Comments on Musings of The Global Traveller: Travel planning

Thanks for clarifying, I understand what you mean ...

2006-10-28T06:50:00.000-07:00

Thanks for clarifying, I understand what you mean now and I noticed FlyerTalk on your sidebar before. For maximizing Frequent Flyer Points, and for the ins-n-outs of Frequent Flyer programs, at this point TripTie will gladly bow to FlyerTalk. That community (the members) is just too awesome for that kind of information (I'm also a fan!). In fact, on our resources page, we link over to FlyerTalk and FrequentFlier.com.

Thanks for the very quick response. I wish you we...

2006-10-27T19:49:00.000-07:00

Thanks for the very quick response. I wish you well with your site.

To clarify, the site seems to work best with information about the destination, rather than the journey getting there. For most travellers this would be exactly what they want. For some, eg those wanting to maximise frequent flyer mileage or squeeze the best airfare, other sites (such as www.flyertalk.com) may better cover the journey aspect.

Hi Global Traveller, thanks for checking out TripT...

2006-10-27T18:50:00.000-07:00

Hi Global Traveller, thanks for checking out TripTie! Privacy and user security were some of my primary concerns when building TripTie. While I want to encourage people to share trip plans, I don't want anyone using the information to stalk some one else. The way we've solved this is in three ways:

1. If you have something scheduled that you don't want anyone else to see (or just something that would only interest you), you can mark it private. It won't be viewable to anyone else besides you.

2. If you don't want your identity shown on your plan, you can hide it.

3. Most importantly and no matter what, people can see what you are doing on your trips but they can never know exactly when you are actually doing them. The only information that might be public is possibly what month and year you are going (seeing how old the trip is, and what season).

I hope this addresses some of your concerns :)

What do you have in mind in terms of travel not by land? A trip plan on the ocean perhaps or something like that?