Wanderlog vs TripIt vs a shared Google Sheet for a couples trip: which should I use?

If you want to plan on a map inside the app, Wanderlog. If the trip is mostly bookings and you want delay alerts, TripIt. If you want full control and do not mind the scrolling, a Google Sheet. If you planned the trip with ChatGPT or Claude and just need a shared home for it, Votum: paste the plan, share one link, and your partner can see it.

Can I use Votum together with TripIt or Wanderlog?

Yes. Plenty of people keep TripIt for the flight alerts and use Votum for the shared day-by-day plan and the costs. Votum does not read booking emails, so a confirmation number goes on the entry by hand or arrives with the plan your agent wrote.

Does Votum have a map?

No. Each place has a one-tap directions link that opens your maps app, which is what most people do on the day anyway. If you want to see the whole trip on one map while planning, Wanderlog does that better.

Is Votum free for my partner?

Yes. Inviting your partner or friends is free, and a view-only link opens without an account. Votum itself is free to use.

Where do these facts come from?

From each product's own website and app store listing, checked on November 2, 2026, and from the pages answer engines cite when they compare these tools. Prices are rounded and can change; check before you pay. If something here is out of date, email support and it will be fixed.

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Votum vs Wanderlog vs TripIt vs a shared Google Sheet

Four honest answers to one question: where should the trip live so your partner or friends can use it? Votum loses on maps, booking emails, flight alerts and offline. It wins when the plan came from ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini and you want one link, a live day-by-day screen, free companions and the real costs kept afterwards.

Facts checked November 2, 2026 from each product’s own site. Prices rounded; check before you pay.

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Votum vs Wanderlog vs TripIt vs a shared Google Sheet, feature by feature
	Votum	Wanderlog	TripIt	A shared Google Sheet
Built for	Strong: A trip you planned with ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, shared with your partner or friends.	Strong: Planning the trip inside the app, on a map, with your group.	Strong: Keeping flights, hotels and bookings in one tidy itinerary.	Partly: Anything, if you are happy to build it yourself.
Bring in the plan ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini wrote	Strong: Yes. Paste the reply once and it becomes days, flights, stays, places and costs. Claude and ChatGPT can also save straight to Votum through the connector.	Not really: No direct import of a plan. You add places by searching for them; its own AI assistant suggests things.	Not really: No. TripIt reads booking emails, not a written plan.	Partly: Paste the text, then make the rows and columns yourself.
Bookings from confirmation emails	Not really: No. Confirmation numbers come in with the plan or you type them on the entry.	Strong: Yes. Forward the email, or let it scan Gmail (Pro).	Strong: Yes. Forward the email and the itinerary builds itself. This is what TripIt is for.	Not really: No.
A map of the trip	Not really: No map. Every place has a one-tap directions link instead.	Strong: Yes. The itinerary and the map in one view, with route optimization (Pro).	Partly: Addresses with map links; airport maps with Pro.	Not really: No.
Your partner or friends can see it	Strong: Yes. Invite them for free, or share one view-only link that opens without an account.	Strong: Yes. Tripmates see and edit the trip.	Strong: Yes. Share a trip with viewers or planners.	Strong: Yes. Share the sheet.
Plan it together	Strong: Yes. Anyone you invite with "They can change the plan" on edits the same trip.	Strong: Yes, live, with collaborative editing.	Partly: Yes, by adding planners to the trip.	Strong: Yes, everyone types in the same cells.
What is next, day by day, while you travel	Strong: Yes. A live screen for today: up next, the rest of today, tomorrow, where you sleep tonight, with directions, confirmation and booking link one tap away.	Partly: A day-by-day itinerary you scroll.	Partly: The itinerary in order; flight delay and gate alerts with Pro.	Not really: You scroll and find today.
Flight delay alerts	Not really: No.	Not really: No.	Strong: Yes, with Pro, plus seat and fare trackers.	Not really: No.
Costs	Strong: Each entry carries its cost; a Costs screen adds them up per person or for the group, and the real costs stay with the trip afterwards.	Strong: A budget, and splitting costs between tripmates.	Not really: Not really; it is not a budget tool.	Partly: Yes, if you write the formulas.
Works offline	Not really: No. Open today's plan before you lose signal, or screenshot it.	Partly: With Pro.	Strong: Yes, the app keeps your itinerary.	Partly: If you turn on offline in Google Sheets.
After the trip	Strong: Photos, highlights and the real costs stay with the trip. Publish it as a story the next couple can start from.	Partly: The trip stays in the app.	Partly: The trip stays in your history.	Partly: The file stays in Drive.
Price	Strong: Free. Inviting your partner or friends is free.	Partly: Free. Pro is about $40 a year for offline access, route optimization and Gmail scanning.	Partly: Free. Pro is $49 a year for the alerts and trackers.	Strong: Free.

Which one, then?

Pick Wanderlog if you want to plan the trip inside the app, on a map, dragging places onto days with your group. It is the most complete planner of the four.
Pick TripIt if your trip is mostly flights and hotels and you want every confirmation in one place with delay alerts. Many people use it alongside something else for the plan itself.
Pick a Google Sheet if you like building your own thing, nobody minds scrolling, and you do not need it to know what a flight is.
Pick Votum if you already planned the trip with ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini and the next question is where to put it so your partner can see it, live it with you day by day, and keep it afterwards. Paste it, share one link.

Planned it already? How to share a trip plan from ChatGPT or Claude with your partner walks the six steps.

Questions people ask

Wanderlog vs TripIt vs a shared Google Sheet for a couples trip: which should I use?: If you want to plan on a map inside the app, Wanderlog. If the trip is mostly bookings and you want delay alerts, TripIt. If you want full control and do not mind the scrolling, a Google Sheet. If you planned the trip with ChatGPT or Claude and just need a shared home for it, Votum: paste the plan, share one link, and your partner can see it.
Can I use Votum together with TripIt or Wanderlog?: Yes. Plenty of people keep TripIt for the flight alerts and use Votum for the shared day-by-day plan and the costs. Votum does not read booking emails, so a confirmation number goes on the entry by hand or arrives with the plan your agent wrote.
Does Votum have a map?: No. Each place has a one-tap directions link that opens your maps app, which is what most people do on the day anyway. If you want to see the whole trip on one map while planning, Wanderlog does that better.
Is Votum free for my partner?: Yes. Inviting your partner or friends is free, and a view-only link opens without an account. Votum itself is free to use.
Where do these facts come from?: From each product's own website and app store listing, checked on November 2, 2026, and from the pages answer engines cite when they compare these tools. Prices are rounded and can change; check before you pay. If something here is out of date, email support and it will be fixed.

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