Travel Checklist Master: Your All-In-One Trip Organizer
This tool helps you plan everything for your trip – packing, budget, schedule, and notes – all saved directly in your browser. No accounts, no internet needed after loading!
Overall Goal: To have a single, private place to manage all details for one or multiple trips.
1. Getting Started: Your First Trip
What you see: When you first open the app, it will likely show a message saying “No trip selected.”
Action: Click the “Create Your First Trip” button.
Next: A small window (modal) pops up. Enter a name for your trip (e.g., “Paris Weekend”, “Japan Adventure”) and click “Create Trip“.
2. The Main Interface: Finding Your Way Around
Once you have a trip created and selected, you’ll see the main app layout:
(A) Header: At the top:
Trip Selector: A dropdown menu to switch between different trips you’ve created.
Add Trip (+): Button to create another new trip.
Manage Trips (⚙️): Button to rename, duplicate, or delete existing trips.
Theme Toggle (🌓/☀️): Switch between Light and Dark modes.
Export/Import (📤/📥): Buttons to save your data to a file or load data from a file (great for backups!).
(B) Destination Overview: A card showing your trip’s destination, dates, countdown, weather notes, currency, and emergency contacts. Click the pencil (✏️) to edit this info.
(C) Main Tabs: Below the overview, click these tabs to switch between sections:
✅ Checklists: For all your packing lists.
📅 Planner: Your day-by-day itinerary.
📝 Notes: A free space for tips, reminders, etc.
💸 Budget: Track your travel expenses.
(D) Content Area: This main part shows the content for the selected tab (your checklists, planner, etc.).
(E) Quick Add Button (+): A floating button (usually bottom-right) to quickly add a checklist or planner item without navigating tabs.
3. Using the Checklists Tab (✅)
Adding a New List: Click “Add New Checklist” at the bottom. Give it a name (e.g., “Clothes”, “Toiletries”, “Gadgets”).
Adding Items: Click “+ Add Item” under the relevant checklist. Type the item name (e.g., “Passport”, “Phone Charger”). You can also add optional notes (e.g., “Pack in carry-on”).
Checking Items Off: Click the checkbox next to an item when you’ve packed or completed it. The item text will strike through, and the progress bar for that list will update.
Progress Bar: Shows how much of that specific checklist is complete. A “🎉 List Complete!” message appears when you check off everything.
Editing/Deleting: Hover over a list title or an item to see pencil (✏️) and trash (🗑️) icons for editing or deleting.
Reordering Items: Click and hold an item, then drag it up or down within its list to change the order.
Search: Use the search bar at the top of the Checklists tab to quickly find items across all lists.
Packing Suggestions: Choose a trip type (Beach, Hiking, etc.) and click “Add Suggestions” to automatically add common items for that type of trip to your ‘Packing Essentials’ list (or the first list available).
Forgotten Items Alert: If your trip is soon and you haven’t checked off essential items (like ‘Passport’), a warning message might appear.
4. Using the Planner Tab (📅)
Adding Itinerary Items: Click “Add Itinerary Item“.
Fill Details: Enter the Activity/Event (e.g., “Flight to Rome”, “Museum Tour”), Date, Time (optional), Location (optional), and Notes (optional, e.g., “Booking Ref: XYZ”). Click “Add Item“.
Timeline View: Items are automatically sorted and grouped by date, making it easy to see your schedule.
Editing/Deleting: Hover over an itinerary item to see the pencil (✏️) and trash (🗑️) icons.
5. Using the Notes Tab (📝)
Free Writing: Click inside the large text area and type anything – reminders, packing tips, addresses, language phrases, safety notes.
Autosave: Your notes are saved automatically shortly after you stop typing.
Basic Formatting: Use the buttons above the text area (B, I, ●) to apply simple formatting like bold, italics, or bullet points to selected text or the current line.
6. Using the Budget Tab (💸)
Default Categories: Starts with common categories (Flights, Hotels, Food, etc.).
Adding Categories: Click “Add Budget Category” to add your own (e.g., “Souvenirs”, “Train Tickets”).
Entering Costs: For each category, enter your Planned amount and update the Actual amount as you spend.
Currency: Click the money bag (💰) icon near the “Budget Breakdown” title to set the currency symbol ($, €, £, etc.).
Summary: Totals for Planned, Actual, and the Difference are shown at the top.
Pie Chart: A visual breakdown of your actual spending by category. Hover over segments for details.
Editing/Deleting: Input values directly in the table. Use the trash (🗑️) icon to delete a category row.
7. Managing Your Trips (⚙️ Button)
Access: Click the Gear (⚙️) icon in the header.
What you see: A list of all your created trips.
Rename: Click directly on a trip name in the list, type the new name, and click outside or press Enter.
Duplicate (❐): Click the duplicate icon next to a trip to create an exact copy (useful for similar future trips). You’ll be switched to the new copy.
Delete: Check the box next to one or more trips, then click the “Delete Selected” button that appears. Warning: This cannot be undone!
8. Exporting & Importing Data (📤/📥 Buttons)
Export (📤): Click this to save ALL your trip data (all trips, settings) into a single .json file on your computer. Use this for backups or moving data to another computer/browser.
Import (📥): Click this, then choose a previously exported .json file. Warning: This will REPLACE all the data currently in the app. Use this to restore a backup.
Key Things to Remember:
Local Storage: All data stays only in the browser you are currently using. It’s not synced online.
Offline Access: Once the page is loaded, you don’t need an internet connection.
Backup: Use the Export feature regularly to back up your important travel plans!
That’s it! Enjoy organizing your travels with Travel Checklist Master.