European Travel Itinerary Planner Tools

A travel itinerary planner collects flights, stays and activities into one trip plan that you can share and use offline. The European Travel Itinerary Planners below are run by companies in the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Germany and France, so your trip data sits with a contracting entity under European law instead of a US group.

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11 European Travel Itinerary Planner Tools

Tripomatic

Brno day-by-day itinerary planner with a free plan and AI

Czech Republic
Drag-and-drop day planner AI assistant files booking documents Export to PDF, GPX and KML

Polarsteps

Amsterdam app that plans, tracks and replays a trip

Netherlands
Travel planner with stays and activities Automatic route tracker Trip Reel video and Travel Book

Stippl

Amsterdam AI travel planner with budget and packing list

Netherlands
AI day-by-day itinerary Budget planner and packing list Offline use and group planning

KDE Itinerary

Open-source reservation organiser that works on your device

Germany
Local extraction of bookings Train, bus, flight and hotel reservations Real-time delay updates

Palima

French app for inspiration, group itineraries and trip memories

France
Itinerary, bookings and group in one app Save ideas from TikTok and Instagram Web version next to iOS and Android

TravelMap

Interactive trip map with a free tier and 4 EUR Premium

France
Maps for past, present and future trips Share by link, no account needed to view Premium lines follow the roads

Layla

Berlin AI trip planner backed by human travel experts

Germany
AI chat builds the trip Travel expert checks and books Live prices for flights, hotels, trains

Mapstr

Paris-area map app to save places and prepare trips

France
Import places from Instagram and TikTok Collaborative maps Web version

ViaMichelin

Michelin route planner with fuel and toll cost estimates

France
Route planner with cost estimate Maps and traffic news Hotels along the route

Komoot

Route planner for hiking and cycling trips

Germany
Route planning by sport Free account Navigation in the app

Cocohop

French AI itinerary and quote tool for travel professionals

France
AI copilot for trip design Quote generation Plans from EUR 12 per user per month

Key takeaways

  • Tripomatic from Brno ranks first among the European travel itinerary planners here because its free plan has no time limit and still covers day-by-day maps, routing and export to PDF, GPX and KML.
  • KDE Itinerary is the only open source planner on this list, licensed LGPL-2.0-or-later, and its app page says booking extraction runs on the device without sending data to remote servers.
  • Polarsteps and Stippl, both from Amsterdam, give the Dutch market two different tools: Polarsteps records the journey, while Stippl drafts it with AI.
  • TravelMap publishes the clearest consumer price in this category, €4 net per month or €30 net per year for Premium, while six other planners leave the paid price off the pages we read.
  • Cocohop is the only professional tool here, with three euro plans from €12 per user per month excluding VAT for agents who quote custom trips.

European travel itinerary planners are apps and web services, run by companies established in the EU, that gather flights, stays and sights into one trip plan and keep that plan on your phone while you travel. The European part matters because a trip file holds passport details, hotel addresses and flight times, and the contracting company decides who may read them.

European travel itinerary planners compared

European travel itinerary planners compared on position, country, entry price and best use
PositionToolEstablishedEntry priceBest for
#1 Tripomatic Czech Republic Free plan with no time limit (up to 5 days with planned activities per calendar month across all trips, up to 25 places and hotels per trip, shows ads). Premium removes the limits and ads; the Premium price is not shown on the pages we read. Travellers who plan places and days on a map and want a free starting point
#2 Polarsteps Netherlands App is free to download; the terms mention a Plus subscription, but no price is shown on the pages we read. Travellers who want to plan and then record and share the journey
#3 Stippl Netherlands Free to join. A Stippl Pro tier exists; its price is not shown on the pages we read. Groups that want an AI-built draft itinerary with a budget
#4 KDE Itinerary Germany No price on the app page; KDE asks for donations and supporting members. Privacy-minded travellers on Android or Plasma Mobile who book trains and flights
#5 Palima France Free app download; free and premium features exist, premium price not shown on the pages we read. Friends who plan a trip together, French speakers first
#6 TravelMap France Free: 0 EUR with straight lines, up to 100 photos, unlimited maps and spots. Premium: 4 EUR net per month or 30 EUR net per year. Premium Plus price is not shown on the pages we read. Solo travellers and families who want to show a route to people at home
#7 Layla Germany Planning is free to start; the home page says 'No fees' and shows prices in USD. Booking prices are not listed on the pages we read. Travellers who want a finished, bookable trip instead of a self-built one
#8 Mapstr France Not shown on the pages we read People who collect restaurants, sights and ideas for city trips
#9 ViaMichelin France Not shown on the pages we read Drivers planning a road trip with fuel and toll costs
#10 komoot Germany Free to plan routes, navigate your home region and use the community library; komoot Premium (multi-day routes, offline world maps, 3D maps, Garmin sync) is a paid subscription whose price is shown only after sign-in, not published on komoot.com Hikers, cyclists and runners who plan multi-day outdoor routes
#11 Cocohop France Theya EUR 12 excl. VAT per month per user (EUR 144 billed annually); Studio EUR 60 excl. VAT per month (EUR 720 annually, plus EUR 20 per extra user); Synergy EUR 100 excl. VAT per month (EUR 1,200 annually, plus EUR 25 per extra user). Annual billing saves 20%. Small tour operators and travel agents who build and quote custom trips

Every European travel itinerary planner reviewed

#1 Tripomatic

Brno, Czech Republic Free plan with no time limit (up to 5 days with planned activities per calendar month across all trips, up to 25 places and hotels per trip, shows ads). Premium removes the limits and ads; the Premium price is not shown on the pages we read. Demo on request

Best for: Travellers who plan places and days on a map and want a free starting point

  • Operating company. Tripomatic s.r.o.
  • Jurisdiction. EU (Czech Republic)
  • Where the data sits. Not stated per service. The privacy policy says Tripomatic seeks not to transfer data outside the EU/EEA, but some sub-contractors may be in the US, covered by Standard Contractual Clauses.
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. TripIt, Wanderlog

Tripomatic is a Czech itinerary planner from Brno that builds a trip from places rather than from bookings. You pick sights and hotels, drag them into days, and see time estimates per stop. Routing covers walking, public transit, car, bike and hiking trails, and each day carries travel alerts and public holidays.

Tripomatic s.r.o. lists its entry at the Regional Court in Brno, file C 57944, and a Czech VAT number on its home page. The free plan caps planning at 5 days with activities per month and shows ads. Premium adds offline maps, PDF download, documents and live flight status, but its price is not on the pages we read.

What Tripomatic does well

  • Czech company with a named register entry and VAT number
  • Free plan without a time limit
  • Routing by walking, transit, car, bike and hiking
  • Export to PDF, GPX and KML
  • Travel alerts shown per day of the trip

Where Tripomatic falls short

  • Free plan caps planned days per month
  • Offline maps and live flight updates need Premium
  • Premium price not shown on the pages we read
  • Some sub-processors may be outside the EU/EEA

Standout feature. Tripomatic combines a free plan with no time limit, route planning by five transport modes and export to PDF, GPX and KML, which no other planner here offers together.

#2 Polarsteps

Amsterdam, Netherlands Founded 2015 App is free to download; the terms mention a Plus subscription, but no price is shown on the pages we read. Demo on request

Best for: Travellers who want to plan and then record and share the journey

  • Operating company. Polarsteps B.V.
  • Jurisdiction. EU (Netherlands)
  • Where the data sits. Not stated on the pages we read
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. TripIt, Wanderlog

Polarsteps is an Amsterdam travel app that starts as a planner and turns into a tracker once you leave. You add stays and activities to a map, and during the trip the app captures your route while you add photos, videos and stories. Family and friends follow the steps.

Polarsteps B.V. says it was founded in 2015 and counts 23 million-plus travellers, both company statements. The terms follow Dutch law with the Amsterdam court. The privacy notice says personal data is not sold and trips are visible only to followers by default. The Plus and Travel Book prices were not shown.

What Polarsteps does well

  • Dutch B.V. with a Dutch address and Dutch law in its terms
  • Planner, tracker and book in one app
  • States it will not sell personal data
  • Trips visible only to followers by default
  • Free to download

Where Polarsteps falls short

  • No booking-email import stated on the pages we read
  • Plus and book prices not shown
  • Data location not stated
  • Focus on sharing, not on logistics

Standout feature. Polarsteps is the only planner here that records your route automatically and then prints the trip as a hardback book.

#3 Stippl

Amsterdam, Netherlands Free to join. A Stippl Pro tier exists; its price is not shown on the pages we read. Demo on request

Best for: Groups that want an AI-built draft itinerary with a budget

  • Operating company. Stippl B.V.
  • Jurisdiction. EU (Netherlands)
  • Where the data sits. Not stated on the pages we read
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. TripIt, Wanderlog

Stippl is an Amsterdam AI travel planner that takes a description of your trip and returns a day-by-day draft with budget and stays. Separate pages cover the itinerary, the budget and a packing list. After the trip it offers a travel tracker, a travel reel and a photobook.

Stippl B.V. is registered under KvK 82938865 and is the data controller. It states that no data protection officer is appointed because the GDPR thresholds are not met. Accommodation booking runs through Nuitee Travel Limited. The AI providers, the data location and the Pro price are not named on the pages we read.

What Stippl does well

  • Dutch B.V. with KvK number and address
  • Free to join
  • Budget planner and packing list built in
  • Offline use advertised
  • Seven interface languages

Where Stippl falls short

  • Accommodation bookings go through Nuitee Travel Limited
  • Pro price not shown on the pages we read
  • Data location not stated
  • AI model providers not named

Standout feature. Stippl joins an AI-drafted itinerary, a budget planner and a packing list in a single free account.

#4 KDE Itinerary

Berlin, Germany No price on the app page; KDE asks for donations and supporting members. Demo on request

Best for: Privacy-minded travellers on Android or Plasma Mobile who book trains and flights

  • Operating company. KDE e.V.
  • Jurisdiction. EU (Germany)
  • Where the data sits. On your device; the app page says extraction is performed locally and data is not sent to remote servers
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. TripIt, TripCase

KDE Itinerary is a free travel assistant developed by the KDE community that stores reservations for trains, buses, flights, hotels, restaurants, events and rental cars. It keeps QR codes, seat reservations and check-in times, reports delays in real time and shows indoor maps of stations and airports based on OpenStreetMap.

KDE e.V., the non-profit that represents the community, gives a Berlin address, and the app is licensed LGPL-2.0-or-later. Release 26.08.2 of 8 October 2026 added extractors for several operators. The app page lists Plasma Mobile, Android and Linux but no iOS app, and extraction works only for supported operators.

What KDE Itinerary does well

  • Open source under LGPL-2.0-or-later
  • Extraction runs locally, no remote servers
  • Covers trains, buses, flights, hotels and rental cars
  • Real-time delay updates and indoor station maps
  • Free to install

Where KDE Itinerary falls short

  • No iOS app listed on the page we read
  • Best email flow needs KMail or Nextcloud setup
  • Not a sightseeing day planner
  • Extractors exist only for supported operators

Standout feature. KDE Itinerary extracts reservations from tickets on your own device and is the only open source organiser on this page.

#5 Palima

Clermont-Ferrand, France Free app download; free and premium features exist, premium price not shown on the pages we read. Demo on request

Best for: Friends who plan a trip together, French speakers first

  • Operating company. SmarTrips (brands Palima and SmarTrips)
  • Jurisdiction. EU (France)
  • Where the data sits. Website hosted by Google Ireland Limited (Firebase Hosting) in Ireland; app data location not stated
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. TripIt, Wanderlog

Palima is a French app from Clermont-Ferrand that organises a trip in three steps: inspiration, the trip itself and memories. Videos saved from TikTok and Instagram become the first ideas, and the group function keeps the itinerary and reservations shared among friends. A web version complements the apps.

Palima is published by SmarTrips under SIREN 987 832 367. The imprint still marks legal form, RCS and VAT fields as to be completed, and the pages we read are in French. The website is hosted by Google Ireland on Firebase in Dublin. The home page cites ratings of 4.6 and 4.5, which are company figures.

What Palima does well

  • French company with SIREN and address
  • Group planning at the centre
  • Saves inspiration from TikTok and Instagram
  • Web version available
  • Free app download

Where Palima falls short

  • Imprint fields for legal form and RCS not completed
  • Pages we read are in French
  • Premium price not shown
  • No stated email-forwarding import

Standout feature. Palima starts a trip from TikTok and Instagram videos you saved and keeps the group in the same board.

#6 TravelMap

Saint-Etienne, France Founded 2013 Free: 0 EUR with straight lines, up to 100 photos, unlimited maps and spots. Premium: 4 EUR net per month or 30 EUR net per year. Premium Plus price is not shown on the pages we read. Demo on request

Best for: Solo travellers and families who want to show a route to people at home

  • Operating company. TravelMap SASU
  • Jurisdiction. EU (France)
  • Where the data sits. Server hosted in France by OVH, per the imprint
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. TripIt, Polarsteps

TravelMap is an interactive trip map from Saint-Etienne where you trace past, present and future journeys and share them by link. Each spot can carry photos and posts, and each blog gets its own address with an optional password. Free accounts hold unlimited maps and spots.

TravelMap SASU says the service was created in 2013 by one person who still runs it. The imprint places the server with OVH in France, and the terms follow French law. The privacy page says income comes from paid accounts and printed books. Premium costs €4 net per month or €30 net per year; Premium Plus is unpriced.

What TravelMap does well

  • French SASU with SIRET and address
  • Hosted in France by OVH
  • Premium at 4 EUR net per month, 30 EUR net per year
  • Viewers need no account
  • States it earns from paid accounts and books, not advertisers

Where TravelMap falls short

  • No reservation import or flight tracking
  • Free tier limited to straight lines and 100 photos
  • Run by one person per its about page
  • Premium Plus price not shown

Standout feature. TravelMap pairs a €4 net monthly Premium with French hosting and a map that viewers open without an account.

#7 Layla

Berlin, Germany Planning is free to start; the home page says 'No fees' and shows prices in USD. Booking prices are not listed on the pages we read. Demo on request

Best for: Travellers who want a finished, bookable trip instead of a self-built one

  • Operating company. Layla AI GmbH
  • Jurisdiction. EU (Germany)
  • Where the data sits. Not stated on the pages we read
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. TripIt

Layla is a Berlin trip planner where a chat produces a plan and, according to the home page, a travel expert reviews it and books hotels, flights, transfers and activities. Live prices for flights, hotels, trains and cars are listed, along with modes for road trips and last-minute trips.

Layla AI GmbH is registered at Amtsgericht Charlottenburg under HRB 247135 B with VAT ID DE357157701. German law governs the terms. The privacy policy covers chats and approximate location, and names Google Analytics and Smartlook. The 2M+ trips and 4.9 rating are company statements; booking charges and data location were not stated.

What Layla does well

  • German GmbH with register number and VAT ID
  • Human expert reviews the AI plan
  • Support on WhatsApp during the trip
  • Live price comparison across flights, hotels, trains and cars
  • Governed by German law

Where Layla falls short

  • Not an organiser for bookings made elsewhere
  • Chat history is stored in your account
  • Booking charges not stated
  • Data location not stated

Standout feature. Layla has a human travel expert check and book the AI-drafted plan, with WhatsApp support during the trip.

#8 Mapstr

Malakoff, France Not shown on the pages we read Demo on request

Best for: People who collect restaurants, sights and ideas for city trips

  • Operating company. MAPSTR SAS
  • Jurisdiction. EU (France)
  • Where the data sits. AWS, Ireland region, per the imprint
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. TripIt, Wanderlog

Mapstr is a French map app for saving addresses, sharing them with friends and preparing trips. Places arrive from Instagram and TikTok imports, and the app shows what friends saved. Its feature list includes preparing a trip and building a collaborative map, and a web version exists next to iOS and Android.

MAPSTR SAS is based in Malakoff under SIREN 799 917 380 and RCS Versailles. The imprint says data sits with AWS in the Ireland region, and the app was declared to the CNIL. The home page says users saved 105,456,789 places. Booking, day schedules and prices are not described on the pages we read.

What Mapstr does well

  • French SAS with SIREN, RCS and capital stated
  • Imports places from Instagram and TikTok
  • Collaborative maps
  • Web version
  • Data in the AWS Ireland region

Where Mapstr falls short

  • No stated booking or day-by-day scheduling
  • Pricing not shown
  • US cloud provider in the hosting chain
  • French-language legal pages

Standout feature. Mapstr imports saved places from Instagram and TikTok onto personal and shared maps.

#9 ViaMichelin

Clermont-Ferrand, France Not shown on the pages we read Demo on request

Best for: Drivers planning a road trip with fuel and toll costs

  • Operating company. Manufacture Francaise des Pneumatiques Michelin
  • Jurisdiction. EU (France)
  • Where the data sits. Hosted in Ireland by Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd, per the legal notice
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. TripIt, Roadtrippers

ViaMichelin is the route-planning site and app of Michelin, with driving directions between European cities, ideas for stops, maps, traffic news and hotel listings. Its distinctive output is the cost of a journey split into fuel and tolls, with an example on the home page at EUR 49 and EUR 18.

The publisher, Manufacture Francaise des Pneumatiques Michelin, is registered in Clermont-Ferrand under number 855 200 507. The legal notice names Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd as host in Ireland. Saved multi-day itineraries, reservation import and group sharing are not described, and no price appears on the pages we read.

What ViaMichelin does well

  • Operated by a French company with register number and capital
  • Fuel and toll cost estimate per journey
  • Covers maps, traffic and hotels
  • Hosted in Ireland
  • Ideas for stops along the route

Where ViaMichelin falls short

  • No saved multi-day itineraries described
  • No reservation import or collaboration described
  • Irish unit of a US group hosts the service
  • Price model not shown

Standout feature. ViaMichelin shows the fuel and toll cost of a road journey, a figure no other planner here calculates.

#10 komoot

Schönefeld, Germany Free to plan routes, navigate your home region and use the community library; komoot Premium (multi-day routes, offline world maps, 3D maps, Garmin sync) is a paid subscription whose price is shown only after sign-in, not published on komoot.com Demo on request

Best for: Hikers, cyclists and runners who plan multi-day outdoor routes

  • Operating company. komoot GmbH
  • Jurisdiction. EU (Germany)
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. Strava, AllTrails, Google Maps

komoot is a German route planner built around outdoor sport rather than bookings. You choose hiking, road cycling, mountain biking, bikepacking or running, and komoot proposes a route from its community library of routes, photos and tips. Offline maps and turn-by-turn voice navigation cover the trip itself.

komoot GmbH is based in Schönefeld, Germany. Planning routes, navigating your home region and using the community library are free. Premium adds multi-day routes, offline world maps, 3D maps and Garmin sync, and its price is shown only after sign-in. It fits an itinerary page as the trail layer, not as a hotel organiser.

What komoot does well

  • Routes generated per sport: hiking, road cycling, mountain biking, bikepacking, running
  • Community library of routes with photos and tips
  • Offline maps and spoken turn-by-turn directions
  • Planning and home-region navigation are free
  • German GmbH under EU jurisdiction

Where komoot falls short

  • Premium price shown only after sign-in
  • Content comes from the community, not a fixed dataset
  • Suits outdoor days more than city or driving trips
  • No certification published

Standout feature. komoot generates a route per sport, so the same hillside is plotted differently for a hiker, a road cyclist and a mountain biker.

#11 Cocohop

Draveil, France Theya EUR 12 excl. VAT per month per user (EUR 144 billed annually); Studio EUR 60 excl. VAT per month (EUR 720 annually, plus EUR 20 per extra user); Synergy EUR 100 excl. VAT per month (EUR 1,200 annually, plus EUR 25 per extra user). Annual billing saves 20%. Demo on request

Best for: Small tour operators and travel agents who build and quote custom trips

  • Operating company. Cocohop SAS
  • Jurisdiction. EU (France)
  • Where the data sits. Servers hosted by Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, Luxembourg, which the imprint describes as hosting in France
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. TripIt Pro for teams, Travefy

Cocohop is a French AI suite for travel distributors and producers of tailored trips. Its interface lists projects with group size, margin and destination, and its AI copilot helps design the trip and produce the quote. It targets agencies, not holidaymakers.

Cocohop SAS is registered at RCS Evry under 929 812 246 in Draveil. Theya costs €12 per user per month, Studio €60 and Synergy €100, all excluding VAT, with 20% off on annual billing and no installation fee. Servers run on Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL in Luxembourg. The 80% time saving is the vendor's claim.

What Cocohop does well

  • French SAS with RCS number and address
  • Public prices in euros
  • No installation fees or commitment per the pricing page
  • Built for quotes and margins
  • Annual billing discount of 20%

Where Cocohop falls short

  • Not for personal trips
  • French-language pages
  • Hosted on the EU arm of a US cloud provider
  • No data export described

Standout feature. Cocohop prices itineraries as quotes with margins and group bases, which no consumer planner on this page does.

Which European travel itinerary planner should I start with?

Start with the job you actually do. Tripomatic suits people who choose sights and hotels and want them arranged by day on a map. Stippl suits people who would rather describe the trip and get a draft with a budget. Palima suits friends who plan together from saved videos.

Pick Polarsteps when the plan matters less than the record, because the app tracks your route as you go. Pick KDE Itinerary when your main chore is keeping train and flight reservations in one place.

Most of these tools are free to start, so a short trial with a real upcoming trip tells you more than a feature list. The ranking on this page follows the criteria in the comparison table, and a lower rank does not mean the tool is worse at its own job.

Can a European app read my booking emails like TripIt does?

KDE Itinerary is the one that extracts booking data from tickets and confirmations, and its app page says the extraction is performed locally. The smoothest route is KMail with KDE Connect, and Nextcloud Mail with DavDroid also syncs tickets. It runs on Plasma Mobile, Android and Linux, with no iOS app on the page we read.

Tripomatic takes a different route: its AI assistant reads tickets or confirmations that you attach and adds the flights, hotels and booking numbers to the plan. The remaining planners describe no email-forwarding import on the pages we read, so you add reservations by hand.

That is the main trade when you leave a US organiser. You give up the automatic timeline and gain tools that start from places, people or a route.

What do European travel itinerary planners cost?

Free tiers are the norm. Tripomatic has a free plan with no time limit but caps planning at 5 days with activities per calendar month and shows ads. Stippl is free to join, Polarsteps is free to download and KDE Itinerary is free to install, with KDE asking for donations.

TravelMap publishes its numbers: a free tier with straight lines and up to 100 photos, and Premium at €4 net per month or €30 net per year. Cocohop lists Theya at €12, Studio at €60 and Synergy at €100 per month excluding VAT, with 20% off for annual billing.

Premium or Pro prices were not shown for Tripomatic, Polarsteps, Stippl, Palima, Mapstr, ViaMichelin and komoot on the pages we read, and komoot shows its price only after sign-in. Ask for the price before you build a shared trip around a paid feature.

Where is my trip data stored, and who is the contracting company?

The contracting company is the easier question. Each planner names a European entity: Tripomatic s.r.o. in Czech Republic, Polarsteps B.V. and Stippl B.V. in the Netherlands, Layla AI GmbH and komoot GmbH in Germany, and SmarTrips, TravelMap SASU, MAPSTR SAS, Michelin and Cocohop SAS in France.

The hosting location is less often stated. TravelMap names OVH in France, Mapstr names AWS in Ireland, ViaMichelin names Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd, and Palima hosts its website on Google Ireland through Firebase. Cocohop uses Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL in Luxembourg.

Polarsteps, Stippl, Layla and Tripomatic do not state a data location per service. Tripomatic says it seeks not to transfer data outside the EU/EEA and relies on Standard Contractual Clauses for some sub-contractors in the US. KDE Itinerary avoids the question by keeping the data on your device.

How do I move from TripIt to a European planner?

Expect to re-enter your upcoming trips. None of the vendors on this page describes an import from TripIt, so copy flight numbers, hotel names and dates across. Tripomatic accepts flights added by number, which shortens that step.

Past trips can stay in your own folder. If you want a past route on a map, Polarsteps and TravelMap both let you trace a journey you have already made.

Tell your travel companions before you switch, since shared trips are rebuilt in the new tool. Cancel nothing at TripIt until the next trip has been entered and checked against the original confirmations.

When is it better not to switch from TripIt?

Keep TripIt if forwarding confirmations to one address is the whole reason you use it, because only KDE Itinerary comes close and it needs Android or Plasma Mobile. Keep it too if your employer has linked it to a corporate account for expense purposes.

There is a privacy note for that case. TripIt's privacy statement says itineraries can be visible to your employer when you link a company SAP Concur account, so private trips belong in a separate tool.

A hybrid is fine. Many travellers keep reservations in KDE Itinerary or TripIt and use Tripomatic, Mapstr or komoot for the days between them.

How we selected and ranked these 11 tools

Every tool on this page is in the European Purpose directory, which means the operating company is established in Europe and we have verified that from the company register or the vendor's own legal notice rather than from a marketing page. Tools headquartered outside Europe are not eligible, however good they are.

  1. Feature verification (weight: 40%). We check each capability against the vendor's own documentation and product pages, and record what the tool does rather than what the category is assumed to include.
  2. Ease of adoption (weight: 30%). Integrations, published API access, trial availability and how much configuration stands between signing and a usable result.
  3. Value and transparency (weight: 30%). Published pricing counts in a vendor's favour; quote-only pricing is recorded as quote-only rather than estimated. We weigh what a buyer gets for the entry price, not the headline feature count.
  4. Editorial review. Every page is researched and drafted with AI assistance, and the compliance and pricing claims are checked against the vendor's documentation before it is published under the founder's editorial responsibility. The three weights above decide the order; a position is a ranking against the other European tools in this category, not an absolute score.

Vendor-reported outcomes — ROI figures, margin uplift, time saved — are labelled as vendor claims wherever they appear on this page. We have not audited them, and neither has anyone else who quotes them. Read our full editorial process for how pages are re-verified.

Frequently asked questions

Tripomatic ranks first on this page for its free plan without a time limit, day-by-day routing and export to PDF, GPX and KML. KDE Itinerary is the pick for local booking extraction, Polarsteps for recording the journey, Stippl for AI drafts and Cocohop for agents. The best choice depends on whether you plan, record or file your trips.

Yes. Tripomatic has a free plan with no time limit, Stippl is free to join, Polarsteps is free to download and KDE Itinerary is free to install. TravelMap has a free tier too, limited to straight lines and 100 photos. Each has paid tiers or limits, so read the plan before you commit.

Stippl advertises offline use, and Tripomatic offers offline maps in the mobile app with Premium. KDE Itinerary keeps reservations on the device, and komoot offers offline maps and turn-by-turn voice navigation, with offline world maps in Premium.

KDE Itinerary, licensed LGPL-2.0-or-later. The other planners on this page are commercial products. The KDE community is represented legally by KDE e.V. in Berlin.

Palima puts group planning at the centre, Stippl advertises planning trips together, Mapstr offers collaborative maps and Tripomatic supports shared trips. Polarsteps lets followers watch a trip but is built for one traveller recording a journey.

Cocohop is the one on this page. It sells three plans in euros excluding VAT, Theya at €12 per user per month, Studio at €60 and Synergy at €100, and it is built for quotes, margins and group bases.