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Plot vs TripIt

TripIt organizes your itinerary. Plot organizes it too, then watches your flights, hotels and rental cars for price drops and shows you exactly how to get the money back.

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Price Watch is part of Plot Pro. TripIt's features and prices checked against its own pages on Sep 29, 2026.

A hotel room in Paris, the bed by tall windows onto a wrought-iron balcony

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Your hotel rate dropped $62

Here's exactly how to claim the difference.

Why people switch

Why people look for a TripIt alternative

  1. Price drops only on some flights

    TripIt Pro's Fare Tracker covers US flights on 7 airlines, economy fares only, starting 100 days before departure. Southwest isn't on the list, and TripIt's feature list doesn't include hotel or car rental price tracking.

    In Plot

    Price Watch covers flights on 50+ airlines, including Southwest and international carriers, plus your hotels and rental cars, and every alert comes with the exact steps to claim.

    Plot's Price Watch tab on iPhone: a Park Hyatt Tokyo drop ready to claim, $93 saved, and flights and hotels being watched

  2. An interface that feels dated

    “It has an antiquated UI and is not well-supported.”
    Hacker News comment, Oct 9, 2024
    “Clunky, unintuitive and buggy.”
    Trustpilot review, Nov 11, 2025

    In Plot

    Plot's itinerary reads like a travel magazine: every stop with its photo, time and place, day by day, on iPhone and the web.

    Plot's trip itinerary on iPhone for an Oahu trip: Hilton Hawaiian Village check-in, Hertz pickup, dinner at Duke's Waikiki and a Diamond Head hike

  3. Imports that get the details wrong

    “wrong dates, flight numbers and times”
    Trustpilot review, on itinerary emails TripIt imported, Oct 9, 2025
    “Sync problems. Shame, it used to be sp efficient.”
    Trustpilot review, Oct 4, 2025

    In Plot

    Plot follows each flight with live flight data, so the times, gate and delays on your trip reflect what the flight is actually doing, not only what the confirmation email said.

    Plot's flight detail on iPhone: United UA 1175 SFO to HNL in the air, arriving 43 minutes late, with terminals and gate

Quotes are individual users' words, as written, and experiences vary. Screens are Plot's iPhone app.

Why Plot

Why travelers choose Plot over TripIt

  1. 01

    Hotels and rental cars, not just flights

    Plot watches your exact hotel room and rate and your rental car, and tells you when a drop is worth claiming.

    How hotel Price Watch works How car rental Price Watch works

  2. 02

    More airlines, more fares

    Price Watch covers 50+ airlines, including Southwest and international carriers, and knows each airline's change fees, so a drop only counts when it's worth acting on.

  3. 03

    The steps, not just a heads-up

    Every alert comes with the saving and the exact steps for your airline, hotel or rental company. For United and Delta flights booked directly, Plot files the claim itself and tells you when the travel credit lands.

  4. 04

    Your whole trip, including the plans

    Restaurants, activities and events sit in the same itinerary as your flights, hotels, cars and trains, and you can share it with the people you're traveling with.

How hotel Price Watch worksHow car rental Price Watch works

Price Watch is part of Plot Pro.

At a glance

Plot and TripIt, side by side

TripIt turns forwarded confirmations into an itinerary, and TripIt Pro adds flight alerts, inbox import, fare refund monitoring and reward tracking.

  • Hotel price drops

    Plot
    Price Watch, with Pro: your exact room and rate, across Booking.com's price match, the chain's rate guarantee, and cancel-and-rebook.
    TripIt
    TripIt's feature list doesn't include hotel price tracking.

  • Car rental price drops

    Plot
    Price Watch, with Pro: the same car for less, a bigger car for less, or another reputable company for less.
    TripIt
    TripIt's feature list doesn't include car rental price tracking.

  • Flight price drops

    Plot
    Price Watch, with Pro: 50+ airlines, including Southwest and international carriers, from the day you book.
    TripIt
    Fare Tracker, with Pro: US flights on 7 airlines, economy fares only, from 100 days before departure. Southwest isn't listed.

  • When a price drops

    Plot
    The saving and step-by-step claim instructions for your airline, hotel or rental company. For United and Delta flights booked directly, Plot files the claim itself.
    TripIt
    Tells you that you may qualify for a refund and who to contact.

  • Itinerary from forwarded emails

    Plot
    Yes, forward confirmations to plans@plot.travel.
    TripIt
    Yes, forward confirmations to plans@tripit.com.

  • Flight status alerts

    Plot
    Gate change, delay and cancellation alerts on the day you fly on every plan; with Pro, from the day you book, plus delay prediction.
    TripIt
    Real-time flight alerts and gate or terminal reminders, with Pro.

  • Price

    Plot
    $0 to organize trips. Price Watch needs Pro: $9.99 a month or $59.99 a year.
    TripIt
    Free plan. Pro is $48.99 a year in the iOS App Store.

The short answer

Plot is the better fit if

  • You want your hotels and rental cars watched for price drops, not only flights.
  • You fly Southwest, international carriers, or anything outside Fare Tracker's list.
  • You want the exact steps to claim, and a claim filed for you on United and Delta direct bookings.
  • You'd rather pay for one subscription that organizes the trip and gets money back.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about TripIt and Plot.

If you want money back when prices drop, Plot. It organizes your trip from forwarded confirmations like TripIt, then watches your flights, hotels and car rentals continuously and sends the exact steps to claim when a price drops. On United and Delta bookings made directly with the airline it files the claim itself. Price Watch is part of Plot Pro.
TripIt's feature list doesn't include hotel or car rental price tracking. Its Fare Tracker covers some flights: US flights on Alaska, American, Delta, Frontier, Hawaiian, JetBlue and United, economy fares only, starting 100 days before departure. Plot watches flights, hotels and car rentals.
Southwest isn't on Fare Tracker's list of airlines. Plot's Price Watch covers Southwest, along with 50+ other airlines.
TripIt Pro is $48.99 a year in TripIt's iOS App Store listing. Plot Pro is $59.99 a year and adds hotel and car rental price drops.
Yes. Both work from forwarded confirmations, so forward your upcoming bookings to plans@plot.travel and Plot builds the trip and starts watching prices.
Organizing trips in Plot costs nothing. Price Watch, which covers flights, hotels and car rentals, is part of Plot Pro at $9.99 a month or $59.99 a year. Price Watch is part of Plot Pro.

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Sources

TripIt's features and prices checked against its own pages on Sep 29, 2026; user quotes are dated and link to where they were posted. Features and prices change, so check with TripIt before you decide.

Watch every booking on your trip.

Forward your confirmations. Plot watches your flights, hotels and car rentals continuously and shows you how to claim when a price drops. Price Watch is part of Plot Pro.