Wanderlust World Wanderlust World AAA TripTik is an online interactive travel planner with myriad features. TripTik's interactive road map provides directions with an option to calculate extra stops when planning a road trip. The map allows users to change routes, choose scenic byways, and provides gas station and restaurant information. The TripTik map also has an integrated hotel booking system that makes it easy for users to reserve hotels along their customized route. TripTik provides destination guide information that can be printed, along with driving directions and city maps.
Trip It's online travel planner gives users a comprehensive overview of vacations, from air travel to car rental, to hotel reservations and sightseeing. Users can forward travel confirmation emails to Trip It and the program automatically uploads the information and creates a trip. The Trip It toolbar allows you to surf the web for restaurants, places to see and shop, and uploads the contact information to your trip. The system creates reminders, adds maps and directions, and is printable or can be transferred to a mobile phone. The trips created can also be exported to calendar systems or forwarded as an email.
Google City Tours creates customized walking tours of any city in the world. The user can enter travel dates and the planner automatically produces a day-by-day sightseeing tour schedule. The system picks the highest-rated tourist attractions and calculates how much time the user needs to spend at any one attraction. Users can remove or add specific sights, and change the amount of time allocated for an attraction. The "add" feature also allows users to type in the name of a restaurant or shop and add it to the itinerary. The system provides hours of operation and links to the website of each attraction.
ViaMichelin's online trip planner creates maps, itineraries and driving directions for destinations all over the world. The interactive map allows users to change routes, calculate road tolls, add sightseeing stops, and see weather and traffic conditions. The travel planner has a city guide with tourist attractions and restaurant reviews and recommendations that can be added to the itinerary. Users can also book hotels, air tickets and car rentals directly from the site.