iCalendar/ics format flight output

[rtyuiop]

Hi guys,

Anyone know of a simple way to get VA flights/itineraries output to an iCalendar format file (for input into a wide variety of calendar systems - I'm a mac/linux person, so don't generally use Outlook)?

I realise it's not all that difficult to do manually, but that will inevitably lead to a typo eventually, and it seems like something that would be ridiculously easy to provide...

Cheers,

Danny

 

[nlagalle]

Don't think they can. It you might be able to via TripIt?

 

[notzac]

What nlagalle said - redirect the flight confirmation e-mails to TripIt and then use their ICS feed. That's what I do and it works brilliantly!

 

[rtyuiop]

Ahah - many thanks!

Danny

 

[Comoman]

I've just tried this with Tripit. However my calendar just says "Comoman is in Sydney". Doesn't import actual flight details etc. Have to click the link on the calendar entry.

Am I doing something wrong?

 

[rtyuiop]

It worked just fine for me without doing anything fancy - did you forward the whole confirmation email, or just the itinerary?

Cheers,

Danny

 

[rtyuiop]

Do the flights show up in tripit itself OK?

 

[Comoman]

Yep flights/hotels etc are all showing in Tripit itself fine.

I forward the whole email not just the itinery

 

[Comoman]

This is my calendar entry:

"cxx_xx8 is in Sydney, Australia from Jan 30 to Feb 2, 2012
View and/or edit details in TripIt : TripIt | Online travel itinerary and trip planner
TripIt - organize your travel at http://www.tripit.com"

 

[rtyuiop]

Hmm... Maybe it's something about how the calendar program is reading it... What calendar program are you using? Importing a .ics file into iCal worked for me, and so did linking to a tripit calendar from a bunch of different things.

 

[Comoman]

I am using Outlook 2010.

Rather frustrating..

 

[thegurio]

You've got to set your hometown I think... Also, it depends on how you book your tickets. I live in HBA, but basically mostly travel to ADL. lately, I've been booking ADL-HBA instead of vv. Now when I'm home it tells me Im in HBA, not ADL, if that makes any sense?

FWIW, I think tripit is brilliant. A great easy way too keep track of all flights.

 

[Comoman]

Fixed!

Under settings - publishing your data you need to click "include detailed items in calendar feed"

All good now Thanks all.