How to make a travel itinerary
- Enter the trip name, who's travelling, where you're going and the start date. Pick the number of days (up to 30) or the end date, and your currency.
- For each day, add the city and your plans: time, activity, place or address, booking reference, cost and notes. Use Up and Down to change the order.
- Add flights, trains or other transport, and where you're staying with check-in and check-out dates and confirmation numbers.
- Edit the packing checklist, fill in emergency contacts, then download the PDF, print it, or save the plan as a .json file.
What to include in a travel itinerary
- Dates and places for every day, so you and the people at home know where you'll be.
- Times of fixed plans: flights, trains, tours, tickets with an entry time, and hotel check-in and check-out.
- Booking references and addresses, so you can find a booking quickly and show an address to a driver or type it into a map.
- Costs, to see what each day adds up to and keep the trip within budget.
- Emergency contacts: the local emergency number, your embassy or consulate, your travel insurer's helpline and policy number, and someone at home.
Worked example
The example trip is 3 days in a made-up city for 2 adults. Day 1 has a train from the airport (12), lunch (30), a walking tour (40) and dinner (60), which comes to 142. Day 2 comes to 151 and day 3 to 80, so activities total 373. Add return flights (240) and two nights in a hotel (380), and the trip total is 993, or 331 a day. Change any cost and the day totals, trip total and average per day update straight away.
To see costs in your home currency, use the currency converter. For calls home across time zones, try the time zone converter.
Tips for a useful itinerary
- Keep a copy offline. Save the PDF on your phone and carry a printed copy, in case your battery runs out or there's no signal.
- Share it with someone at home, so they know where you're staying and how to reach you.
- Enter times as your bookings show them. Tickets normally give local time at each end, so a flight across time zones can seem to land before it takes off.
- Leave gaps between fixed plans for delays and for getting from one place to the next.
- Check before you book: your government's travel advice and the entry rules for your destination.