How this template works
Welcome to the Notion travel template! This template is broken down 2 key sections:
Trips
Create a new trip for any trip you are dreaming, researching or booking.
Trips can consist of different countries so it's best to group them by the trip theme e.g. the time of year (Christmas) or the region (South East Asia).
Within the trip page you will find the itinerary for the trip.
Itineraries
Within trips there are itineraries.
Itineraries host all the individual items that comprise your trip such as hotel bookings, saved restaurants, activities, transport and more.
Within the trip itinerary you will also find a quick to do list, calendar breakdown, maps, expenses, packing lists, language phrases, travel documents and a travel journal.
The home page
The home page serves as quick access to all things regarding your trips. You will find:
Access to all your trips (future, past and present) broken down with reminders for current trips, upcoming trips and previous trips.
A quick to do list so you can scan it on the go
All your travel documents for your upcoming trip so you can access it on the go
A breakdown of all the countries you've ever visited with trip details underneath.
*Note. Unless pre-loaded Notion does not work offline so be aware of that in case you're trying to access your documents when you have no connection.
Databases
You will find a breakdown of all the databases, included properties and formulas in
There are a few pre-filled examples in the template. Once you've got the hang of it feel free to delete these
This template was designed in minimal fashion so that you can customise it to suit your needs.
Feel free to change the colours, icons, cover photos and design of the template. That's the beauty of Notion!
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How to create a new trip
There are two options to create a new Trip (the video above covers both):
From the any of the Trip database page click the 'new' box and once open click 'New Trip'.
Hovering over a trip database to find the 'new' button. Click the small arrow to the right and select 'New Trip' from the drop down menu on any Trip database.
Populate the properties Trip Stage, Region, Country and Trip Dates,
Start planning your trip!
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Populating the itinerary
To Do
This is a simple synced block that you can jot down any quick to do items.
This will appear on the homepage and all other trip pages
Any changes to the to do list on the home page or the trip pages will be reflected everywhere.
Itinerary items
From inside any Trip page start by adding itinerary items:
Populate the properties City, Category and Date to Visit.
If required populate the properties Notes, Prices and Photos or links.
Any cities you tag within the itinerary item will automatically appear in the kanban board.
Calendar
If you entered the date in the itinerary item above it will automatically populate in the Calendar view.
Maps
Embed the map by copying the link from Google and pasting it into the box
Pro tip! You can copy in a custom map.
Expenses
If you entered the cost and who paid in the itinerary item above it will automatically populate in the expense view.
Packing
Click on either template to create a packing list.
Editing the template:
Hover over the button and click the cog icon to 'Configure Template'.
Under the small text labelled 'button name' enter the name of the button
Under the small text labelled 'template' add the items
Language and phrases
Edit the title of 'Native Language' to your native language
Edit the title of 'Translation' to the translated language
Input your phrases!
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Creating a travel journal
You can create a new journal entry by clicking '+ New' and and once open click 'Travel Journal Entry'.
Note creating a journal entry by clicking the small blue arrow and selecting a template will result in the entry not automatically tagging the 'Trip' so you will need to enter this manually.
Populate the properties Journal Date
Start writing!
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Create a travel document
Click 'New' to enter a new travel document
Enter Document Type and Link | File | Photo if required.
Note creating a document entry by clicking the small blue arrow and selecting a template will result in the entry not automatically tagging the 'Trip' so you will need to enter this manually.
If you would like to tag an existing document:
Click on the Travel Documents database
Find the document in the database
In the relation property labelled 'Trip', tag the trip you'd like to include the document in.
