Sample TripIt Presentation
The process of planning for our forthcoming round-the-world trip was not an easy one, since there were very many different issues that we needed to put into place to have a plan that would work and meet our needs.
We used a fantastic tool called TripIt (to be found at http://tripit.com) as an integral part of the planning process that we have used for the trip.
There is an earlier post about TripIt, and we decided to really give it a good workout while piecing together our itinerary.
Among the issues that we had to deal with were:
- finding a suitable cruise to take us across the Atlantic Ocean from the Americas into Europe
- linking in air travel options between Australia and the departure port for the cruise
- Arranging suitable activities through Europe following the disembarkation from our cruise ship.
- Linking all of this in to a fixed date of departure from Europe back home.
The final itinerary that we have developed with the assistance of the TripIt planning engine is:
- Flights from Melbourne to LA and then from LA to Miami
- 6 days in Miami
- Board Liberty Of The Seas for transatlantic crossing from Miami to Barcelona
- Sightseeing in Barcelona, then Elipsos night train to Milan (Gran Classe)
- Wake up in Milan, then travel by rail to Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Explore Ljubljana then board train to Belgrade, Serbia
- Explore Belgrade then travel to Budapest, Hungary
- Budapest to Brastislava
- Bratislava to Prague, with lunch in Vienna
- Prague to Berlin
- Berlin to Mainz
- Day river cruise from Mainz to Bonn, thence rail to Dusseldorf
- Fly from Dusseldorf across the channel to London
- Board flight from Heathrow to Singapore
- Spend a couple of nights in Singapore warming up from the European climate
- Back home to Australia
During the coming days and weeks, we’ll be keeping this travelogue up to date with summaries of the adventures and observations that we make during this trip.
When we plan our travels properly we are less likely to be like Alice, who after asking the Cheshire cat which way she should go was bluntly told that if she didn’t know where she wanted to get to, then the direction she decided to travel didn’t much matter.