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General

1. What are Travel Packs and why would I use them?
2. How do I create a Travel Pack?
3. Can I copy existing Travel Packs?
4. What can I put in to a Travel Pack?
5. How do I view the contents of a Travel Pack?
6. How do I add a destination to a Travel Pack?
7. Can PlanetEye recommend the best place to stay, eat, or thing to do while I’m on my trip?
8. Can I subscribe to Travel Packs with my favorite RSS reader?
9. Can I print my Travel Pack to take with me on my trip?
10. Can I embed my Travel Packs on my website or blog?

Editing Travel Packs

1. How do I edit the name or description of my Travel Packs?
2. Can I hide a Travel Pack so only I can see it?
3. How do I set the cover photo for my Travel Packs?
4. How do I delete a Travel Pack?
5. How can I remove items from my Travel Pack?

Photo Management

1. How can I upload photos from my trips to my Travel Packs?
2. How can I edit my photos that are already in a Travel Pack?
3. Can I import photos to my Travel Packs from Flickr?
4. How do I copy images from one Travel Pack to another?
5. Can I import photos to my Travel Packs using my Eye-Fi card?
6. Can I view all of the photos I have uploaded?
7. Can I geotag my photos once I upload them?

Sharing My Trip

1. Can I rate & review all of the places I visited while on my trip?
2. Can I share my Travel Packs with friends and family?
3. Can I write a journal about my trip that I can share?
4. Can I make the notes in my Travel Pack journal private so only I can see them?

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General

1. What are Travel Packs and why would I use them?

Travel Packs are what you use to plan trips on PlanetEye. They allow you to organize your entire trip by all of the cities you will be visiting, and then adding hotels, restaurants, attractions (and more) to each of those cities.

They are there to let you collect a set of possibilities for where you would like to stay, where you would like to eat, and things you would like to do while you are visiting a destination. You can plan your entire trip visually, using PlanetEye’s maps to get a sense of where everything is, which can be especially helpful in areas to which you’ve never traveled.

TIP: If you are headed to a city such as Chicago, you may want to add several hotels to your Travel Pack, some restaurants you might like, and also some things to do while you are there.

As you continue to refine your trip, you would remove hotels until you got down to the 1 or 2 you will be staying at. You can then more easily pick and choose the places you want to eat based on their proximity to your hotel(s), as well as attractions or activities.

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2. How do I create a Travel Pack?

First, make sure you have registered for an account on PlanetEye and are logged in. You can then visit click on Create New in the yellow toolbar at the top of every page:

You can then enter in the first destination you will be visiting and select it from the provided list, or start with an empty Travel Pack. Don’t worry – it’s easy to add destinations later.

You can also click on any add to Travel Pack button and select the “Create New…” option.

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3. Can I copy existing Travel Packs?

Yes – there are two ways in which you can copy an existing Travel Pack to your PlanetEye account.

The First Way: From Recommended Travel Packs

The first method is to click the “+” icon that appears in the right corner of each of the recommended Travel Packs, as shown in the screenshot below.

The Second Way: From the Travel Pack Page

You can also visit the page for the Travel Pack and copy it using the “Copy This Travel Pack” button.

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4. What can I put in to a Travel Pack?

Any number of hotels, restaurants, attractions, photos or activities can be added to your Travel Packs from throughout PlanetEye.

TIP: You can use Travel Packs to hold any number of possibilities for your trips. You aren’t limited to one or two places – when you start planning your next trip, add every possibility you might be interested in! Then you can keep refining your Travel Pack as you go.

Once you return from a trip, you can ensure the Travel Pack includes all of the photos you have taken and all of the places you actually went to before sharing it with family and friends.

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5. How do I view the contents of a Travel Pack?

You can view any of your Travel Packs by accessing them from the drop-down menu that appears in the yellow bar across the top of all pages or by going to your profile and selecting the one you wish to view from the list provided there.

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6. How do I add a destination to a Travel Pack?

First, open the Travel Pack to which you will be changing. Below the trip overview is where you can add more destinations to the Travel Pack, as shown in the screenshot below.

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7. Can PlanetEye recommend the best place to stay, eat, or thing to do while I’m on my trip?

Yes! While planning trips, you can get personalized matches for places to stay, where you might like to eat, and things to do for any given destination.

Each match appears alongside your Travel Pack items to show you where they are in relation to other items already within your Travel Pack.

As you are browsing places within any given area, we will provide you with your personal top 10 based on our unique ranking algorithm. This can really help you to narrow down your options, regardless of the area you are traveling.

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8. Can I subscribe to Travel Packs with my favorite RSS reader?

Yes! Every public Travel Pack has an associated RSS feed that will update whenever new photos, cities, or places are added or removed.

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9. Can I print my Travel Pack to take with me on my trip?

Yes – there is a specially formatted view of each of your Travel Packs that you can print out and take with you.

The print view can be accessed by clicking on the “Print View” link at the top of each Travel Pack as shown below.

You can see an example of the print view for a Travel Pack to get an idea of what it looks like.

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9. Can I embed my Travel Packs on my website or blog?

Yes. Check out our documentation on embedding Travel Packs to find out how.

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Editing Travel Packs

1. How do I edit the name or description of my Travel Packs?

While you are viewing any of your Travel Packs, click on the “Edit Travel Pack” button under the cover images.

From the edit page, you can re-name your Travel Pack, enter a description, upload a new cover, and set whether other PlanetEye users can see it or not.

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2. Can I hide a Travel Pack so only I can see it?

Yes. Open the Travel Pack you want to hide from public view and click on the “Edit Travel Pack” button as shown in the screenshot below.

From the edit page, you will see an option titled “Who can see this Travel Pack?” Change this setting to be “Only me (private)” and then click the “Save Travel Pack” button.

Your Travel Pack will now only be viewable to you and will not show up, or be accessible to anyone, throughout PlanetEye.

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3. How do I set the cover photo for my Travel Packs?

There are two ways you can set the cover photo for any of your Travel Packs.

The First Way: Edit the Travel Pack

The first step is to open the Travel Pack for which you wish to set the cover. Click on the “Edit Travel Pack” button, as shown in the screenshot below.

From this page, you will see the option to upload a new Travel Pack cover. Click the “Choose File” button, select the picture you wish to use from your computer and then click “Save Travel Pack.”

The Second Way: From the Travel Pack itself

You can choose to make any photo within a Travel Pack its cover.

First, open the Travel Pack for which you want to set the cover. Click on the “Photos” category so you can see all recommended pictures on the map.

Click on any photo in the list to the left of the map or any of the photo indicators that appear on the map.

This will open the photo preview. From here, you can choose to add this photo to your open Travel Pack.

Open up your Travel Pack items and click on the photo you just saved to your Travel Pack. Now you can choose to make this photo your Travel Pack cover. It will not change immediately – you will have to refresh the page.

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4. How do I delete a Travel Pack?

You can delete your Travel Packs in two ways.

The First Way: From Your Profile Page

Go to your profile (e.g., http://www.planeteye.com/member/your PlanetEye username) – there will be a list of your Travel Packs. From here, you can click on “Delete Travel Pack” as shown in the screenshot below.

The Second Way: Within the Travel Pack itself

Open the Travel Pack you wish to delete. Directly under the cover image, there is a button labeled “Delete Travel Pack” as shown in the screenshot below. Once you click it, you will be asked to confirm your choice.

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5. How can I remove items from my Travel Pack?

Start by opening the Travel Pack you would like to manage. Each Travel Pack item will have an “X” beside it – simply click on it to remove the corresponding item.

If you would like to remove an actual destiantion you have saved to a Travel Pack, while it’s open, click on the “Remove Destination” link as shown in the screenshot below.

PLEASE NOTE: This will remove ALL of the items from your Travel Pack that are associated that this destination. There is no way to undo this action, except by re-adding everything to the Travel Pack.

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Photo Management

1. How can I upload photos from my trips to my Travel Packs?

First, open the Travel Pack to which you want to upload photos. From here, click on the “Add New Photographs” as shown in the screenshot below.

On the next page, select “My Computer,” which will allow you to choose the photos from your computer you would like to upload. Navigate to these photos and keep adding as many as you like to the upload queue.

Once you are ready, click the “Add Photos” button, which will start the upload process.

Once this is complete, you will be taken to a page so you can edit the photos you have just uploaded, as well as geotag them to their accurate locations.

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2. How can I edit my photos that are already in a Travel Pack?

There are few ways you can edit photos you have uploaded in to a Travel Pack. The following sections will walk you through each of the methods.

The First Way: From the Travel Pack Itself

The screenshot below shows the way to access the editing functionality for photographs. Simply click on the “Edit & Geotag” link.

The Second Way: From View All Photos

While in your profile, you can click on “View All My Photos” from within the toolbar to see a list of all of the photos you have uploaded to date.

Each of the photos within this list has an “Edit” link that will take you to the appropriate place for making changes to, and geotagging, your photos.

The Third Way: From the Photo Page

You can also access the editing tools on the specific page for any photo you have uploaded.

Editing the Photos Themselves

Once you have accessed the photo, or list of photos, you can edit each one by clicking on the associated “Edit & Geotag” link. This will let you rotate the image, as well as change its name and description. Of course, you will also be able to geotag it using the map.

From here, you can drag and drop a thumbnail of the image on the map so it is geotagged to it’s appropriate location.

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PLEASE NOTE: None of the images you have uploaded will be publicly viewable unless you geotag them.

Once you have made any necessary changes to your photos, click the “Save” button to return to the list of images you have uploaded. You can now re-open your Travel Pack<5> and the photos will be viewable within your Travel Pack items if they are geotagged.

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3. Can I import photos to my Travel Packs from Flickr?

First, open the Travel Pack to which you want to upload photos. From here, click on the “Add New Photographs” as shown in the screenshot below.

On the next page, select “Flickr,” which will allow you to choose the photos from your Flickr account you would like to import. Select any photos you like and click the “Add Selected” button to add them to the queue.

PLEASE NOTE: You will be asked to authorize PlanetEye on Flickr so we can see the photos within your account. This is a simple process, and you will be taken back to PlanetEye after it is complete.

Once you are happy with the selection of photos to add, click the “Add Photos” button and the import process will begin.

You will then be presented with the same options for editing each photo as if you had uploaded them from your computer.

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4. How do I copy images from one Travel Pack to another?

First, open the Travel Pack to which you want to copy photos. From here, click on the “Add New Photographs” as shown in the screenshot below.

On the next page, select “My Travel Packs.” From here, select the Travel Pack to from which to copy photos as shown in the screenshot below.

This will show you all of the pictures in that Travel Pack currently – you can now select any you wish to add to the queue. Once you are happy with the selection of photos to add, click the “Add Photos” button and the import process will begin.

You will then be presented with the same options for editing<13--editing photos--> each photo as if you had uploaded them from your computer.

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5. Can I import photos to my Travel Packs using my Eye-Fi card?

Yes. For more information about Eye-Fi you can visit their site, and to get specific help you can check out their documentation.

In order to use PlanetEye with Eye-Fi, you will first need to have a PlanetEye account as you will be required to login during the setup or management of your Eye-Fi card.

To set PlanetEye as the place where you upload your photos, you will need to enable it as a photo service within your Eye-Fi manager. You must select Gallery2 as the option, and then enter the following information to use PlanetEye with your card:

• URL: http://www.planeteye.com/services/eyefigallery2/
• Username: Your PlanetEye Username (an e-mail address)
• Password: Your PlanetEye Password

Once you upload your first photo (or photos) to PlanetEye using your Eye-Fi card, they will be placed in a Travel Pack called “Eye-Fi.” From there, you can then move them to the Travel Pack that corresponds to the trip on which they were taken.

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6. Can I view all of the photos I have uploaded?

Yes. Access your PlanetEye profile by clicking on your username in the yellow bar at the top of each page. Before doing that however, ensure you are logged in.

Once you have logged in and accessed your profile, simply click on the “View All My Photos” toolbar item, as shown in the screenshot below.

You will be taken to a page listing all of the photos you have uploaded – regardless of whether they are associated to a Travel Pack or not. You can also use this page to either remove photos from Travel Packs, or associate them to Travel Packs.

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7. Can I geotag my photos once I upload them?

Yes. Check out the steps for editing your photos, which is where you geotag them.

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Sharing My Trip

1. Can I rate & review all of the places I visited while on my trip?

Yes. Open the Travel Pack that contains the destination and/or place for which you want to write a review.

If you want to review a destination, click on the “View Destination Guide.” From the page you arrive at, you can rate the destination and write a review based on your experiences while traveling there.

If you want to review a place, scroll through your Travel Pack items until you find the one you are looking for. Click on it, and a summary for the place will appear on the map. Click on the name from there to be taken to the page about the place; from here, you can rate it and note your experience there.

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2. Can I share my Travel Packs with friends and family?

Yes. Open any Travel Pack you wish to share. This can be your own or belong to any other PlanetEye on Facebook, Twitter, and more.

TIP: The share button, as shown in the screenshot above, appears throughout PlanetEye. You can use it to share photos, destinations, and places.

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3. Can I write a journal about my trip that I can share?

Yes. You can record short, 500 character, notes about each photo and place contained within your Travel Pack to tell everyone about each place you visited, and what we great about it.

The first step is to open any of your Travel Packs for which you wish to write a journal, and then click the “Journal View” tab as shown below.

Once you are in this view, you will be able to record notes (all of which combine to make up the journal of a Travel Pack) for each photo and item within your Travel Pack.

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4. Can I make the notes in my Travel Pack journal private so only I can see them?

Yes – and each note marked private will remain that way even if the Travel Pack that contains them is marked public.

The first step is to open any of your Travel Packs containing the note you wish to make private. Click the “Journal View” tab for the location where the note resides. Once you have found the note, click “edit” and then check the “Make this Private” checkbox as shown below.

Your note will now be private, and not viewable to anyone but yourself. The little lock icon will appear once the note has been successfully saved.

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