Simplify Travel with TripIt

You may not have the budget for your own travel department, but a new website promises to take care of all your traveling needs--free of charge. TripIt was founded by Hotwire co-founder Gregg Brockway, former Hotwire executive Scott Hintz and software engineer Andy Denmark. Simply e-mail TripIt your travel itineraries for airfare, rental car or hotel stay, no matter where you booked them, and the site's "Itinerator" will organize the information into a single document. "TripIt can do a lot of the dirty work of travel organization. Our goal is for TripIt to be like a great personal assistant and take care of all the details so that travelers don't have to," said Brockway. The site also allows users to coordinate their travel plans with those of friends, family and colleagues.  

This week, the site was recognized as a finalist at the TechCrunch40 conference in San Francisco.