Tripit
I first heard of Tripit when they launched a couple years back, but though people raved about it, I didn’t really see the need. I had my own system for tagging all of the emails related to a trip in my gmail, as well as manually entering things into iCal, and for the handful of times I travel each year, that worked fine for me. Well, I finally started using Tripit a few weeks ago, and boy have I been missing out.
Tripit is awesome! It is so dead-simple. Just forward all your travel receipts to plans@tripit.com, and you get a sweet itinerary built for your trip, and available in your calendar, on the website, and via their iPhone app. Here are my SXSW plans, for example.
You can also publish your stream to LinkedIn, Facebook, etc, as well as Tripit’s own dopplr/plancast-esque social network (which I’d love to connect with you on), but the utility value of the organizer alone is enough to keep me a loyal user.
Truly fantastic.
