TripIt alternatives
TripIt users often seek alternatives due to persistent bugs, issues with email integration, and poor customer service. Many also find the Pro features lack value outside the US or encounter problems with app stability.
Why users look for alternatives to TripIt
- Users frequently report bugs, including lost email integration, incorrect flight details, and the app crashing on Mac and mobile devices.R1R3R7R22
- Email forwarding and parsing often fail, requiring manual adjustments or leading to rejections of booking emails.R10R12R21
- Customer service is frequently criticized for being unhelpful, unresponsive, or difficult to reach.R13R30R34R49
- The app sometimes blocks access for users with VPNs, locking them out of their accounts for extended periods.R37R41R49
- Paid Pro features are seen as not worth the cost, especially outside the US, where perks like seat trackers and security times are often unavailable.R4R7R9R21
- Some users experience difficulties with account creation, sign-in issues, or problems with syncing alerts across multiple devices.R18R27R28R33
The alternatives
Expedia is a travel booking platform that helps users find deals on hotels, flights, and rental cars, often praised for its customer support and ability to find savings R58. It is used by travelers for booking various aspects of trips, including international travel R55.
Better for: Expedia suits travelers who prioritize finding deals and reliable customer support for booking flights, hotels, and rental cars R58. It is also a good option for those who travel frequently and need a platform to find savings R58.
Head-to-head: TripIt vs ExpediaBooking.com is a platform for reserving accommodations and other travel services, known for its transparency in pricing and options for free cancellation R75. Users appreciate its user-friendly interface for on-the-go bookings and its consistent reliability for hotel reservations R69R71.
Better for: Booking.com is better for users who want a straightforward, transparent booking experience for hotels, often with free cancellation options R75. It's suitable for those who value ease of use on mobile devices and have used the platform reliably for years R69.
Head-to-head: TripIt vs Booking.comTripadvisor serves as a comprehensive resource for researching and booking travel, including hotels and experiences R87. It is valued for its ability to help users plan, review, and book various aspects of their trips R91, and some users find it helpful for discovering nearby attractions and dining options R80.
Better for: Tripadvisor is ideal for travelers who want to research destinations, read reviews, and book experiences or hotels R87R91. It's useful for those who need a wide range of information to plan trips, including finding local attractions and restaurants R80.
Head-to-head: TripIt vs TripadvisorOrbitz Hotels & Flights is a booking app for hotels and flights, with some users finding good prices R104. However, it has been noted for issues like slow performance R102, glitches when trying to view hotel details R99, and difficulties with same-night bookings R101.
Better for: Orbitz Hotels & Flights might suit users primarily looking for competitive prices on hotels and flights R104 who are willing to navigate potential app performance issues R99R102.
Head-to-head: TripIt vs Orbitz Hotels & FlightsCheapOair helps users find flights, sometimes offering significantly lower prices and better layover times compared to other companies R109. Users have reported positive experiences with customer service for booking flights R113.
Better for: CheapOair is best for budget-conscious travelers specifically looking for cheaper flight tickets and potentially shorter layovers R109. It may also be suitable for those who appreciate direct customer service assistance with bookings R113.
Head-to-head: TripIt vs CheapOairYou should stick with TripIt if you primarily need a tool to consolidate all your travel reservations and itineraries in one place and value its organizational features R2. It's particularly useful if you frequently travel and need to quickly access reservation numbers without hunting through emails .
Evidence note: Orbitz Hotels & Flights and CheapOair have some mixed reviews, with a significant number of negative experiences reported.
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What reviewers actually said
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- [R1] TripIt Buggy: Consistently loosing email integration. Tells me to reestablish email sync. I see nothing in settings that allows me to do this.
- [R3] TripIt Just keeps getting worse: Every trip I plan over the past few years finds new ways for this app to get glitchier. This time I have multiple confirmation numbers for multiple legs of my trip, but getting these numbers to stick to the correct flights is impossible - any changes affect multiple or all flight information. The app won’t let me upload a screenshot of the correct numbers. And there is
- [R7] TripIt Bring back TripIt Pro: I’ve been a user of TripIt for more than 10 years and a subscriber to the Pro version for the past 3 yrs. Since major upgrades to incorporate AI into the app it simple stops working and has become very manual intensive. Would not recommend the application at this time. Give it about 6 months (Dec 26). If the application is still in use then maybe worth considering.
- [R22] TripIt Getting worse: I use the app everyday. It’s started hallucinating and adding flights that I’m not taking. Like UA4 from Inverness in 200 days? Bugs are popping up and features aren’t working, and same old bugs they haven’t fixed.
- [R10] TripIt Use Chat GPT instead: Does not import everything like it says it does. I’ve sent multiple emails and pdfs for our comprehensive itinerary to include theater and show documents and nothing. Don’t waste your money or time. It will just cause frustration prior to your trip.
- [R12] TripIt Great app but needs work: I use this app quite a bit. It helps me in all my vacation planning for all my future trips. Lately though I keep getting rejections from email flight reservations. If I just forward the booking email from an airline it will bounce back many times. I'm not sure why and sometimes I have to go in to the booking email and strip things out for it to work. It's not fool proof
- [R21] TripIt Poor email parsing: Refuses to build trip from simple email forwards. Pro sub is proving to be not a good investment.
- [R13] TripIt No customer service: I signed up for TripIt to track my itinerary for a trip. When I sent things that had to be manually uploaded, I couldn’t get them uploaded from TripIt. They kept uploading other people‘s trips to my trip, but then never would put my stuff on my trip. I emailed multiple times and they just kept saying we’ve updated your trip but they hadn’t. I kept deleting other peoples trips
- [R30] TripIt Love the app but invitation function is poor: I cannot seem to invite my partner - I had, now he’s disappeared and when I try to resend the invite it says I have a connection problem, which I don’t. There’s nothing I can see on the help centre to tackle this issue and no way to find an email to ask them outright. Disappointing as the rest of the app and concept is really good
- [R34] TripIt Terrible customer service: Used to be great, now abysmal
- [R49] TripIt App blocks vpn: I use legitimate widely used vpn services when traveling. Tripit detected my vpn ip address and logged me out, blocked me from logging back in for 24 hours. Only found out the reason several days after contacting their customer support. Major inconvenience without a good reason. Asked support to escalate but never heard from them again.
- [R37] TripIt Frequently locks me out of my Pro account: I have used TripIt with a Pro account and loved it, but recently it started locking me out of my account for 12 hours at a time. It turns out that if I have my VPN on it triggers an account lock and I cannot access my account. Why TripIt treats VPNs in such a stupid fashion I cannot imagine, but I sometimes use a very popular VPN when traveling and losing
- [R41] TripIt Stay away. They broke a good service.: I used TripIt for years. It was a reliable service. They recently started banning access from VPNs. They lock you out of your account when you need to get critical information about your trip. If you’re doing the safe thing while traveling, using a VPN on a public network, and you need your hotel or flight information… … TripIt will block your access to yo
- [R4] TripIt Stop survey pop ups: I’m a paid app user. As a developer you realize I like the app more than $50 in my pocket. If you’re gonna interrupt my CX, I will stop to share my thoughts in 1 star reviews.
- [R9] TripIt Kinda useless: The seat map feature does not work on the mobile app, so for my use case the app is kinda useless since that was the main feature I wanted to use.
- [R18] TripIt Probably good but creating an account is a nightmare: Just endless screens with errors, emails, an old email I can’t easily get rid of. Not encouraging.
- [R27] TripIt Confused: Can’t currently use the app? Can’t sign in, can’t even create an account
- [R28] TripIt Just signing in: This is the worst app in the world. I have tried to sign in for the last 30 min. I have also tried to sign in as a guest associated my wife’s account and still can’t connect. App is no good if it doesn’t work.
- [R33] TripIt Why do I have to delete multiple alerts: Why do I have to delete the same alert off multiple devices every time I upload something? It’s so repetitive and unnecessary. It’s about time the alerts synced across multiple devices. If I delete the alert off 1 device it should be gone from all devices.
- [R55] Expedia Half way around the world: I traveled to small islands throughout Thailand by myself and basically used Expedia for the entire life. Plus a little help from ChatGPT.
- [R58] Expedia Service and Savings: I’m an Entertainer and when I travel(which is often) I can always find the best deals and reliable customer support on Expedia!
- [R69] Booking.com Vacation: Booking.com is the best. I have used them for years and will continue to do so.
- [R71] Booking.com HOTEL: EXCELLENT HOTELS AND ENVIRONMENT
- [R73] Booking.com Booking.com: I love reserving through this app. 100% transparent and allow you to add applicable discounts. Only thing I would suggest is adding military option
- [R75] Booking.com Booking: Love how they tell you the total and also works with you on payment and free cancellation
- [R80] Tripadvisor TripAdvisor is great: Was looking for breakfast ideas near my apartment but did not get many choices. Most major attractions were listed up front. Nice touch for rewards.
- [R87] Tripadvisor My Go-To resource: Whether looking for hotels or booking experiences, this is my first source for researching places with which I am unfamiliar.
- [R91] Tripadvisor Great Platform: Everything you need in one app! Makes planning, reviewing and booking a breeze!
- [R99] Orbitz Hotels & Flights Glitches out: Every time we try to click into a hotel to see the details or try to book, it just freezes and we have to reset the app. We’ve deleted and redownload and we still have the same issue.
- [R101] Orbitz Hotels & Flights Can’t do same night booking: I was driving across the country and, unfortunately, didn’t get a hotel booked before midnight. Once the date changed, the Orbitz app wouldn’t let me book a room for immediate check-in, even though rooms were available. It left me with no option but to keep driving and hope I could stay awake long enough to find somewhere else to stop. For travelers on long road trips
- [R102] Orbitz Hotels & Flights App VERY slow!: Not sure what happened to Orbitz app but it’s been super super slow for months!
- [R104] Orbitz Hotels & Flights Maria: Nice easy and very good price
- [R108] CheapOair Flights: They’re good for booking. I didn’t realize that you had to pay for baggage.
- [R109] CheapOair Cheapo air: I have been looking for flights for quite some time. All of them had nine and 10 hour layover and tried to charge me $800 for a round-trip. Cheapo air got my tickets for $560. And a three hour layover. I seen 24 hour layovers on the tickets. I tried to buy from other companies. Thank you cheap o air
- [R113] CheapOair Great Help: Excellent Customer Service, very knowledgeable, very professional
- [R36] TripIt Good basic functionality but Pro features pointless outside of US: I have used Tripit for many years and tried the Pro version last year. While the basic functions work extremely well, Pro is no great feature for me. The perks that it comes with do not really work outside of the US. Seat tracker, security times etc are generally not available in the UK/EU and baggage carousel info is hit and mi
- [R2] TripIt Organization works great: Love how this helps me find every reservation! Use for camping around the USA and Canada. Wish all reservations systems worked the same but can keep it all organized perfectly.
- [R14] TripIt Trip to Hawaii July 2026: This app it’s amazing. It organizes all our activities and hotels that we are staying in 3 different ones ! Love it 🌺🥰
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store