TripWaffle is a free travel itinerary organizer that automatically builds a unified live itinerary from forwarded booking emails and sends real-time alerts for flight changes, gate updates, and baggage belt assignments.
What is TripWaffle?
TripWaffle is a free travel organization app that takes booking confirmation emails (from any airline, hotel, rental car, restaurant, or tour provider) and automatically extracts dates, confirmation numbers, times, and addresses into a clean day-by-day timeline. It works across iOS, Android, and web, and is developed by an independent team (no parent company stated). The service requires no account setup beyond signing in with Google or Apple OAuth.
Key Features
- Email forwarding automation — Forward any booking confirmation to Contact by email; the AI reads the email (including PDF attachments) and places details into the correct trip, with no manual entry required.
- Live flight alerts — Push notifications for gate changes, delays, boarding status, terminal changes, and baggage carousel assignments, monitored in real time.
- Day-by-day timeline — All trips organized chronologically with proper timezone handling, plus a trip map showing flights, drives, transit, and stops.
- Pre-trip checklist — Automated ~24 hours before departure with visa requirements, weather, packing list (weather-aware), and direct airline check-in links.
- Bulk import — Bring existing travel history from TripIt, Flighty, TripCase, FlightRadar24, and OpenFlights via CSV or native export files.
- Calendar sync — Subscribe trips to Google, Apple, or Outlook calendars for automatic updates.
- Privacy controls — Forwarded emails are automatically deleted within 30 days; all data encrypted over HTTPS, and no password is stored (OAuth only).
- Lifetime stats — Track flights, miles, countries visited, and share a public stats page for bragging.
Who is it for?
- Frequent flyers who forward booking emails — Send any confirmation to a single email address and get a consolidated, automatically updated itinerary across all devices.
- Travelers switching from TripIt or similar apps — Use the bulk import tool to bring in years of trip history, then get a modern UI with live flight tracking and push alerts for free.
- Users who want privacy without ads — The service is free forever with no upsell, and emails auto-delete — no inbox monitoring or data selling.
- Multi-stop trip planners — The day-by-day timeline and trip map handle flights, hotels, train tickets, restaurant reservations, and tours in one place.
What can you do with TripWaffle?
- Replace manual itinerary building: Forward 10+ booking emails from different providers (e.g. EasyJet, Deutsche Bahn, Airbnb, Hertz) and visually see all legs on a map and timeline within seconds.
- Monitor flight changes on the go: Receive push notifications for gate changes and baggage belts while the aircraft is live-tracked on a moving map; check aircraft details like type, registration, and age.
- Get destination‑specific prep: View visa requirements, power plug types, local safety briefs, and recommended dishes from TasteAtlas per city, all auto-attached to each stay.
How does TripWaffle work?
Three steps: (1) Forward any booking confirmation email to Contact by email. (2) The AI automatically extracts dates, times, codes, and addresses and slots them into a unified timeline. (3) TripWaffle sends push or email alerts the moment a gate, delay, or baggage belt changes so you just travel.
Pricing
TripWaffle is completely free with no credit card required, no trials, and no upsell. The same features are available on web, iOS, and Android.
FAQ
Is TripWaffle actually free?
Yes, genuinely free forever. No credit card is needed, no trial period, and no paid tiers. The developers built it because they were frustrated with existing travel apps and wanted a better alternative.
