Petrel

How to switch from Google Trips to Petrel

Google retired the Google Trips app in 2019, but your booking confirmation emails are still in your Gmail. Forward them to Petrel Voyage and it rebuilds the whole trip as one day-by-day itinerary in under a minute.

  1. Get your bookings out of Google Trips

    Google retired the Google Trips app in 2019 and folded its features into Google Search and Google Maps. The flights, hotels, and reservations you booked all arrived as confirmation emails, and those are still in your inbox.

  2. Hand them to Petrel

    Forward the confirmation emails to your trip in Petrel, or open Petrel and use Import files to drop in the emails, PDFs, screenshots, or the calendar file. No account is needed to start.

  3. Petrel builds the itinerary

    Petrel reads each booking and assembles one day-by-day itinerary in under a minute, with travel time between stops. Flights, hotels, and reservations land on the right day automatically, and the original document stays attached to each one.

  4. Check it and make it yours

    Add anything there was no confirmation for, invite the people you travel with to view or edit, and your trip is ready. Your first trip is free with every feature.

The Petrel home screen with a trip built from separate booking confirmations
The same walkthrough on video, chaptered by question.

Switching from Google Trips: common questions

What happened to the Google Trips app?

Google retired the standalone Google Trips app in 2019 and moved its features into Google Search and Google Maps. There is no longer a dedicated app that turns your confirmations into a single itinerary, which is the gap Petrel fills.

Does Petrel read my Gmail like Google did?

No. Petrel reads only what you hand it. You forward the confirmations you choose, or import the files yourself, and nothing else in your inbox is touched.

Do I need an account to switch from Google Trips to Petrel?

No. You can build your first trip in Petrel before making an account, and your first trip is free with every feature and no credit card.

Does Petrel read my email inbox the way Google Trips did?

No. Petrel reads only what you hand it: the confirmations you forward or the files you import. It never connects to your inbox and never reads mail you did not send it.

Will my trip still work if I lose access to Google Trips?

Yes. Once a trip is in Petrel it lives in Petrel, and saved trips open offline with no signal, so a change to Google Trips cannot take your itinerary away.

What does Petrel cost after the first trip?

Your first trip is free with every feature and no card. After that, Voyager is 49 dollars a year for unlimited trips, or a single extra trip is 9.99 dollars. No feature is held back from a free trip.

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Move your next trip over free

Forward a confirmation email, a screenshot, or a PDF and watch Petrel build your day-by-day itinerary.

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