Didi8367
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Apr 8, 2013
I also have the same MO whether it's a Disney trip or somewhere else. And, I do sort of a hybrid of a lot of the above. As I think of them, I jot down thoughts/ideas for anything that has to do with the trip in the notes app in my phone. When we get a decent idea of how we want to structure everything, I create an itinerary that I save as a draft in gmail, (so that I can edit it) right up until the day before our trip, at which point I email it to myself. In that document/Itinerary, each day is listed separately (Bold/Underlined) and lists (as applicable) the following: Flight times, hotel names, confirmation codes, addresses, phone, meal reservations, links to directions (this is where having it on my phone comes in handy, because I can include any live links as necessary.), etc. If it's a road trip (or more than a little driving is involved), I'll include drive times, etc.
I then take that email and put it into a dedicated folder in my email box. That way, I can reference it quickly & easily on my phone when I'm traveling. That same email folder will include any/all emailed confirmations or other trip-related info. Each trip has its own folder, labeled with location/month/year. As someone else mentioned above, organizing it this way makes it easy to look back and remind myself of this or that. Or, like, if someone asks me for a recommendation for a restaurant or hotel or whatever in a certain city/place, I can easily access the information.
Specifically as it relates to Disney, I try not to plan TOO much. If we have an ADR, I'll include info about it on the general Itinerary, for that specific day, and, time-wise, I'll make a note of the park opening time and what time we should leave our hotel in order to get to the gate for RD (we are RD people.), but I don't get more specific than that on the master itinerary. I usually do create a plan on Touring Plans, just so that I can have a rough idea of what we can realistically do on any given day, and I print out and bring a copy with me, but I try not to be too attached to it. If we stick to it, great. But, if we're having fun doing something else, that's fine too.
I then take that email and put it into a dedicated folder in my email box. That way, I can reference it quickly & easily on my phone when I'm traveling. That same email folder will include any/all emailed confirmations or other trip-related info. Each trip has its own folder, labeled with location/month/year. As someone else mentioned above, organizing it this way makes it easy to look back and remind myself of this or that. Or, like, if someone asks me for a recommendation for a restaurant or hotel or whatever in a certain city/place, I can easily access the information.
Specifically as it relates to Disney, I try not to plan TOO much. If we have an ADR, I'll include info about it on the general Itinerary, for that specific day, and, time-wise, I'll make a note of the park opening time and what time we should leave our hotel in order to get to the gate for RD (we are RD people.), but I don't get more specific than that on the master itinerary. I usually do create a plan on Touring Plans, just so that I can have a rough idea of what we can realistically do on any given day, and I print out and bring a copy with me, but I try not to be too attached to it. If we stick to it, great. But, if we're having fun doing something else, that's fine too.