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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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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've had a few instances where Inbox was unable to automatically parse the email to extract the information making it somewhat useless in those cases. If there were also a way to manually enter information, that would be perfect (perhaps Google Travel does?).

I guess the developers don't travel much and never get the feedback that it's broke

Time to make some devs fly around the world in 80 days dogfooding the app, with a few chaos injections throw in.

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

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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 invited me to be part of the beta test at the beginning of summer. May 19th is when I received the email.

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

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post #28

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…

TL;DR: smugness usually works better when you actually have something relevant to say.

Yeesh, this comment is almost embarrassing. Far be it from me to educate the "well-traveled", but I suppose I'll be the one to tell you that the world is larger than the US, EU and UK: I recently spent nine months traveling around 5 continents and less than one month of that was in any of those places.

On top of that, the assertion that having data is a perfect replacement for an offline travel guide is a bizarre one. I (by choice) did all those countries without a data connection,cobbling together offline data similar to that offered by Trips that I needed whenever I found wifi. I'm not the only person I met on the road who preferred their trip to _not_ include full data access. While having a data plan is a reasonable choice as well, it's hardly a perfect replacement for the conscious choice to unplug as much as possible.

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

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I'm using it right now, and it looks like I can't share the details of my next trip with my trip mates. This is kind of a deal breaker. Anyone has the same issue?

I love the idea though, picking a 48 hours list from someone. I wanted to do a website like that years ago, called 48hoursInaCity.com or something, where you could upvote a 48hours tour of the city and choose the one you wanted.

Okay, second issue: I can't add a reservation myself. For some reason I received my plane tickets email on a different email than gmail and... I can't have them in the app now :(

Third issue: right now it just feels a bit gimmicky, I tried browsing places and it is nothing compared to Trip Advisor.

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

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post #28

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…

2020? that's like a century away in internet years.

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

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this solves only 1 part of the problem. at least based on the video, it seems like you'd need to have the hotel and places pre-selected. that's not how it usually works for me. I find having to plan a trip with all the restaurants/hotels/bars to visit beforehand incredibly painful so prefer to just choose the major cities/towns, and explore them after getting there. I also prefer the advice of locals vs tourists that visited and left reviews (because then you get stuck in most touristy places).

This approach requires research in wifi zones and talking to locals.

i think a better problem to solve would be actual suggestions that don't suck. perhaps crowd sourced from reputable users. and get all that pre-cached!

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

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post #28

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…

TL;DR: smugness usually works better when you actually have something relevant to say. Yeesh, this comment is almost embarrassing. Far be it from me to educate the "well-traveled", but I suppose I'll be the one to tell you that the world is larger than the US, EU and UK: I recently spent nine months traveling around 5 continents and less than one month of that was in any of those places. On top of that, the assertion…

Most of the stand alone apps have offline capabilities, though(maps, mail, notes, messages etc). If you planned the trip chance is that you already have all the info available offline. Nevertheless I can see how this app may prove helful but I think it's far from a killer-app because it requires manual input anyway(i.e copy hotel(s) information from email)

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

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post #34

I'm using it right now, and it looks like I can't share the details of my next trip with my trip mates. This is kind of a deal breaker. Anyone has the same issue? I love the idea though, picking a 48 hours list from someone. I wanted to do a website like that years ago, called 48hoursInaCity.com or something, where you could upvote a 48hours tour of the city and choose the one you wanted. Okay, second issue: I can't…

If you forward yourself the email with your plane tickets, trips should pick them up. But it is a huge pain if your flight, hotel, and car reservations go to different emails. The app doesn't consolidate anything, even between Gmail accounts, and switching accounts requires a restart of the app
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