If you are getting ready to head overseas on an AUIP program, you may find the TripIt planning tool a handy way to organize all of your travel plans. Although AUIP will provide an itinerary for the duration of the program, TripIt will help you create a customized itinerary that could include your flight details, as well as any travel that you will do before or after the program.

Simply e-mail your flight reservations, hotel details and any other important information to plans@tripit.com, and TripIt will compile all of your plans into a master itinerary that you can print out or e-mail to friends and family. TripIt will even add local maps and directions from the airport to your hotel if you are not on the group flight through StudentUniverse.com.

Do you have friends going on the program? Share your TripIt itinerary so that they know your flight details or travel plans after the program. You can even download your itinerary to your iPhone or other cell phone, which enables you to view it wherever you are.

AUIP staff love TripIt and use it for planning their often-busy travel schedules. Give it a try and let us know what handy ways you find to use it!