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Google Trips is a killer travel app for the modern tourist

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Re: Google Trips is a killer travel app for the modern tourist

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Post by eco »

Oletros wrote: post #3

Doesn't work with Google Apps accounts, fail

Does anyone have a solution for old users of Google Apps (back when it was called Google Apps For My Domain) that just want it to be like a regular Google account but keep their email address?

It's very frustrating that everything Google does may or may not work for those of us that just use Google Apps like a regular google account. I don't use any of the organization features. I don't manage a collection of users. All I wanted was a GMail account with my domain like Google originally offered. I feel like a second class citizen in Google's ecosystem because of my Google Apps account.

I'm not even sure what would happen if I tried switch this account to a regular Google account. Google used to (and maybe they still do) allow you to use any email address for your google account but if you wanted to use GMail you needed an @gmail.com address. If I bit the bullet and switched to a @gmail.com account could I keep my data and Play store purchases? I'm guessing the answer to that is "no" so not only would I have to lose my email address, I might have to repurchase quite a bit. Can you import all of your data from one account to another using Takeout?

My dream is that Google will offer a "Make this a regular Google account" button. I don't want to change the email address I've used for 15 years just because Google pulled the rug out from under me after getting me to switch to Google apps.

Re: Google Trips is a killer travel app for the modern tourist

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Post by ddeck »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #11
sp332 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use the "pin" feature for all my travel information. It's not a complete fix, but it does cut down on the scrolling a lot!

One annoying issue I had is that even though Google Now properly identified my air travel ticket and even displayed a notification with my boarding pass QR code, the way Inbox bundles messages made it extremely hard to find that QR code. For some reason it decided to show me everything else but the contents of the actual e-mail. I'm generally happy about Inbox/Google Now features, but this one was a small annoyance i…

>but this one was a small annoyance in my trip this month

There are others. Unfortunately (for the airlines I use at least) there's no way for Google Now to know that a re-booked flight is not a new flight. I routinely need to change flight dates/times several times, but still get Google Now notifications for the original flights.

I've had mild panic attacks on several occasions when I saw the "you need to have left for the airport two hours ago to get to your flight on time" popup.

Re: Google Trips is a killer travel app for the modern tourist

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Post by prteja11 »

SEJeff wrote: post #18
JOnAgain wrote: post #8

I've been using Tripit for years to keep track of my travel plans. Then I use TripAdvisor for figuring out what to do in places I"m visiting. Not seeing anything really interesting here, other than it being in one place. But judging by Google Reviews on maps which are significantly worse than Yelp reviews, I doubt their travel advice will be remotely close to TripAdvisors'.

Tripadvisor is much better in Europe and yelp is better than Tripadvisor in the US in my limited experience.

+1 this - I have been to London recently and Tripadvisor has much more reviews about restaurants/POI than Yelp.

Re: Google Trips is a killer travel app for the modern tourist

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Post by kyrra »

eco wrote: post #21
Oletros wrote: post #3

Doesn't work with Google Apps accounts, fail

Does anyone have a solution for old users of Google Apps (back when it was called Google Apps For My Domain) that just want it to be like a regular Google account but keep their email address? It's very frustrating that everything Google does may or may not work for those of us that just use Google Apps like a regular google account. I don't use any of the organization features. I don't manage a collection of users.…

There was a feature in testing to do something like this [0]. I'm not really sure what happened to it or if it will ever be released, but it seems to be the answer to what many people want.

[0] http://bgr.com/2015/07/23/google-gmail-custom-email-address/

Re: Google Trips is a killer travel app for the modern tourist

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Post by userhacker »

jakebasile wrote: post #13
vetinari wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Features like these traditionally do not work with Google Apps accounts. Adding your hotel reservation confirmations to your calendar or notifying you of package delivery? Nope. Anything else Google Now could use? Nope. Google doesn't read you Apps account, like they do with the regular ones.

I would pay for an option to let them read it. I just want a regular schmuck's Google account with my own domain for email. Keep charging me $5/mo, get rid of the SLA, just let me use what I want to use.

as a hack, you can use a regular gmail address and forward all your emails to that address. you can also respond from a regular gmail address to your abc@yourname.com by changing the from field (you have to verify you own the email address). currently using a similar setup, custom email address but responding from a regular gmail address

Re: Google Trips is a killer travel app for the modern tourist

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Post by gregoire »

I hope they'll make a desktop web version of this app, because planning everything (what you want to see, where you want to eat, etc.) on a small screen is tedious.

For all my previous trips I have used Google My Maps [0], which is good but not great: on mobile, the places you added to your layers don't contain any Google Maps information, such as opening hours, and you even need to have data to get the name of a place you saved.

However, what's great with My Maps compared to Trips, in addition to the fact that there is a desktop web app, is that thanks to layers you can color-code the places you add to your map, so for example make all the museums pins purple, the restaurants pins blue, etc.

[0]: https://www.google.com/mymaps/

Re: Google Trips is a killer travel app for the modern tourist

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Post by simonsarris »

huangc10 wrote: post #10

Going to try this out, but like a commentator on the Verge already mentioned, they should really have released it or beta-tested earlier-mid year since a lot of people backpack / travel during the summer.

They did, privately. I've been Beta testing it since May 3rd.

Re: Google Trips is a killer travel app for the modern tourist

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Post by joeyspn »

A "Travel app" that shows so many clichés condensed in its presentation video (and to top it all, a goat in a spanish street?) hints of enormous amounts of ignorance about the destination. And even feels insulting...

I'll stick to my carrier with free voice and data roaming in UK-EU-US for reading TripAdvisor/Yelp reviews... and a normal GPS Navigator for moving around.

Also, maybe Google has missed the minor detail that in 2020 Europe will provide free wifi and 4G in all european major urban areas, and free 5G in 2025 covering all the EU... [0]

So yes, european visitors and local goats will have free connectivity in less than 4 years... Another GooglePlus-like project to the trash can, Google.

[0] http://phys.org/news/2016-09-eu-aims-deploy-5g-technology.ht...

/rant

Re: Google Trips is a killer travel app for the modern tourist

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Post by guard-of-terra »

Sounds totally like a promotional piece.

Count "It's recommended that you check opening hours before visiting." That's how you do UX these days?

Anyway, I'm pretty happy with skyscanner, maps.me, tripadvisor and booking (they have crappy UI tho, check alternatives in countries where they're viable).

Re: Google Trips is a killer travel app for the modern tourist

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Post by vetinari »

Oletros wrote: post #14
vetinari wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Features like these traditionally do not work with Google Apps accounts. Adding your hotel reservation confirmations to your calendar or notifying you of package delivery? Nope. Anything else Google Now could use? Nope. Google doesn't read you Apps account, like they do with the regular ones.

Eh, a lot of those things work with Google App accounts like Hotel Reservations, Flights or Amazon purchases

Well, it doesn't work with mine. No Amazon or eBay purchases, no flights, no parcel notifications, nothing...
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