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Jauntlet lets you create travel plans and share them with friends on sites including Facebook, Blogger, TypePad, MySpace, Twitter, and more.

Terminology

Journeys are the primary way to organize travels on Jauntlet. A journey is usually single trip.

A destination is a single location on a journey. It is usually a city but includes other types of places like islands.

Check-Ins are made on Facebook, Foursquare, Instagram or Twitter and are usually a specific place like a hotel or restaurant.

Example: The journey "Europe Summer 2012" could include the destinations London, Paris, Amsterdam, etc. While in London, check-ins were made at the W Hotel, The Lamb & Flag Pub, Buckingham Palace, etc.

Starting a Journey

Log in and go to "Travel Plans". Click the "Start a New Journey" button. On the next page, enter a title and short introduction for it. After this you will be able to add your first destination.

Adding a Destination

From the journey page, click "Add Destination". You first select the city by typing the beginning of the name and selecting it from the list. Next, enter the date and other information about it.

Editing Journeys and Destinations

Form the journey list, you can click edit to change the information about a journey. From the list of destinations, you can click edit to change the information about a destination. The forms are the same as when creating a new journey or destination.

End Dates

You do not need to add an end date to a journey. If you wan to specify an end date, select the journey and click "Add End Date". You will then be able to select the date and enter a final journal entry.

Sharing Your Jauntlets

After you've created a journey and added its destinations, you can share this plan. Click on "Share". You will be presented with a page of different Jauntlets that you can customize. These can then be added to Blogger or TypePad as well as posted to Facebook or MySpace. You can also copy the html code and use this on any site that supports it.

Photos

You can add your own photos from Facebook, Foursquare and Instagram as well as any public photos on Flickr or Picasa to your journey. Go to "Photos" and select the source and destination and simply drag and drop. You can click on photos to change the titles and drag to re-order or delete.

Check-Ins

You can set up Jauntlet to automatically create your travel plan from future check-ins on Facebook, Foursquare, Instagram and Twitter. Go to "Connect Other Sites" in the main menu, then select the journey you wan to enable and log in to the sites you want to connect. You can also import past checkins from these sites as well as manage the check-ins you've already imported.

Connecting to Other Sites

You can log in to Jauntlet through Facebook, Foursquare, Instagram or Twitter. You can even add multiple sites to the same account. Go to "My Info" and log in to the sites you want associated with your account. If you are logging in with a different account than you want, disconnect on "My Info", go directly to Facebook, Foursquare, Instagram or Twitter and log out there, then come back to Jauntlet on reconnect.

Merging Accounts

If you're logging in with many sites on different computers, it's possible that you may create multiple accounts. You can merge account by selecting Edit My Info then Merge Accounts.

Contextual Help

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