Wanderlog alternative
The Wanderlog alternative for trips you have already booked
Wanderlog is great for planning where to go. Petrel Voyage is built for the part after you book: drop in your confirmations, in any format, and get one organized day-by-day itinerary in under a minute.
Your first trip is completely free. No feature limits. No credit card.
Wanderlog shines when a trip starts on a map: discovering places, optimizing a route, and planning a day with friends. Petrel starts a step later, once you have flights, hotels, and reservations booked and scattered across your inbox. It reads any of them, in any format, lays out the whole trip in order, and keeps working when you land somewhere with no signal. If your bookings are already made and you just want them organized, here is how the two compare.
Petrel Free first trip |
Wanderlog Free / Pro ~$40 a yr |
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| Auto-build an itinerary from booking confirmations | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reads PDFs, photos, and whole folders of screenshots | ✓ | Import, mostly email |
| Auto-pull bookings from your inbox, free | ✓ Forward to plans@ | Auto Gmail scan is Pro |
| Live flight status | ✓ | — |
| Full offline access to your trip, free | ✓ | Offline maps are Pro |
| Invite companions to view and edit, free | ✓ | ✓ |
| Places-first planning: discover spots, optimize routes on a map | Basic | ✓ Its strength |
| Post-trip recap a mapped story of where you went | ✓ | — |
| Business travel: work/personal split + expense reports | ✓ | — |
| Your trip is never deleted, even on the free plan | ✓ | ✓ |
No account needed. Try it right now. Free for your first trip. Voyager is $49 a year for unlimited trips when you are ready.
When Petrel is the better fit
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You have already booked
Your flights, hotels, and tours are confirmed and scattered across your inbox. Petrel reads a forwarded email, a PDF, a photo of a paper voucher, or a whole folder of screenshots, and builds one clean itinerary.
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You want it organized, not re-planned
In under a minute Petrel lays every reservation out in order, day by day, with travel time between stops, live flight status, and everything available offline at the gate.
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You travel with other people, and afterward want to remember it
Invite anyone to view and edit for free, split costs, keep work trips separate with expense reports, and get a mapped recap in your inbox a couple of days after you get home.
Why travelers pick Petrel to organize booked trips
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Anything in, one itinerary out
Forward an email from any inbox, upload a PDF, photograph a paper voucher, or drop a folder of screenshots. Petrel reads them all and orders your trip day by day.
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Live flight status and true offline
See a gate change or delay in your itinerary, and open the whole trip with no signal. No Pro tier required to have your plan at the gate.
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Built for business travel
Keep work trips separate, attach receipts as you go, and export a clean report with vendors, categories, and totals for reimbursement.
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Come home to more than photos
A couple of days after your trip, Petrel mails you a recap: every city, stay, and reservation, mapped into a story worth keeping.
Common questions
Is Petrel a good Wanderlog alternative?
Yes, if what you want is to organize trips you have already booked. Petrel turns booking confirmations in any format into a day-by-day itinerary, shows live flight status, works offline, mails you a recap, and exports expense reports. Wanderlog is stronger for map-based, places-first planning before you book.
How is Petrel different from Wanderlog?
Wanderlog is built around planning where to go with maps, places, and routes. Petrel is built around organizing what you have booked, from any format, with live flight status, true offline access, a recap, and expense reports.
How much does Petrel cost compared to Wanderlog?
Your first trip on Petrel is completely free with every feature and no credit card. After that, Voyager is $49 a year for unlimited trips, or a single extra trip is $9.99. Wanderlog has a free tier and a Pro plan around $39.99 a year.
Does Petrel do map and route planning like Wanderlog?
Petrel shows your trip on a map and orders stops with travel times, but Wanderlog leads on places-first planning: discovering spots and optimizing routes before you book. Petrel starts once you have bookings.
Can I use Petrel for business travel?
Yes. Work trips stay separate, you can attach receipts to any flight, stay, or expense, and export a reimbursement-ready report with vendors, categories, and totals.