TripChill Adds Twitter Support For Friend Notifications

Thanks to the great feedback from TripChill travelers, we have added Twitter support to our Friend Notifications.  There are 2 different ways to start taking advantage of this powerful new feature: TripChill can update your Twitter status, which will publicly notify all of your followers about your travel status.  TripChill can send private messages to each configured friend about your travel status. Frequently Asked Questions Step By Step Instructions   Follow us on Twitter for the latest airport conditions and flight alerts More Details about TripChill Friend Notifications ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TripChill keeps your friends informed about your travel status using email, text messaging, and now also with Twitter.  Our service notifies your friends about the following travel situations: Departed from airport Arriving at airport  Flight cancelled Flight diverted Changed flights Unplanned overnight stay

TripOptions iPhone Application

We are excited to announce the v1.2 release of our TripOptions application.

Features include:

• View the best flight options between 2 airports with a graphical display
• Tap a flight to get details such as flight number, departure/arrival times, airport codes, flight duration, and number of stops
• Optionally input your existing flight number to compare other flights relative to your scheduled time
• View flight options on other airlines
• View both direct flights (green items) and connecting flights (tan items) to your destination
• The connecting flights to your final destination that are viable based on the selected originating flight are highlighted
• View flight schedule options for up to a year in the future

TripChill Chills Out on Android

Thanks to Peter Suciu for mentioning TripChill's new Android support on his blog.  Peter is an accomplished New York based freelance writer whose work has appeared in many publications including Newsweek, PC Magazine, Laptop, PC Upgrade, Wired, FHM, SPIN, VIBE, The New York Daily News and Computer Games.

Travel & Leisure recognizes TripChill

Thanks to Rich Beattie, Executive Editor of Travel & Leisure, for mentioning TripChill as a staff pick.
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Configuring the Lead Time for Your TripChill Departure Status Notifications

You can now configure the lead time for your first departure notification on a travel day.  In the past these notifications have always been sent out 2 hours prior to your starting flight for the day.  You can now change this setting to get notified 3 or 4 hours prior to your first flight.

To change this setting, click on the My Account tab from your TripChill dashboard on the main website.  Go to the Preferences option and then change the value (see the picture below).  Be sure to click the Save button to save your changes.

The TripChill Mobile Travel Assistant Releases Android Support and Offline Itinerary Viewing

We have recently updated the TripChill Mobile Travel Assistant service to offer a feature-rich web browser experience for all Android smartphones, including but not limited to the new HTC Hero.  This unique web interface gives travelers using Android phones the ability to completely manage their TripChill itineraries while on the road.  Travelers simply navigate to www.tripchill.com from their phone, and they are automatically redirected to the Android specific web interface to create an account and to view and edit their travel itinerary information.

We have also released offline itinerary viewing for both Android and iPhone travelers.  This new feature lets the traveler view their itinerary information when the phone is out of range or disconnected (Airplane mode) from their cell service provider, thus keeping the traveler’s vital itinerary information at their fingertips at all times.

Using the TripChill iCal feed on an iPhone - get real-time travel changes automatically updated to your device calendar

The iPhone OS 3.0 makes it very easy to subscribe to external calendar feeds, such as the TripChill feed for viewing your travel information on your device calendar.  Our feed includes all of your itinerary information such as flight, hotel, car, rail, limo, etc.  You can configure your calendar information to get updated in real-time when a change occurs with your travel itinerary, such as a flight delay.

First go into TripChill Account Settings and click on the Sharing tab, and then click on the iCal button to copy your personal iCal URL.

Paste this URL into an email and send it to yourself so that it loads into your iPhone email inbox.  Click on the URL from your iPhone and choose to Subscribe to the feed:

The calendar feed will get registered by your phone after a few seconds:

You'll then have multiple calendars active within your calendar application.  You can choose to view your standard PC calendars or your TripChill calendar or both: