How to create a vacation itinerary on Holicay

How to create your vacation plans on Holicay in 3 easy steps

Are you looking to create an itinerary for your next vacation with your friends and family? You're in the right place. Researching for vacation ideas and trip organization is now a seamless action on the Holicay Online Itinerary Planner. 

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There are currently 3 ways a traveler can design an itinerary on Holicay for free. Two of them are Do It Yourself (DIY) and one where you can get human support in co-creating a trip itinerary. We will discuss all 3 methods in this article, and you may pick the one that most suits your needs.

1. Planning a trip from scratch 

For travelers who love designing a trip with nothing but a blank Canvas, this will be your preferred method. Holicay.com lets any traveler design a trip with friends online for free. A traveler can do this by simply:

1. Landing on the Holicay.com homepage and search key in the locations of visit in the Destination Search Widget
2. 1. Once completed, users will be redirected to a private itinerary CANVAS where you find things to do, places to eat or even hotels to stay at all in one place. 2. 2. Simply do this by interacting directly with the Map or via the “Add to Trip” buttons for each respective day.

You may use the trip CANVAS for reference on the go during your trip or share them with friends to collaboratively work on the trip design together. Our online collaboration feature lets you discover, visualize and organize trip plans in a collaborative manner such that everyone can be involved in the inspiration process. 

Pro-tip: Check out the Holicay CANVAS features for a better trip design experience.

2. Importing free itinerary templates that you can customize

Importing itineraries is Holicay's preferred method for creating trip plans. It saves you time and energy doing the research for must-do popular activities in the destination of your choice. As of date, Holicay.com is the only online travel productivity tool that lets you find and import other traveler itineraries into your own CANVAS, letting you improve on available itineraries online on the Holicay platform rather than requiring you to start over each time. This can be done in 3 simple steps:

1.  Visit the “Travel Itineraries” section on Holicay.com

2. Search for relevant itineraries made by others using available filters by Price, Destinations or Name Search.

3. Find out more about the itinerary, the sequence of travel, highlights of the trips as well as the locations of all visited places. If you like this itinerary, you may then click on “Customize this Trip”. This will open the CANVAS that is pre-populated with the activities and landmarks from that itinerary and lets you modify changes directly from that as a start-point.  

This method is perfect for those who might not necessarily need an ultra-personalized itinerary and would want to opt for a more simple way to get started with a trip plan. Holicay reduces the time taken to generate a trip outline by templatizing itineraries into a modularizable format, letting you select and personalize parts as you like. 

3. Co-creating a trip with a human trip expert

For those looking to have a more human touch to their trip design, you may consider speaking with a local travel expert to get support with creating a trip plan. Our Team at Holicay understands that vacations are far and few between and we only have a few opportunities each year to spend overseas with our families and loved ones. To provide an additional layer of comfort to our travelers, we've also developed an integrated form where you can fill in your preferences and interests for a trip and a human planner will be in touch to design an itinerary with you. There are a couple of ways that can be done:

1. You may schedule a 15-30 minutes online video call with the Holicay planner to plan the trip together on the Holicay platform. The human planner can make on-the-spot suggestions or recommendations based on your needs.

2. You may leave your contact number and communicate via your preferred form of messenger e.g. WhatsApp. Our planners will work closely with you to create itineraries that can be edited together at your own time. Think of it as having a co-pilot for your vacation plans.   

What can you expect after creating a trip plan

Once you are satisfied with your trip plan, the next step is to optimize it or get prices for your trip. On Holicay, you can easily do these by simply clicking on the Optimize Route button where our algorithm will tell you the best order to travel based on the places you have selected. This is a hassle-free addition to Holicay's free-to-use trip planner that lets you find the best way to travel without needing to open several other map tools. Our research shows that travelers spend over 50% or an average of 2 hours optimizing for the best ways to travel after identifying things they want to do in the destination. Find out more about how “Optimize Route” works on Holicay.

Once you're done with Optimization and Organization, you'll need to also know where to get the best prices from. On Holicay, with the click of a button, you can generate an all-in price for your entire vacation. This saves you the trouble of making comparisons across multiple different online providers and also supports you with an in-destination concierge for any of the trip logistics you decide to get with Holicay. This is specifically designed for those who would like a peace of mind when traveling and the comfort of having a responsible contact person for the entire trip itinerary. The Generate Price feature on Holicay saves you time comparing prices and while letting you buy hotels, car rentals, drivers and tickets all in one place. Find out more about how Generate Price works. 

In Conclusion

Travel planning today is still a very time-heavy commitment, especially for those looking to travel in a larger group across various ages with different interests. Holicay was designed to support more collaborative planning to take the work off single-person planning for the entire group. Our Team at Holicay believes that travel planning while enjoyable, can be done more quickly and also more seamlessly with technology. Holicay has something for everyone, whether you are a backpacker who is creating a month-long vacation plan, a family who is planning their year-end holiday or a bunch of friends deciding on a graduation trip, the Holicay platform helps you make that all easier.

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