saving info on my ipad?

Yes, Carol. I just copied whatever info (maps, RS walks, etc) and scanned to myself then sent by email to myself. Then when you open the attachment using the IPad, you can save it to your docs. You'll find them in your IBooks/collections/PDFs. Easy.

I take lots of screen shots - of email hotel confirmations, airline tickets, maps, directions, photos, Google Street Views images, etc. If you don't know how to take a screen shot: hold down the On/Off button (top right edge) on your iPad/iPhone/iTouch, then press the Home button on the front bottom middle of your device. Let go of both. Now, that image is in your Photos! You can reference or email any 'Photo' you have. If it's a long document, remember that you must copy then scroll, copy then scroll, EACH page...If you take a screen shot of the first page of a 4-page doc, you can't then go to it in Photos and expects to 'scroll' to pages 2-4 LOL!

To expand on what Eileen wisely said; Make the screen shot your new best friend. Absolutely ANYTHING visible on the iPad screen can be made permanent through using the screen shot and turning it into a photo. Every web page, every email, etc. If you can't easily get something via the web, but have a physical copy in front of you, then use the iPad's camera to carefully take a photo of it. That includes your passport. Photos take up very little memory, so you can feel free to go crazy here. Just remember that these photos are just that - photos. Although you can "pinch&spread" to make them larger or smaller, you cannot scroll or hit a link like a web page. My personal favorite screen shots are of maps - using the maps app that comes with the device. I sit on the couch at home where we have wifi and try to think of every map I might ever want to have - display it, and take a screen shot. Now when I'm out and about on the trip, I have a map at hand for everything - whether I have wifi or not. What I like best about screen shots is that it's a very low-tech skill. You don't need to download any exotic apps or learn any tricky, geeky skills. All you need is the ability to think ahead for what you might need and the ability to push two buttons at the same time.

I use a product called "CutePDF Writer" to PDF of all of my documents. It is Freeware from http://www.cutepdf.com and a "basics only" version. That said, it is more than adequate. It is incredibly easy to use. Just take your documents and print them. Instead of selecting your normal printer, select CutePDF writer. It will make a PDF of your document, which you can save under any name you choose. Since it is a PDF it is scannable/searchable. For hard copies, I use a scanner and a PDF of that. I noticed however, that Rick is starting to provide access to trip documents on line. So maybe you can now make PDFs of them? (I don't know the answer to this question) CutePDF Writer works very well with other things, such as an airline contract of carriage or your reservations. It is NOT a screen shot, but a copy of the entire document. Whether it is web, e-mail, or doc, just "print" it, convert to PDF, and be done with it. There is an app called "Good Reader" that has very high reviews. It is password protected, store data as encrypted, can be used offline. It will also work with cloud based apps, such as Dropbox. You have to pay $5 for it, but it is worth it to get secure encrypion on your device.

Randy and Eileen, I am still learning about al the great ways to use the IPad. Thanks for enlightening me about screen shots. I will try it instead of scanning and saving. Linda

I really like the screen shots feature. Thanks so much.

It may not be the easiest way, but I would type out information, copy and paste from other places into my "notes". I had them all organized by where I was going to be, when, contact information, ideas about what to do in an area, etc. I would copy and paste ideas people had from this site directly to my notes. Then when we got to a new area I had everything I needed for that region. That seemed easiest for me, and I liked it all organized.

Get Dropbox application and prepare what you need before you travel. Easy to use, costs nothing!

PDFReaderPro is also a great app that reads/saves almost anything.

Just to follow up on the screen shots idea... We used this feature all the time with our iPhone on our trip to Europe in 2011. We took screen shots of maps at parks where there were hiking trails we were following. We took screen shots of important phone numbers that we needed. When we had free wifi at the B&B or hotel, we'd go to Google maps and map out a particular destination for that day and take a screen shot of each step. (Garmin is great except when you're in the mountains of Norway and it keeps losing its satellite connection.) Having said all that, we took the iPad but never used it, as the iPhone could be carried with me easier when we were out for the day. We used tripit for our reservation information, and then hard copies of tickets for things we had purchased ahead of time.