Alternative to TripIt = TripWaffle

[Tooner]

Or if there's another TripWaffle user nearby to either join/avoid..

A bit like Wayz?

 

[kookaburra75]

G'day there,

Email import always requires a specific flight number to work, so...
I've changed the FR24 importer to accept number-less flights (so long as date + origin + destination are present). Please give it a shot and let me know if any issues.

As part of all this, realised that the expert stats rely upon flights with a number specified. So this requirement has now also been relaxed.

Brilliant - that works ok. It's brought in a few test imports. Now to go back through my flights to the 1970s. It will be interesting to see how some of the old airline codes go, e.g. British Caledonia, Macroberson Miller Airways etc, but that's fine.

 

[tripwaffle]

Minor update, but I know a few of you have been after something like this... you can now upload your own images for custom trip photos (edit/pencil button in the trip footer)...

 

[Timsboot]

Just downloaded and imported 345 trips from Tripit. Excited to try.

First thing I notice, I cant see the "others upcoming trips" I was tracking (and sometimes editing" in Tripit.

Do I need to add those through a different import mechanism or is this feature not in Waffle?

 

[tripwaffle]

Just downloaded and imported 345 trips from Tripit. Excited to try.

First thing I notice, I cant see the "others upcoming trips" I was tracking (and sometimes editing" in Tripit.

Do I need to add those through a different import mechanism or is this feature not in Waffle?

Hi there, we don't currently import shared trips from tripit. Happy to look into it though if you have a bunch of them, otherwise you can always send them individually via the copy+paste method.

 

[ayebee]

Hi @tripwaffle
I decided to try the app for a trip coming up.
To get started I forwarded 2 emails, one for flights and another for a rental car.
It uploaded easily, but a question from initial reaction ....
The rental car now shows as an item for every day of the 3 week period, which seems redundant and clutters the content.
Is there an option to simply show the collection and return events?

 

[tripwaffle]

Hi @tripwaffle
I decided to try the app for a trip coming up.
To get started I forwarded 2 emails, one for flights and another for a rental car.
It uploaded easily, but a question from initial reaction ....
The rental car now shows as an item for every day of the 3 week period, which seems redundant and clutters the content.
Is there an option to simply show the collection and return events?

Hi @ayebee
Thanks for giving us a crack.
Item on each day is indeed an intentional design decision, with the same display logic applying to hotels and cruises for instance.
I can see why that might not be everyone's cup of tea though, so we've now added a toggle in "Settings > Display" to optionally hide those middle-day events.



Should point out, that the downside is you'll lose some of the auto-transport times/distances...

 

[ayebee]

Hi @ayebee
Thanks for giving us a crack.
Item on each day is indeed an intentional design decision, with the same display logic applying to hotels and cruises for instance.
I can see why that might not be everyone's cup of tea though, so we've now added a toggle in "Settings > Display" to optionally hide those middle-day events.

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Should point out, that the downside is you'll lose some of the auto-transport times/distances...

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Thanks for the quick response, and the added flexibility.
I can understand there are trade offs.
The drive distances / times are now showing when there is a change of place / accommodation, which will apply for the main driving days. That seems a good compromise to me.

 

[Myrna]

We are about to embark on a 5 weeks trip. Received an email from tripwaffle with pre-trip info and suggestions . Have printed out the handy summary of the trip.

A question. We bought the Eurail Pass and will take trains in France and Switzerland. For trains to / from France and within France we were required to book seats (extra fees). We forwarded the emails to tripwaffle and train trips showed. Similarly, for scenic trains within Switzerland we were required to book seats (extra fees), we forwarded the emails to tripwaffle and train trips showed. However, for other Swiss train trips we were not required to pay for seats, is there a way of showing these on tripwaffle - manually? We have selected trains on the Rail Planner app, as well as the SBB mobile app, and only activate them on the day before we board the trains.

 

[tripwaffle]

We are about to embark on a 5 weeks trip. Received an email from tripwaffle with pre-trip info and suggestions . Have printed out the handy summary of the trip.

A question. We bought the Eurail Pass and will take trains in France and Switzerland. For trains to / from France and within France we were required to book seats (extra fees). We forwarded the emails to tripwaffle and train trips showed. Similarly, for scenic trains within Switzerland we were required to book seats (extra fees), we forwarded the emails to tripwaffle and train trips showed. However, for other Swiss train trips we were not required to pay for seats, is there a way of showing these on tripwaffle - manually? We have selected trains on the Rail Planner app, as well as the SBB mobile app, and only activate them on the day before we board the trains.

I'd try taking a screenshot of your train trip and emailing that through- hoping it contains the details of start and end locations plus times.

Otherwise, you can always manually add events to your trip via the + button at the bottom of the trip. In this case Add > Transport (then select "Train" from the dropdown)

 

[Myrna]

I'd try taking a screenshot of your train trip and emailing that through- hoping it contains the details of start and end locations plus times.

Otherwise, you can always manually add events to your trip via the + button at the bottom of the trip. In this case Add > Transport (then select "Train" from the dropdown)

Thanks for the speedy reply. I will do the manual method now.

 

[Spamam]

I imported my trips from TripIt. I’ve noticed that qf12 is missing a gate number. Loved it that an Alaska airlines gate change from SEA d gates to n gates was sent as a notification when no one else did.

 

[tripwaffle]

I imported my trips from TripIt. I’ve noticed that qf12 is missing a gate number. Loved it that an Alaska airlines gate change from SEA d gates to n gates was sent as a notification when no one else did.

Thank you for the validation! Just looked at our data sources for QF12 and nothing is reporting a gate yet. Even looking up that flight on the Qantas website directly shows no gate yet. In this case, not much we can do unfortunately.

Edit: the system will continue to monitor the flight for changes/updates in the background though of course

 

[RooFlyer]

I can see why that might not be everyone's cup of tea though, so we've now added a toggle in "Settings > Display" to optionally hide those middle-day events.

That's a good change for me, too, esp for cruises and hire cars. For planning, I'll leave them in every day, but when on the trip, hide them.

 

[tripwaffle]

I imported my trips from TripIt. I’ve noticed that qf12 is missing a gate number. Loved it that an Alaska airlines gate change from SEA d gates to n gates was sent as a notification when no one else did.

And looks like the gate just got assigned: 150 at around 25mins prior to departure.

 

[Spamam]

And looks like the gate just got assigned: 150 at around 25mins prior to departure.

Qantas App and LaX site had it but I have no idea how you pull those sources.