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Wait, seriously? First they killed Inbox, which helpfully aggregated trip emails into one place, upon which a bunch of folks told me to try Trips; now they kill

Wait, seriously? First they killed Inbox, which helpfully aggregated trip emails into one place, upon which a bunch of folks told me to try Trips; now they kill Trips in quick succession? I had dozens of trips organized very nicely in Inbox... Ugh. And I’m still rather unwilling to hand over my email to a third party. Is there any nice way to organize trips anymore?

tssva 7y ago
They are ending Trips because the functionality has been rolled into Google Travel. You can access your trips at https://google.com/travel https://google.com/travel.
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- m-p-3 7y ago
  Which would be fine if it was possible to use while offline, data roaming isn't cheap.
  - Liquid_Fire 7y ago
    Even disregarding roaming (e.g. travelling within the EU so roaming is free), having offline access makes it easy to plan what places to visit while flying to your destination.
    - asdff 7y ago
      It's also critical if you land late and are scrambling to your next destination and don't have service in this connecting country you are in and there is no wifi at all and your phone is on 10% and the ramshackle destination airport has exactly two plugs, one of them broken. I still print my itineraries and tickets and it's saved me plenty of times when my phone has failed me.
      - s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago
        This. Offline support is a must. I got into the habit of screenshotting tickets because airline apps sometimes reload automatically, losing the ticket if you're offline.
- morsch 7y ago
  Well, I can't: To see your trips and travel research, turn on these settings Web & app activity Off Google Trips worked fine. The fact that Google adds more and more services to try and convince me to turn this on[1] makes sure that I won't do so. [1] Google Maps won't even let me store my home address without also opting-in; it worked fine without it for years.
  - ilikehurdles 7y ago
    I'm in your boat too. This is a completely dead and useless service to me if it wants me to enable these settings.
  - newsbinator 7y ago
    Seconded. I have those settings turned off for a reason. If Trips didn't need them to read my email and parse out the flight/hotel reservations, then this doesn't either.
- pjc50 7y ago
  Redirects to https://www.google.com/flights https://www.google.com/flights ?
  - bradstewart 7y ago
    Same for me.
  - aarongolliver 7y ago
    On mobile I get the redirect, on my chrome desktop I don't
- aembleton 7y ago
  How can I see my upcoming trips at that URL? I want to see my hotel itineraries.
- Rebelgecko 7y ago
  That page takes 5 seconds to load for me on a 100mbit connection. The advantage of the app is that it works even when network connections are spotty or nonexistent.
tompagenet2 7y ago
I like tripit. You forward emails to it so you don't have to give it access to your inbox. Their app is a bit janky, and the website more so, but I've found it really useful.
NikolaeVarius 7y ago
Still don't understand the Inbox issue, out of all the products. Google literally came out and said its an experimental platform.
- yebyen 7y ago
  And it seemed to be going really well! Why kill it? Everyone loved it, and I can earnestly say that the new version of Gmail hasn't really made it to the level of experience we already had on Inbox.
gunnihinn 7y ago
> I’m still rather unwilling to hand over my email to a third party. Didn't you do that already by having a Gmail account?

tssva 7y ago

They are ending Trips because the functionality has been rolled into Google Travel. You can access your trips at https://google.com/travel https://google.com/travel.

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m-p-3 7y ago
Which would be fine if it was possible to use while offline, data roaming isn't cheap.
- Liquid_Fire 7y ago
  Even disregarding roaming (e.g. travelling within the EU so roaming is free), having offline access makes it easy to plan what places to visit while flying to your destination.
  - asdff 7y ago
    It's also critical if you land late and are scrambling to your next destination and don't have service in this connecting country you are in and there is no wifi at all and your phone is on 10% and the ramshackle destination airport has exactly two plugs, one of them broken. I still print my itineraries and tickets and it's saved me plenty of times when my phone has failed me.
    - s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago
      This. Offline support is a must. I got into the habit of screenshotting tickets because airline apps sometimes reload automatically, losing the ticket if you're offline.
morsch 7y ago
Well, I can't: To see your trips and travel research, turn on these settings Web & app activity Off Google Trips worked fine. The fact that Google adds more and more services to try and convince me to turn this on[1] makes sure that I won't do so. [1] Google Maps won't even let me store my home address without also opting-in; it worked fine without it for years.
- ilikehurdles 7y ago
  I'm in your boat too. This is a completely dead and useless service to me if it wants me to enable these settings.
- newsbinator 7y ago
  Seconded. I have those settings turned off for a reason. If Trips didn't need them to read my email and parse out the flight/hotel reservations, then this doesn't either.
pjc50 7y ago
Redirects to https://www.google.com/flights https://www.google.com/flights ?
- bradstewart 7y ago
  Same for me.
- aarongolliver 7y ago
  On mobile I get the redirect, on my chrome desktop I don't
aembleton 7y ago
How can I see my upcoming trips at that URL? I want to see my hotel itineraries.
Rebelgecko 7y ago
That page takes 5 seconds to load for me on a 100mbit connection. The advantage of the app is that it works even when network connections are spotty or nonexistent.

tompagenet2 7y ago

I like tripit. You forward emails to it so you don't have to give it access to your inbox. Their app is a bit janky, and the website more so, but I've found it really useful.

NikolaeVarius 7y ago

Still don't understand the Inbox issue, out of all the products. Google literally came out and said its an experimental platform.

yebyen 7y ago
And it seemed to be going really well! Why kill it? Everyone loved it, and I can earnestly say that the new version of Gmail hasn't really made it to the level of experience we already had on Inbox.

gunnihinn 7y ago

> I’m still rather unwilling to hand over my email to a third party. Didn't you do that already by having a Gmail account?