Comments on: TripIt Adds Closeness Alerts – Do I Care?

By: centernetworks

centernetworks — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks for the update Scott – what is the default when I submit my receipts to you – is it that my friends can see my trips or not? meaning opt-in or out?

By: centernetworks

centernetworks — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

thats a huge mistake.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hi all, this is Scott from TripIt here. Just wanted to chime in and make it clear that your trip info in TripIt is NOT shared with the general public. On TripIt, you invite friends to connect with you, and only those people can see where you are going. So you have complete control over who gets to see your travel calendar. You can even make a trip ‘private’ which means even your TripIt friends won’t be able to see it. We know it’s critical that you have control over who sees your travel plans, so we’ve baked that control into TripIt in everything we do.

Finally, just want to point out that your TripIt friends only see the locations you’re traveling to (and the dates). They don’t automatically see your detailed itinerary with flight numbers, hotel names, etc. You have to take the extra step of sharing the itinerary with someone in order for them to see the full detail. We make you jump through that extra hoop just to make sure your travel info doesn’t get into someone’s hands unless you specifically request that.

By: tilll

tilll — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I guess it wouldn’t hurt if you guys have a button that lets me select if I want those email-in trips to be private or public (= allow my friends to see it).

By: centernetworks

centernetworks — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This should be required – otherwise it’s off by default.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

When you create a new trip by emailing a confirmation to TripIt, the default setting is to allow your TripIt friends to see your trip destination and dates (but not the details of the trip).

When you create a new trip manually on the TripIt site, you can select the privacy option when you first setup the trip.

I hope that helps!