 james shamenski Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:19:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814792 braahhahhhaah Holiday in Pittsburgh! Funniest thing ever on this site. braahhahhhaah
Holiday in Pittsburgh!
Funniest thing ever on this site.

]]> By: charles http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814780 charles Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:15:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814780 haha duncan you forgot the title, but hey thanks for the post this may be a great bookmark for me. haha duncan you forgot the title, but hey thanks for the post this may be a great bookmark for me.

]]> By: jb http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814760 jb Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:07:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814760 there is a huge opportunity in this space because the pain for middle management, sales organizations, and smbs is very real. i would invest like a shot if i found something that really worked. but the really valuable piece is not integration (though that's a start), it's automation and optimization. there is a huge opportunity in this space because the pain for middle management, sales organizations, and smbs is very real.

i would invest like a shot if i found something that really worked.

but the really valuable piece is not integration (though that’s a start), it’s automation and optimization.

]]> By: Jason http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814750 Jason Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:02:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814750 Darren the formatting keeps changing everytime I refresh the page. Someone is editing. Darren the formatting keeps changing everytime I refresh the page. Someone is editing.

]]> By: Darren Stuart http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814745 Darren Stuart Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:00:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814745 is it me or is there no title to this post? is it me or is there no title to this post?

]]> By: Juan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814710 Juan Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:40:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814710 With such a powerful technology to digest all those complex confirmation emails, you would expect a lot more value from TripIt. It is handy to have all your itinerary details in a single place, but if they know that I'll be staying at a certain hotel for 3 nights and haven't made reservations for dinner, a quick email with the top 3 restaurants in the area would save a few from staying in. Or make the phone number of the local taxi company part of my itinerary so I don't struggle to move around in an unknown city. The Travel Guide tab seems aimed at this kind of service but it remains largely a dump for useless information. And yes, I'll admit that my company is able to deliver such type of content for the Travel Guide, but I believe many people will agree that this is how TripIt can become useful while you're away and not only during the trip planning process. With such a powerful technology to digest all those complex confirmation emails, you would expect a lot more value from TripIt. It is handy to have all your itinerary details in a single place, but if they know that I’ll be staying at a certain hotel for 3 nights and haven’t made reservations for dinner, a quick email with the top 3 restaurants in the area would save a few from staying in. Or make the phone number of the local taxi company part of my itinerary so I don’t struggle to move around in an unknown city. The Travel Guide tab seems aimed at this kind of service but it remains largely a dump for useless information.

And yes, I’ll admit that my company is able to deliver such type of content for the Travel Guide, but I believe many people will agree that this is how TripIt can become useful while you’re away and not only during the trip planning process.

]]> By: Chris R. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814702 Chris R. Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:35:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814702 "TripIt also now supports travel confirmation emails from Aer Lingus, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, Tiger Airways, Virgin Blue and Avis Europe, as well as rail providers Amtrak, Eurostar, GNER, UK Trainline and VIA Rail." VIA Rail totally sucks. “TripIt also now supports travel confirmation emails from Aer Lingus, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, Tiger Airways, Virgin Blue and Avis Europe, as well as rail providers Amtrak, Eurostar, GNER, UK Trainline and VIA Rail.”

VIA Rail totally sucks.

]]> By: Steve Ballmer http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814701 Steve Ballmer Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:35:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814701 Why go through all this when you can just buy your own private jet, build houses all over the world and let your assistants take care of details? Why go through all this when you can just buy your own private jet, build houses all over the world and let your assistants take care of details?

]]> By: Rich http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814687 Rich Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:29:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814687 I think this is a highly useful site/app. I can forward on an email confirmation of a 7 city airline ticket and TripIt parses it all correctly, and creates a calendar. I sync my calendar with TripIt and all my travel info is ready to go, from one source, all automatically. Trips might not be hard to figure out if you do them once a month and you always go to the same place and stay at the same hotel and rent the same car. If you do them regularly and if they're complicated, this is a great way to go. I think this is a highly useful site/app. I can forward on an email confirmation of a 7 city airline ticket and TripIt parses it all correctly, and creates a calendar. I sync my calendar with TripIt and all my travel info is ready to go, from one source, all automatically. Trips might not be hard to figure out if you do them once a month and you always go to the same place and stay at the same hotel and rent the same car. If you do them regularly and if they’re complicated, this is a great way to go.

]]> By: Chris R. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814684 Chris R. Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:28:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814684 Don't most booking sites already have similar features? Don’t most booking sites already have similar features?

]]> By: Allen Stern http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814680 Allen Stern Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:26:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814680 I think Triple A (AAA) should acquire this service. I think Triple A (AAA) should acquire this service.

]]> By: Jason http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814674 Jason Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:23:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814674 fahrenheit and celcius - lewl. fahrenheit and celcius - lewl.

]]> By: damon http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814664 damon Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:18:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814664 fahrenheit and celsius, now that is a feature worth highlighting a TC post ! fahrenheit and celsius, now that is a feature worth highlighting a TC post !

]]> By: Ed http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814637 Ed Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:01:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/11834/#comment-1814637 For real? This sounds useful, maybe for lazy people. I don't think trips are that hard to figure out. For real? This sounds useful, maybe for lazy people. I don’t think trips are that hard to figure out.

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