Budget Your Trip » android http://www.budgetyourtrip.com/blog Estimate, Plan, and Track Your Travel Expenses Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:40:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 New Features on Budget Your Trip http://www.budgetyourtrip.com/blog/2010/07/new-features-on-budget-your-trip/ http://www.budgetyourtrip.com/blog/2010/07/new-features-on-budget-your-trip/#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:00:30 +0000 Bryan http://www.budgetyourtrip.com/blog/?p=149 We 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!

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]]> http://www.budgetyourtrip.com/blog/2010/07/new-features-on-budget-your-trip/feed/ 0 Just Released: Budget Your Trip Android App! http://www.budgetyourtrip.com/blog/2010/07/just-released-budget-your-trip-android-app/ http://www.budgetyourtrip.com/blog/2010/07/just-released-budget-your-trip-android-app/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:10:37 +0000 Bryan http://www.budgetyourtrip.com/blog/?p=116 The 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.

Here are some screenshots to show you how easy it is.

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]]> http://www.budgetyourtrip.com/blog/2010/07/just-released-budget-your-trip-android-app/feed/ 0 The Budget Your Trip Android App is Ready For Beta Testing http://www.budgetyourtrip.com/blog/2010/06/the-budget-your-trip-android-app-is-ready-for-beta-testing/ http://www.budgetyourtrip.com/blog/2010/06/the-budget-your-trip-android-app-is-ready-for-beta-testing/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:29:10 +0000 Bryan http://www.budgetyourtrip.com/blog/?p=107 Update: 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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]]> http://www.budgetyourtrip.com/blog/2010/06/the-budget-your-trip-android-app-is-ready-for-beta-testing/feed/ 2 BudgetYourTrip Android App Beta http://www.budgetyourtrip.com/blog/2010/05/budgetyourtrip-android-app-beta/ http://www.budgetyourtrip.com/blog/2010/05/budgetyourtrip-android-app-beta/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 20:00:52 +0000 Bryan http://www.budgetyourtrip.com/blog/?p=77 suitcase It’s coming! We’re currently developing a BudgetYourTrip application for smartphones that run Google’s Android. Directly from your phone you will be able to enter planned and actual travel costs for your trips. Just bought a gelato in Venice? Enter the price right away on your phone and get instant feedback on your total trip cost and daily average. The application will handle the currency conversion and other fancy math that you can’t be bothered with while you’re on a camel safari in Jaisalmer, eating rice noodles in Hong Kong, or soaking up the sun in Rio de Janeiro.

budget your trip android icon The application is coming soon, and we‘re currently looking for people with Android phones to help us beta test the application. If you‘re interested, contact us, and we’ll get back to you when everything is ready.

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