Petrel

How to switch from Wanderlog to Petrel

To move from Wanderlog to Petrel Voyage, forward your booking confirmation emails to your trip, or export your Wanderlog plan and import the file. Petrel reads them and builds one day-by-day itinerary in under a minute.

  1. Get your bookings out of Wanderlog

    Your flights, hotels, and reservations in Wanderlog arrived as confirmation emails, and those are still in your inbox. You can also export a whole trip from Wanderlog as a calendar (.ics) file.

  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 Wanderlog: common questions

Can I import my Wanderlog trips into Petrel?

Yes. The flights, hotels, and reservations in a Wanderlog trip arrived as confirmation emails that are still in your inbox, so you forward those to Petrel and it rebuilds the trip in order. You can also import a calendar (.ics), PDF, or spreadsheet export.

Does Petrel plan the trip like Wanderlog, or just organize bookings?

Petrel starts from what you have already booked and lays it out day by day with travel time between stops. It is built to organize a booked trip rather than to suggest places to go, so it is the better fit when your plans are set and you want them in one place.

Do I need an account to switch from Wanderlog 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 Wanderlog 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 Wanderlog?

Yes. Once a trip is in Petrel it lives in Petrel, and saved trips open offline with no signal, so a change to Wanderlog 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.

Comparing first? See Petrel vs Wanderlog, the full FAQ, or the best trip organizers.

Move your next trip over free

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

Plan your first trip free

First trip free. No account, no credit card.