diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ViewTrips/delete-trip-button.js b/frontend/src/components/ViewTrips/delete-trip-button.js
index b801b859..61630192 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ViewTrips/delete-trip-button.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ViewTrips/delete-trip-button.js
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ const LIMIT_QUERY_DOCS_RETRIEVED = 5;
  *
  * @param {Object} props These are the props for this component:
  * - tripId: Document ID for the current Trip document.
- * - refreshTripsContainer: Handler that refreshes the TripsContainer
- *        component upon trip creation (Remove when fix Issue #62).
  */
 const DeleteTripsButton = (props) => {
   /**
@@ -78,8 +76,6 @@ const DeleteTripsButton = (props) => {
   /**
    * Deletes a trip and its subcollection of activities corrsponding to the
    * `tripId` prop and then refreshes the TripsContainer component.
-   *
-   * TODO(Issue #62): Remove refreshTripsContainer.
    */
   async function deleteTrip() {
     if (window.confirm('Are you sure you want to delete this trip? This' +
@@ -101,9 +97,7 @@ const DeleteTripsButton = (props) => {
           }).catch(error => {
             console.error("Error removing document: ", error);
           });
-
-      props.refreshTripsContainer();
-   }
+    }
   }
 
   return (
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ViewTrips/index.js b/frontend/src/components/ViewTrips/index.js
index 08ce2971..19a1c731 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ViewTrips/index.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ViewTrips/index.js
@@ -16,27 +16,12 @@ class ViewTrips extends React.Component {
   constructor() {
     super();
     this.state = { showModal: false,
-                   refreshTripsContainer: false,
                    refreshSaveTripModal: false,
                    tripId: null,
                    defaultFormObj: null,
                  };
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Handler that flips `refreshTripsContainer` property which causes that
-   * TripsContainer component to be reloaded.
-   *
-   * This allows a trip creator's view trips page to be updated in real time.
-   *
-   * In the future, the use of refreshTripContainer and the key prop on Trips
-   * container should be removed with the addition of real time listening with
-   * onShapshot (Issue #62).
-   */
-  refreshTripsContainer = () => {
-    this.setState({ refreshTripsContainer: !this.state.refreshTripsContainer });
-  }
-
   /**
    * Handler that flips `refreshSaveTripModal` property which causes that
    * save/edit trip component to be reloaded.
@@ -97,7 +82,6 @@ class ViewTrips extends React.Component {
         <SaveTripModal
           show={this.state.showModal}
           handleClose={this.hideSaveTripModal}
-          refreshTripsContainer={this.refreshTripsContainer}
           tripId={this.state.tripId}
           defaultFormObj={this.state.defaultFormObj}
           key={this.state.refreshSaveTripModal}
@@ -109,8 +93,6 @@ class ViewTrips extends React.Component {
         </div>
         <TripsContainer
           handleEditTrip={this.showEditTripModal}
-          refreshTripsContainer={this.refreshTripsContainer}
-          key={this.state.refreshTripsContainer}
         />
       </div>
     );
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ViewTrips/save-trip-modal.js b/frontend/src/components/ViewTrips/save-trip-modal.js
index 439c99a2..837dca01 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ViewTrips/save-trip-modal.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ViewTrips/save-trip-modal.js
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ const db = app.firestore();
  * @param {Object} props These are the props for this component:
  * - show: Boolean that determines if the add trips modal should be displayed.
  * - handleClose: Event handler responsible for closing the add trips modal.
- * - refreshTripsContainer: Handler that refreshes the TripsContainer
- *        component upon trip creation (Remove when fix Issue #62).
  * - tripId: For adding a new trip, this will be null. For editting an existing
  *        trip, this will the document id associated with the trip.
  * - defaultFormObj: Object containing the placeholder/default values for the
@@ -132,18 +130,15 @@ class SaveTripModal extends React.Component {
     } else {
       this.updateExistingTrip(this.props.tripId, tripData);
     }
-
   }
 
   /**
    * Handles submission of the form which includes:
    *  - Creation of the trip.
-   *  - Refreshing the trips container.
    *  - Closing the modal.
    */
   handleSubmitForm = async () => {
     await this.saveTrip();
-    this.props.refreshTripsContainer();
     this.props.handleClose();
   }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ViewTrips/trip.js b/frontend/src/components/ViewTrips/trip.js
index b150a6c9..6a5ad179 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ViewTrips/trip.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ViewTrips/trip.js
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ export function moveCurUserEmailToFront(collaboratorEmailArr) {
  * - tripData: Object holding a Trip document fields and corresponding values.
  * - tripId: Document ID for the current Trip document.
  * - handleEditTrip: Handler that displays the edit trip modal.
- * - refreshTripsContainer: Handler that refreshes the TripsContainer
- *        component upon trip creation (Remove when fix Issue #62).
  * - key: Special React attribute that ensures a new Trip instance is
  *        created whenever this key is updated
  */
@@ -87,10 +85,7 @@ const Trip = (props) => {
       <p>{description}</p>
       <p>{collaboratorEmailsStr}</p>
 
-      <DeleteTripButton
-        tripId={props.tripId}
-        refreshTripsContainer={props.refreshTripsContainer}
-      />
+      <DeleteTripButton tripId={props.tripId} />
       <Button
         type='button'
         onClick={() => props.handleEditTrip(props.tripId, formattedTripData)}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ViewTrips/trips-container.js b/frontend/src/components/ViewTrips/trips-container.js
index 2fc32ba9..0749dd3d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ViewTrips/trips-container.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ViewTrips/trips-container.js
@@ -9,62 +9,25 @@ import Trip from './trip.js';
 const db = app.firestore();
 
 /**
- * Returns a promise of a query object containg the array of Trip Documents
- * corresponding to the trips that the current user is a collaborator on.
+ * Returns a `<div>` element with an error message. The error message `error`
+ * will be logged but not seen by the user.
  *
- * @param {firebase.firestore.Firestore} db The Firestore database instance.
- * @return {Promise<!firebase.firestore.QuerySnapshot>} Promise object
- *    containing the query results with zero or more Trip  documents.
- */
-function queryUserTrips(db) {
-  const curUserUid = authUtils.getCurUserUid();
-  return db.collection(DB.COLLECTION_TRIPS)
-      .where(DB.TRIPS_COLLABORATORS, 'array-contains', curUserUid)
-      .orderBy(DB.TRIPS_CREATION_TIME, 'desc')
-      .get();
-}
-
-/**
- * Grabs Trips query result from `queryUserTrips()` and returns an array of
- * `<Trip>` elements as defined in `trip.js`.
- *
- * @param {Promise<!firebase.firestore.QuerySnapshot>} querySnapshot Promise
- *     object containing the query results with zero or more Trip documents.
- * @param {EventHandler} handleEditTrip Displays the edit trip modal.
- * @param {EventHandler} refreshTripsContainer Refreshed the TripsContainer
- *     component (Remove when fix Issue #62).
- * @return {Promise<!Array<Trip>>} Promise object containing an array
- *     of Trip React/HTML elements corresponding to the Trip documents included
- *     in `querySnapshot`.
- */
-function serveTrips(querySnapshot, handleEditTrip, refreshTripsContainer) {
-  return new Promise(function(resolve) {
-    const tripsContainer = querySnapshot.docs.map(doc =>
-        ( <Trip
-            tripData={doc.data()}
-            tripId={doc.id}
-            handleEditTrip={handleEditTrip}
-            refreshTripsContainer={refreshTripsContainer}
-            key={doc.id}
-          />
-        )
-    );
-    resolve(tripsContainer);
-  });
-}
-
-/**
- * Returns a `<div>` element with the specified error message.
+ * TODO(Issue #98): Turn this func into component and add to Errors directory.
  *
  * @param {string} error Error message in `componentDidMount` catch statement.
- * @return {Promise<HTMLDivElement>} Promise object containing a `<div>` element
- *    with the error message `error` inside.
+ * @return {HTMLDivElement} `<div>` element containing the error message that
+ *     the user will see on the view trips page.
  */
 function getErrorElement(error) {
-  return new Promise(function(resolve) {
-    console.log(`Error in Trips Container: ${error}`);
-  resolve(( <div><p>Error: Unable to load your trips.</p></div> ));
-  });
+  console.log(`Error in Trips Container: ${error}`);
+
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <p>Oops, it looks like we were unable to load your trips.
+                    Please wait a few minutes and try again.
+      </p>
+    </div>
+  );
 }
 
 /**
@@ -73,38 +36,54 @@ function getErrorElement(error) {
  *
  * @param {Object} props These are the props for this component:
  * - handleEditTrip: Handler that displays the edit trip modal.
- * - refreshTripsContainer: Handler that refreshes the TripsContainer
- *        component upon trip creation (Remove when fix Issue #62).
- * - key: Special React attribute that ensures a new TripsContainer instance is
- *        created whenever this key is updated (Remove when fix Issue #62).
  * @extends React.Component
  */
 class TripsContainer extends React.Component {
   /** @inheritdoc */
   constructor(props) {
     super(props);
-    this.state = {trips: []};
+    this.state = {tripsContainer: []};
   }
 
-  /** @inheritdoc */
+  /**
+   * When the TripsContainer mounts, a listener is attached to the QuerySnapshot
+   * event that grabs all trip documents where the current user uid is contained
+   * in the collaborator uid array (collaborators field). This allows real-time
+   * updates for all collaborators on a trip whenever a trip is updated (add,
+   * edit, or delete).
+   *
+   * In the case where there is an error, an error component is returned in
+   * place of the array of trips.
+   *
+   * @override
+   */
   async componentDidMount() {
-    try {
-      const querySnapshot = await queryUserTrips(db);
-      let tripsContainer = await serveTrips(querySnapshot,
-                                            this.props.handleEditTrip,
-                                            this.props.refreshTripsContainer);
-      this.setState({ trips: tripsContainer });
-    }
-    catch (error) {
-      let errorElement = await getErrorElement(error);
-      this.setState({ trips: errorElement });
-    }
+    const curUserUid = authUtils.getCurUserUid();
+    db.collection(DB.COLLECTION_TRIPS)
+        .where(DB.TRIPS_COLLABORATORS, 'array-contains', curUserUid)
+        .orderBy(DB.TRIPS_CREATION_TIME, 'desc')
+        .onSnapshot(querySnapshot => {
+          const tripsArr = querySnapshot.docs.map(doc =>
+              ( <Trip
+                  tripData={doc.data()}
+                  tripId={doc.id}
+                  handleEditTrip={this.props.handleEditTrip}
+                  key={doc.id}
+                />
+              )
+          );
+
+          this.setState({ tripsContainer: tripsArr });
+        }, (error) => {
+          const errorElement = getErrorElement(error);
+          this.setState({ tripsContainer: errorElement });
+        });
   }
 
   /** @inheritdoc */
   render() {
     return (
-      <div>{this.state.trips}</div>
+      <div>{this.state.tripsContainer}</div>
     );
   }
 }