Does anyone have a good travel itinerary template I can use?

Question

I'm taking a trip to New York and Boston, where I will be renting a car, flying, staying in hostels and need to keep everything organized. I've tried to download some travel templates from excel, but they aren't working for some reason. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

Why do you need to keep everything organised?  The best thing about a fly-drive is the flexibility.  Whenever I do it, I start driving about 9, and start looking for a bed for the night about 4.  If I like the town, I might stay there till lunchtime and not drive so far, or stay for a couple of nights.

Answer 2

You can make one yourself by  inserting a Table in a word document. Choose the number of columns and rows that you need (you can always add more if you miscalculate). Merge the top row and type in "Itinerary". Then in the next row of cells type in categories, e.g.

Date    Time     Destination     Lodging       Cost

etc. Then you can add sub-categories under each by "splitting" the cells below.

If you've never worked with tables it might take some time to get used to all the features (like increasing/decreasing width of cells) but it's a great way to organize your trip. I've used my template for many trips; it's nice to know exactly where you're going etc. I e-mail my itineraries to my family and friends in case they have to reach me in an emergency (also to make them jealous!).