Walkthrough

A quick guided tour of the essentials — where to go, and what to do at each stop.

Two deeper tours follow this one: Standard mode for the day-to-day features, then Everything mode for tuning the app to fit you.

🏠 Home

Your launch pad every time you open PacklistPRO.

• Tap the round ? button (top-right of most pages) to open that page’s Tutorial — a quick, in-context tour of just that page.
• Tap the PacklistPRO logo in the upper-left to jump to your home page anytime — or use the nav menu. (You can choose where the logo takes you in Preferences.)
• Use the on-screen buttons to reach key areas in one tap.
• New here? Browse around first, then work through Getting Started on Home and this walkthrough to start mastering the app.

🧳 All Trips

Go here to pick which trip to work on. You might open…

• An upcoming trip — to pack, check off tasks, add notes, or build your itinerary.
• A current trip — to check your itinerary, review notes, or log expenses.
• A past trip — to add trip notes or expenses, or to duplicate it into a new trip.
• A template — to duplicate into a fresh trip.
• A backup — to fall back on if you totally mess something up (and had the foresight to make one!).

Tap a trip to select it; its Open button takes you to its Trip Dashboard. Press ✎ Edit, or press and hold the trip, to open Edit Trip.

• Trips are sorted by their start date.
• The buttons at the bottom of the page give you quick access to the actions and pages you'll most likely want next.

📊 Trip Dashboard

The best home base when you're focused on a single trip. Use it often — before and during your trip — for an at-a-glance overview.

• See everything in one place, including notes and plans a travel companion added (if your trips are linked).
• Confirm you haven't forgotten to pack anything — especially important items — or to finish important tasks. Don't forget items to buy, or to nudge tripmates about items and tasks you requested from them.
• Double-check you're not missing any last-minute items or tasks.
• Tap any card heading (Packlist, Tasklist, Notes…) to jump straight to that page.
• See what's on your itinerary for today and tomorrow so nothing sneaks up on you.
• Tap Suggest Activities for local events, places, and ideas you can add to your itinerary in one tap.
• Look for new notes or expenses a companion recently added or updated.
• Keep an eye on spending: the Expenses card shows what the trip has cost so far and who owes whom.
• Make sure your Trip Tags are right (or add more). Tags power our item and task recommendations — and just thinking them through helps keep the trip top of mind so you remember things on your own.
• Skim the Lessons Learned from past trips (Everything mode) so you don't forget anything — or pack things you really don't need.
• Glance at the weather (Everything mode) so you bring the right clothing — coats, rain gear, and so on.
• Use the Google Maps link to see where your destination is and what else might be nearby — or to just start navigating.

⚠️ Heads up about the map link: it goes to exactly what you entered in Edit Trip. If you only entered a city and state (or just a state), it'll drop you at a city center or the middle of a state — nowhere near your actual destination, perhaps! Enter a full address if you want it to take you somewhere more useful.

🛒 Recommended Gear

The quickest way to gear up on top items.

• Check out recommended products based on items you're planning to bring on your trip — especially items marked “Buy”.
• Open a product to view it, or — logged in — Add to Shopping List to keep it on your Shopping List for later.

The fastest and most thorough way to get everything you need for your trip!

💡 Good to Know

• That thin blue line at the top that grows as you scroll is a scroll progress indicator — it shows how far down a long page you are.
• On a desktop, or with a physical keyboard, press ? anywhere to see the keyboard shortcuts.
• From the page footer you can reach About, Security & Privacy, Terms of Service, Troubleshooting, Contact Us and Donate — press ? for the keyboard-shortcuts list, or tap Back to Top to return to the top of a long page.

🧭 Explore

Look through every item in the nav menu and try anything that sounds interesting. You can't break anything — and poking around is the fastest way to learn what PacklistPRO can do.