Second Opinion #22: Google Trips Review

Published: July 8, 2017, 1 p.m.

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\\n* Google Trips – Travel Planner – Android Apps on Google Play
\\n* Google Trips \\u2013 Travel planner on the App Store
\\n* App for trip planning
\\n* Integrates into the rest of the Googleverse
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\\n* Location info sourced from Google Maps, Wikipedia
\\n* Reviews from Google Maps
\\n* Tickets, reservations, bookings that are emailed to your Gmail automatically appear
\\n* Anything you star in Google Trips appears in Google Maps
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\\n* Sections in the app
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\\n* Reservations
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\\n* Either appear automatically, or you can add them manually
\\n* Can send details of reservations to others via email
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\\n* Things to do
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\\n* Does well at surfacing attractions you might not be able to find just by searching around on Google Maps
\\n* Listed by category – top spots, nearby, on a budget, etc
\\n* Each attraction has
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\\n* Pictures
\\n* Average Google Maps rating
\\n* Paragraph summary (my \\u201ctour guide factoids\\u201d)
\\n* Map
\\n* Business hours
\\n* Phone number
\\n* Top reviews
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\\n* Saved places
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\\n* List of attractions you’ve starred
\\n* Appear in Google Maps
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\\n* Day plans
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\\n* User-created strings of attractions
\\n* Heavily depends on how popular a destination the area is
\\n* You can create your own
\\n* App can magically make one for you, with some preferences like morning/afternoon/full day or favoring saved places
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\\n* Food & Drink
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\\n* Overview is a custom summary of the area in question
\\n* Top Spots shows the highest-rated restaurants from Google Maps
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\\n* Getting around
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\\n* Gives info on public transit, taxi/riding services, drivability, and walking/biking
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\\n* Need to know
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\\n* Emergency numbers, hospital information
\\n* Popular shopping areas
\\n* Money – currency and tipping practices
\\n* Internet access
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\\n* Works best if planning a visit to a larger metro area
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\\n* In smaller areas, all \\u201ccustom written\\u201d stuff is missing, only has Google Maps locations
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\\n* Does not do well at telling you the prices of attractions
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\\nAttributions
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\\n* Free Music Archive: Beat Doctor – Organic (electric edit)
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