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How to Use Triply

Plan a trip, share it with your group, and keep a backup. All without creating an account.

Quick Start

1

Create a Trip

Tap + New Trip on the dashboard and fill in the trip details.

2

Add Stops

Switch between days and add stops, meals, drives, activities, and more.

3

Share the Link

Open your trip and tap Share Link. Send the URL to your group.

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Creating a Trip

1
Open the dashboard

Go to trip.edmundbacayo.com. Your saved trips appear here. The first time you visit, the list is empty.

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Tap + New Trip

This opens the trip editor. Fill in the Trip Title (e.g. "3D2N Dumaguete Road Trip") and Location (e.g. "Negros Oriental, Philippines").

3
Set the start date and number of days

Choosing a start date lets Triply auto-fill the day labels (Monday, Tuesday…) and date badges (Apr 10, Apr 11…) throughout your itinerary. You can plan up to 9 days per trip.

4
Tap Save

Your trip is saved to this device. It appears as a card on the dashboard.

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Trips are stored on your device All data lives in your browser's local storage. No account, no cloud. Export a backup JSON regularly so you don't lose your plans.
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Building the Itinerary

1
Switch between days using the tabs

Tap Day 1, Day 2, etc. at the top of the editor. Each day has its own stops list. The tab shows a stop count badge once you've added stops.

2
Set a day theme (optional)

The Day Theme field is a short subtitle shown under the day header. e.g. "City Tour · Mountain Dinner". The date label auto-fills if you set a start date.

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Tap + Add Stop

A new stop card appears. Every stop has:

🔷 Type — choose from the dropdown (sets the icon automatically)
🔷 Title — what's happening, e.g. "Lunch" or "Pulangbato Falls"
🔷 Place — venue name, shown as a tag, e.g. "Forest Camp"
🔷 Time — pick from the time selector
🔷 Budget Min / Max — estimated cost per person
🔷 Notes — any extra detail

4
Highlight important stops

Tick the Highlight checkbox on a stop to give it a gold background in the itinerary view. Use this for key events like meals, featured activities, or meetup points.

5
Reorder stops with ↑ ↓

Use the arrow buttons on each stop card to move it up or down within the day.

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Save when done

Tap Save at the top right. You can come back and edit anytime from the dashboard.

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Budget tip Leave Budget Min and Max blank for stops with no cost (free sightseeing, rest stops, etc.). Only fill them in when there's an expected spend — the viewer will display the range automatically.
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Stop Types Reference

The stop type sets the icon shown in the itinerary. Pick the closest match. It's cosmetic but helps the viewer scan the day at a glance.

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Travel
Driving between places
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Ferry
Boat or ferry crossing
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Flight
Air travel
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Meal
Lunch, dinner, brunch
Coffee
Café stop or breakfast
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Stay
Hotel or accommodation
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Activity
ATV, go-kart, zip line…
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Sightseeing
Landmarks, museums
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Nature
Falls, vents, parks
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Shopping
Pasalubong, markets
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Other
Anything else
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Sharing Your Trip

1
Open the trip from the dashboard

Tap View on any trip card. This opens the full itinerary viewer.

2
Tap 🔗 Share Link

A URL appears in a box below the button. The link is automatically copied to your clipboard on most devices.

3
Send the link to your group

Paste it into your group chat on Messenger, WhatsApp, Viber, or any messaging app. The recipient taps the link and sees the full itinerary. No app download, no account required.

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How the link works The entire itinerary is encoded inside the URL itself. There is no server involved. Anyone with the link can view it, but the link is only discoverable by people you share it with.
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Share link is a snapshot The link captures your itinerary at the moment you tap Share. If you edit the trip afterward, tap Share again to get a fresh link with the updates.
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Export & Import

Since trips are stored in your browser, clearing your browser data will erase them. Export regularly as a backup.

Exporting a backup

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Tap ↓ Export on any trip card

A .json file downloads to your device. This file contains your complete itinerary.

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Save the file somewhere safe

Google Drive, iCloud, a folder on your desktop or anywhere you'll find it later. Name it something clear like dumaguete-trip.json.

Restoring from a backup

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Tap ↑ Import on the dashboard

A text box appears. Open your saved .json file in any text editor, select all, and copy the contents.

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Paste into the box and tap Import

The trip is restored and appears on your dashboard. This also works for loading a trip on a new device.

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Printing & PDF

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Open the trip viewer and tap 🖨 Print / PDF

Your browser's print dialog opens. The itinerary switches to a compact 3-column layout optimised for A4 portrait paper.

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Set paper size to A4 and orientation to Portrait

In the print dialog, select A4 as the paper size. Orientation should be Portrait. Enable Background graphics so the colored day headers print correctly.

3
Save as PDF instead of printing

In the Destination dropdown, choose Save as PDF. This gives you a shareable PDF file you can send to group members who prefer a document over a link.

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Enable Background Graphics Most browsers hide background colors and gradients in print by default. Look for a "Background graphics" or "Print backgrounds" option in the print dialog and turn it on. Otherwise the day headers will print without their blue color.

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