Journals

Welcome to your Trip App The Trip app is at the core of the Sosauce experience.  It allows you to recreate your travel adventures simply, but in great detail, with interactive maps, photos, videos, journals, tips, reviews, and points of interest.   To create a trip, you can do it from any page by using the Header.  Just click on the Write New Trip link to get you started.     You can even start creating a trip from your Home Updates.  Try the Add Content button:     If you are already at the Trip app, you can use the Write New Trip link, which is present on all the Trip app pages:     Then, you'll be prompted to enter a name and select privacy of your trip...      After you enter the name, you'll reach the main trip page...     Everything you do to create and view this trip will be on this page.  You'll never have to leave or move around!     The main organization of the trip is the itinerary (on the left of the page).  All photos, journals, etc. that you add flow through the destinations you put there.     Remember to also check out the trip summary for a quick excerpt of the trip, and add a cover photo for the trip at the top left next to the trip name.   Adding destinations to your Itinerary Add destinations via the green Add Destination button. Once you've completed your itinerary and added all the destinations, select a destination by clicking on its name (for example, Geysir). This will open a new panel in which you can enter journals, photos, tips, reviews and more related to this destination. If you want to record the dates of travel, you can simply click into the date boxes under each destination.   If you have already pinned a bunch of places using Footprints in your profile, then you can import the pins into your trip itinerary.  To import, look for the Blue button next to the Add Destination button.      After you click on the Blue button, you'll see:     Here, simply pick the destination you want to add and click on the green Add button next to its name.  You can add as many as you want here, and just click on Finished when you're done.    Adding your Journals, Photos, Reviews, and More... This is the destination panel you'll use to add content to each destination.   Using the tab across the top, you can select which information to enter. Just follow the buttons under each tab for instructions. And because Sosauce Travel is as flexible as you are, all tabs that you don't use will be grayed out for the visitor - no need to worry about empty areas.       P oints of Interest And, if you're so inclined, you can even go in greater depth at each destination by adding Points of Interest, or POI's. An example of a POI would be the Eiffel Tower within the destination of Paris.   POI's appear on the itinerary under each destination and in the Local Map of each destination. As an example, if you added Bangkok, Thailand, to your itinerary, you can see the local area by selecting the Local Map tab on the left side of each destination panel.      On this screenshot, you can see a few pins already added (in yellow, green, and gray, with little numbers). These will also appear in your itinerary:     POI's are mainly good for adding reviews, tips, and photos. One of the main features of the Trip app is the fact that reviews are funneled between the Trip app and the Guide app.  Here is an example of a completed Review of a POI in Bangkok (the Paragon Mall):     Editing anything related to the POI follows the same process as the destinations.     Inserting Stuff into your Trip Things you can insert into your trip are reviews, photos, and journals/blogs .     Reviews If you've already wrote a review in the Guide, your review can be automatically inserted into your POI in the trip.  Just make sure that your POI spelling is correct, then when you click into the Review tab of the POI, you'll be prompted to add your review from the Guide automatically.  Simply confirm the prompt, and you're all set.    Photos You can insert photos all kinds of ways to your trip, destinations and points of interest.  All you really have to do is to click the buttons in the Photo tab.  There is a button for Add from Albums.  To upload right here, click on Upload.  If you want to insert your videos, click on Import from YouTube.  If you already have photos inserted to your points of interest and are feeling lazy, click on Import from POIs to copy them over.     Journals/Blogs The easiest way to insert text is to copy and paste.  But if your entries and posts happen to on Sosauce, we're making it even easier.  In a destination or point of interest's Journal tab, click on Link to a Journal Entry above the writing box to link to an entry or post.  Click on Dump Entry into Space Below to automatically copy writing of a post into your trip.  Nifty?  I'll say so.     Okay, that summarizes the main features of the Trip App.    Once you're finished you can share your trip in a variety of ways, including email , linking , posting , and even embedding !   If you have any further questions, check out our Help section at the top or bottom of any Sosauce page.  If you need to reach us, please use the Send Feedback link at the bottom of every page.     Enjoy!