Attention nerds! This is what you’ve been waiting for: the Budget Your Trip API. Now you can get all sorts of data from our website for use in your own applications. The API is still under development, but so far we have released a few functions which we hope you will find useful. (more…)
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Join Us at Meet Plan Go!
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010Ever thought about taking a career break to travel? Want to give up your nine-to-five for a little while to explore the world? Not exactly sure how to go about doing it?
Now’s your chance to learn how! Meet Plan Go is a nationwide free travel meetup in 14 cities across the U.S. On September 14, 2010, future career breakers and travelers will Meet other like-minded folks, learn how to Plan such an adventure, and motivate each other to Go out on your own to explore the world and discover your own potential.
We, (Bryan and Laurie, the founders of Budget Your Trip) will be co-hosting the event in Austin, so if you’re in the area, come meet us. In 2009 we spent the year traveling around the world, and we want to help others plan their trips!
The event is one week from today. With 14 locations around the country, there’s probably one near you. Check out MeetPlanGo.com to learn more and sign up for free. There will be prizes and giveaways, you won’t want to miss it!
Our Ultimate Guide: How To Plan A Trip Around The World
Sunday, September 5th, 2010In 2009, we spent eleven months traveling through Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. We want you to learn from our experience, so we put together a trip planning guide: How To Plan A Trip Around The World. We cover everything from budgeting to packing, route planning to insurance, safety to vaccinations, and visas to round-the-world plane tickets. Combining our first hand experience with tips and resources from other travelers, we leave no stone unturned. And the best part is that we’re always adding more information to it as we gather more advice and stories from other travelers. (more…)
Got a travel blog? Let us know!
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010Are you about to leave on a great trip? Are you currently someplace exotic? Do you have a travel blog? Let us know about it and we’ll feature it here on the Budget Your Trip blog. We believe that anyone who has that adventurous spirit to take off into the wild blue yonder deserves some attention and credit. So, let us know where you’re going. How many countries are you visiting? Is there a special place that you’ve always wanted to go? Also, why are you traveling? Sometimes people want to get away from their jobs, while others have dreamed about lounging on the beaches in exotic tropical destinations. What’s your motivation?
Send us a link to your travel blog for your upcoming trip, current trip, or previous trip and we’ll let everyone know where you’re going. We also love travel photos, so let us know about those, too!
Meet, Plan, Go!
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010On September 14, 2010, in cities across the U.S., a free travel event will take place to encourage and inspire anyone interested in taking a career break to travel long term. If you’ve always dreamed of traveling long term, and just never had the chance to do it, come to Meet, Plan, Go and get your questions answered. You’ll be able to meet with travelers who have gone before you, learn about how a career break can change your life, and find inspiration to plan your own trip.
Check out MeetPlanGo.com to register (for free). Or for more information, read below for the official press release.
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New Features on Budget Your Trip
Sunday, July 18th, 2010We want Budget Your Trip to be the best travel budgeting resource on the Internet, and that’s why we’ve been so busy lately! We’ve rolled out a number of different updates to the site recently, and here’s a rundown.
Android App: In case you missed the news, Budget Your Trip now has an Android Application so that you can budget your trip from the road. Everything you do in the phone will be reflected back to your account on the website. That way you’ll still get the same great travel budgeting information whether your on your phone or desktop.
Travel Tips: You can now read and submit travel tips for your favorite locations. Find what others have to say about the places you’re going. After your trip, help future travelers by leaving some tips for the places you visited.
More Locations: As of right now, we have travel costs for over five hundred cities in over seventy countries. All of the estimated travel costs for cities and countries come from travelers like you. Every time a member enters their budget, the results are anonymously averaged with the budget data from other travelers for those specific locations. And now, thanks to you, we’re growing like crazy! Pat yourself on the back, because you’re helping other travelers plan their trips right now.
New Charts: As you probably know, you can view your trip’s budget with charts and graphs. Before those charts were created with Flash, but now we’ve redone them in Javascript. This means that you can check out your trip from your phone’s browser (iPhone, Blackberry, Android, etc.) and see the real charts instead of getting that pesky “No Flash” error message.
Round the World Trip Guide: You may have noticed our newest addition, How To Plan A Trip Around The World. The first part of this guide is now available, and more sections are coming soon, including advice on how to budget for your trip, save money while on your trip, how to pack, and how to stay safe. We took a year long trip ourselves, and we want to pass along the lessons we learned the hard way, so that you can learn them the easy way.
We’ve also made a number of minor cosmetic changes, including a redesign to the location specific budget pages, user profiles, and a variety of other pages. Hopefully all of these changes will make things easier for you, the traveler, to find the information you need more efficiently. Please let us know if you have any suggestions or comments. We’re always open for new ideas!
Just Released: Budget Your Trip Android App!
Thursday, July 8th, 2010The Budget Your Trip Android Application is now live and available for download at the Android Marketplace. And yes, it’s free.
We made the Budget Your Trip Android App because we know that the easiest way to keep track of your trip expenses is on your phone when you’re actually there. The app is designed to work in tandem with the website. When you log in and enter your expenses, all of your trip expenses will be reflected on the site. On the Android app, you can get a brief overview of your spending including your daily average. Later, check out your trip on the website to see your budget broken down by category and location with charts, graphs, and a map. It’s easy and fast.
You’ll need Android 1.6 or higher on your phone, and you can download it at the Android Marketplace. Read more here.
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Technical Difficulties Resolved!
Friday, June 25th, 2010We have resolved our technical difficulties. If you registered or added data between 5:00 PM US Eastern Time on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 and 5:00 PM US Eastern Time on Thursday, June 24, 2010 your data may be lost. Newly registered users during those times may need to register again. Trips and expenses created during that time may be permanently lost. We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience.
We have fully resolved all other technical difficulties. Please contact us if you encounter any lingering unusual problems.
The Budget Your Trip Team
Technical Difficulties
Friday, June 25th, 2010We are currently experiencing technical difficulties.
Many users will not be able to log in. Any user that has signed up in the last 24 hours may have their account data and trip data lost, and will need to sign up again once we resolve the problem. Any previously existing user may find that some trip activities have been lost if they entered any data in the last 24 hours.
All personal information is secure. Any information lost was not at risk of becoming public.
We apologize for the inconvenience. We are working to resolve these issues as quickly as possible.
Thanks,
-The Budget Your Trip Guys
The Budget Your Trip Android App is Ready For Beta Testing
Monday, June 14th, 2010Update: The Android App is now live! Click here for more info.
Want to be one of the first to see the new Budget Your Trip Android App? Become one of the Beta Testers! The application is now ready for public testing. If you’re interested, you can send us a message. We’ll then get back to you with instructions on how to get the application onto your phone. It’s not yet on the Android Marketplace, but as a Beta Tester you can get a sneak peak!
Your phone will need to be running Android version 1.6 or higher.
The Budget Your Trip Android application was designed to work along with the Budget Your Trip website. Once you login to the application, you will be able to create a new trip (or select an existing one) and then add actual expenses and estimated expenses to your trip’s budget, just like on the website. Everything you do in the application will be reflected on the website. Likewise, you can enter expenses on the website and see your averages and totals update in the Android application. This way, you can travel lightly with your phone and enter your budget information. When you get home, you can then visit the website to see all of the charts, graphs, tables, maps, and other information about your trip’s budget.
If you’d like to join the public Beta, please contact us with your name, email, and the type of phone you have.
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