It’s academic travel season again, and as I was returning from a recent trip (and thinking about another soon to come), I thought about those tech tools that help make organizing those trips easier. Both Heather and Erin have written about using Tripit to organize their travel plans. I too love the way Tripit automatically sorts my flight, car rental, hotel, and other travel reservations when I’m planning for conferences or other travel.

When I’m on the go, I access my Tripit plans through TripDeck for iPhone. TripDeck syncs with Tripit, so it imports all the plans I’ve collected there [It's important to note that TripDeck doesn't require Tripit. You can enter trip information directly into the app if you're not a Tripit user]. It makes that information, including confirmation numbers, available on my phone, where they’re easy to access as I go. What’s more, TripDeck imports timely…

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