My Fav Travel Sites

by evbart on April 3, 2008 in travel, web apps

I first wrote about travel sites here, but I’ve been traveling even more lately (couple weeks a month) and I’ve been putting some travel sites through the ringer. Here’s my favorite sites, they have to be fast, functional, and provide clear value right from the start (unlike this blog, but im working on getting to the point faster!!):

Tripit

Makes killer itineraries simply by having you forward your reservation emails to plans@tripit.com. Dead simple, and dead useful!!

Kayak

Search hard and search fast, search through everything (a ton of other travel sites). Great for flights, decent for hotels, not so hot for car rentals.

TripAdvisor

Best reviews for hotel. User generated reviews that are some how much better and much more useful than other plays. Made several decisions based on their advice and everything was spot on.


Here are some more I haven’t had a chance to use:

http://www.igougo.com/
http://www.travature.com/
http://www.triptouch.com/
http://www.driftr.com/
http://www.flightstats.com/go/Home/home.do
http://www.dopplr.com/

And here’s an uber big daddy list:

http://www.luggageonline.com/50-travel-sites.cfm









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  • http://www.michaelgalpert.com michael galpert

    solid list man. Wish I had it 10 hours ago before I booked my schedule. I guess there is always next time. Safe travels.

    I’m a huge fan of dopplr since it allows for serendipitous meetings with random friends across the globe. The catch is your friends have to be on it too for it to be useful

  • http://lifeinlists.com/2008/06/dopplr-vs-tripit-they-should-merge-or-integrate/ Dopplr vs. Tripit: they should merge or integrate at lifeinlists.com

    [...] There’s nothing engaging about the site itself.  I rarely need to go to the site, unlike mint.com.  I fwd the emails from my email inbox, and then right before my trip I go look at my trip itinerary (on the web or mobile editions).  I go to the site for a very specific reason, and its almost gauranteed that I’m not going to spend any time there browsing around, or making travel reservations (I already have my travel site routine mapped out with Kayak and TripAdvisor). [...]

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