PLAN YOUR JOURNEY

Get from A to B with the help of Fantastical

IT WILL TAKE 10 minutes

YOU WILL LEARN How to get journey reminders and weather information

YOU’LL NEED A Fantastical subscription, macOS 10.13 or later, iOS 13 or later

Fantastical does not just show your upcoming events – it can help you get to them, too. That’s thanks to its handy integration of Time to Leave reminders, which give you a buzz when it is time to start your journey. It can also show you travel times using various modes of transport, as well as the weather at your destination.

It does this by using your saved addresses in the Contacts app. If you have set your working hours in Fantastical > Preferences > General, the app will use your Contacts work address as your journey’s starting point, provided your journey begins within your workday. If it falls outside these hours, Fantastical uses your home address. And if the event is within three hours of another event, it will use the first event’s location as your starting point.

It’s clever stuff and shows why Fantastical can be such a useful app when planning a journey. Throw in weather forecasts, letting you know if bad weather conditions might slow you down, and you will find it’s a great tool to have at your disposal. Alex Blake