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Step 3 – Planning & ConfirmationsĪs a trip starts to take shape, I expand the section and add other pages for sample itineraries, budget, research on flights, hotels, getting there, etc. For instructions on sharing notebooks, watch this Microsoft Video.

Tip: You can share notebooks with others to make it a collaborative trip, or keep your family back home in the loop for your itinerary. These sections become landing pages for ideas, links and tips to save for later: When I start to get serious about a trip, the section grows, but still in a pretty disorganized fashion. Most of my pages are a disorganized smattering of notes/photos, or an empty page with one or two half-baked ideas: ex. “Spring time is best for flowers!” “So-and-so says it takes 2 days to get from Marrakesh to the Sahara” Think of it like a brainstorm, or a bulletin board or Pinterest page for each destination. Then, I jot down ideas as I hear or find them: things to do/see, hotel/restaurant recommendations. I keep a notebook for general travel ideas with a section for each place I’d like to go. Personally, I don’t think you need a template the program is already so flexible and customize-able that you can insert tables, to do lists, photos anywhere. However, Microsoft has removed these templates and only provide travel planner templates for Word/Excel. Note about Templates: Microsoft used to have themed templates for OneNote, including a travel planner with budget tool, etc., which is what many similar blog posts show in their examples. GoogleDocs and DropBox are also cloud-based, but I like the organization of OneNote better.įor a quick overview of OneNote, check out this YouTube Video. It’s also cloud-based, so it can sync with all of your devices (computers, phone, iPad, etc.). It allows you to organize your thoughts, ideas, photos, etc.

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OneNote is part of the Microsoft Office suite and is laid out like a digital series of notebooks and folders. This is how I use it for my vacation planning. The other advantage of using a computer (Netbook) is that I don't have to worry about a supply of paper or pens and I intend to back it (the Journal) up to a thumb drive every couple of days when I back up my images off the computer, but believe me - it will definitely not be fancy, and maybe your idea of just making a simple page and duplicating it would be sufficient - I think that idea and the AutoText idea both have merit and are probably both about the same amount of work in the long run.I never thought I would be such a proponent of a Microsoft product, but here I am: I LOVE Microsoft OneNote (it’s free I’m not getting any kickbacks) and use it to organize many things in life, including my travel plans. Yes, you are right, we do have an itinerary in so far as I know the camp I am going to be at on any given day, but as to the exact activities for any given day, well, they can vary considerably depending on what the various guides report from the field.

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Thanks.Īcknak, I do understand your perspective and be assured, I am not one to over-complicate things - Occam's razor and all that.I am taking a Netbook to backup my daily digital images and have a quick edit of them, so I thought.why not use this thing (Netbook) to record a daily journal - I will certainly have enough time after the daily bush drives - dark nights, no TV or Internet - I don't want to be fancy, just have a basic 'tool' for recording my daily journal. Any insight that any one would care to provide will be greatly appreciated. What I would like to happen, is that when I finish the first page, and move to the second page, that these page body headings are automatically repeated on the second page and the third page etc.Right now, the only way I can see to do this is to create a template with one page for each travel day, but this seems a bit redundant if there is someway to automatically duplicate the body headings from one page to another within the template, i.e., have the template do the duplication automatically when a new page is created, by the insertion of a page break. I have been able to build part of one so far with headers and page numbers, etc., but what I would like is to have one where each page contains the same headings in the body of the page as follows. I am looking for, or trying to create a daily travel Journal template for a trip to Africa.

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