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TripTracker: Whip up a no-fuss, insta-itinerary
Posted by: Sean O'Neill, Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010, 4:26 PM

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Today the newly launched website TripTracker called itself to our attention for finding a way to save us from the sin of sloth. The site manages your itineraries similar to TripIt, which we've blogged about before. But it fully automates the process so you don't even have to email or upload info. You punch in your frequent flier and rewards program info once (United, AA, Starwood, Hilton, Hertz, Avis, etc.) and then every time there is an update to those accounts (such as when you make a reservation for a flight or a hotel), the data appears in the application.

Glance at your trip's essential details, from hotel booking confirmation codes to the address of a key restaurant booked through OpenTable.

Access the info from a PC or smartphone on the go. Your itinerary is presented in creative, helpful ways, such as a map of your flight route with live weather radar, live terminal and gate info, and your hotel's location plotted on a map.

Bonus: It's free, but advertising-supported. (The ad-free version costs a buck.)

TripTracker is not a product of some fly-by-night Internet startup. Instead, it's run by a Pageonce, a company that's already the top personal finance application across iPhone, BlackBerry, Android.

Here at This Just In, we're just psyched someone has found a way to round up every important detail of our upcoming trip, so we have one less thing to worry about. But we haven't had a chance to take this new service during an actual trip yet. (It only launched with car rentals last Friday, and flights and hotels the week before.) If you have thoughts in the meantime, feel free to chime in.

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Reader Comments

I discovered Tripit last year. I used it to coordinate meeting up with friends in another city. Recently used it for a Hawaii trip. I would recommend it.

Posted By KT on February 16, 2010, 5:31 PM

Trip Tracker is the easiest and best travel app--you only need to enter your account information once and from then on (forever!) whenever you fly on that airline, or stay at that hotel, or book a rental car, your information 'automagically' appears on your iPhone. With Tripit and others, you'll need to email your itinerary every time you book a new flight, and every time you stay at a hotel, and every time you have an update to your reservations.
I love Trip Tracker (and so do many hundreds more who have given Trip Tracker 5 star reviews in the App store)!

Posted By JSTraveler on February 16, 2010, 6:00 PM

FYI: When first published, this blog post had a broken link. It's been fixed.

Posted By Blog Editor on February 16, 2010, 10:56 PM

Nice application especially for a free product. Also, should check out Traxo.com. They are doing some similar stuff, but they don't have a mobile app.

Posted By Jasper on March 3, 2010, 9:23 AM

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