When you perform a search, it lists results based on the cheapest possible price with the option to sort them by means of travel, time or even CO2 emission. It also displays the departure/arrival dates and the number of legs for each transportation type.

Features:

• Find fast and cheap way to travel across Europe.
• Queries many different traveling services like airlines, bus, car or train companies.
• Sort results by price, means of travel, time or CO2 emission.
• Works best for traveling across Europe.
• Similar tools: TripLittle and CommutePrice.

Check out RouteRank @ www.routerank.com

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• YardSaleTreasureMap: Yard Sale Locator
• Woot: One Deal a Day
• WhosOff : The Online Staff Holiday Planner
• WhoAreIn: Easily Organize Meetings Online
• WhichWeekend : Weekend Planner

Users can search by location and filter results by service type (restaurant, hotel or shop) or dietary requirement (Nut-free, Shellfish free, Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Peanut, Egg-free and Soy-free). The results are displayed on the map as markers, clicking on particular marker reveals the establishment’s name, address and the type of products it offers.

Moreover, SpecialGourmets provides an online magazine with latest news and articles, and has a recipe section where users can search and share recipes for people with special dietary needs.

Features:

• Comprehensive guide to hotels, shops & restaurants for people with food allergies.
• Lists around 15,000 restaurants and shops all over the world.
• Site is also available in Portuguese and Spanish.
• Users can search and filter results by allergy and service type.
• Offers free online magazine with latest news.
• Recipe section where users can search and share special recipes.
• Free, no sign up required.

Check out SpecialGourmets @ www.specialgourmets.com

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• KidsEatFor: Locate Restaurants Where Kids Eat Free
• FastFoodMaps: Online Map Of Fast Food Joints
• CleanScores: Avoid Dirty Restaurants In Your Area
• CHOW Restaurants Regions: Find Restaurants By Cuisine
• Setup-Tableware: Learn How To Set Up A Table

Enter the carrier name, departure date and the flight number or the arrival/departure airport code. And then enter your Twitter and/or Facebook credentials. Now, at almost every hour your flight status will be updated along with a link to a map showing your current location. A good service to let your friends and family keep a track of you when you are flying.

Features::

• Update your Twitter and Facebook status while you are traveling.
• A free service by Lufthansa airlines.
• Enter carrier name, departure date and flight number to get started.
• Status updates also include a link to a map that shows your exact location.

Check out MySkyStatus @ www.myskystatus.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• SocialStatusGenerator: Create Catchy Status Messages
• Generatus: Cool Facebook Status Message Generator
• FlightCaster: Helps You Avoid Air Travel Delays
• Txtful: Provides Shortcuts For Gettting Things Done Online
• Trazzler: Get Unique Travel Destination Recommendations

Sign up for an account to start planning your trip. You can plan a different trip for each destination. For every destination site suggests best restaurants, hotels, locations to visit, things to do along with destination photos and user reviews.

Features:

• Plan your trip online.
• Information for 9000+ worldwide travel destinations.
• Includes user reviews, photos, best hotels and restaurants and things to do.
• Compare flights, hotel rates and travel deals
• Meet online community of travelers: browse user journals, read stories and tips and visit forums
• Sign up for an account to plan your trip(s) and share your travels.
• Similar site: TripIt.

Check out IgoUgo @ www.igougo.com (via GeekSugar)

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• WhatsOnWhen: Local Event Guide For Over 500 World Destinations
• UniversalPackingList: Online Traveling Packing List Generator
• TripChill: Mobile Travel Assistant with Real Time Alerts
• Trazzler: Get Unique Travel Destination Recommendations
• TravelEtiquette: Travel Etiquette Tips For Worldwide Travel

TypeIt.org hosts multi language keyboard for 18 European languages (Danish, Dutch, Russian, Romanian, German etc), as well as foreign currency and type symbols.

Simply select a language from the left to load the relevant set of characters. You can change the font and size of the text to your liking. Hover your mouse over a character to see its corresponding keyboard shortcut.

Features:

• Online foreign language keyboard.
• Languages included Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Phonetic English.
• Symbols of foreign currencies and type symbols.
• Supported browsers Firefox 3, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer 6/7/8 and Safari 3/4.
• Similar tools: LifeType and Gate2Home.

Check out TypeIt @ www.typeit.org

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• MagicTyper: Type in Six Different Languages on Your Keyboard
• LifeType: Easily Type In 50 Foreign Languages
• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation
• WordSpy: Dictionary of New Words
• Wordnik: Comprehensive Word Search Tool

The site lets you search for drives by location on the map or browse by categories like road drives, trail drives and track drives. Each entry is presented with a distinctive marker clicking on which shows you more details.

The site also offer iPhone and Blackberry apps which enable you to easily plot your drives with photos, videos, notes, and then upload them to your NationOfGo profile.

Demo video:

Features:

• Discover cool driving trails in your city or state.
• Share your favorite places with other enthusiasts.
• Join groups and find driving events.
• Upload photos and videos.
• Search driving trails by location or by category.
• iPhone and Blackberry apps are available.
• Similar sitea: MotorTopia.

Check out NationOfGo @ www.nationofgo.com

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• Trapster: Get Alerted About Speed Traps On Your Way
• PrimoSpot: Find a Parking Spot in New York City (NYC)
• OhMyGas: Find The Cheapest Gas Prices In Your Area
• Google Ride Finder: Find Taxi, Limousine or Shuttle in the Area
• GasPenny: Find The Cheapest Gas Station in Your Area

Features:

• Simple and free budget planner for you trips.
• Add the expenses and get the result along with a pie-chart.
• Calculate trip budget instantly without signing up for anything.
• Register for free to create and share multiple trips.

Check out Triplittle @ www.triplittle.com (by Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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• FuelCostCalculator: Calculate The Gas Cost For Your Trip
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• xThink Calc: Online Calculator for your Drawing Pad
• Xpenser: Mobile Expense Tracker
• WhatsTheCost: Free Financial Calculators

The site now has 35+ million reviews for over 55 thousand hotels in the United States. Users may browse hotel reviews by city, hotel name, zip code or a specific feature (i.e. romantic, 5 start, hotels with jacuzzi etc). For each hotel listing there are reviews (written by real guests), options to compare it with other hotels in the same city, pictures, list of nearby hotels, and price.

Features:

• Search 35+ million reviews for over 55 thousand hotels in US.
• Reviews are collected from sites like TripAdvisor, Expedia, Travelocity, MyTravelGuide etc., from individual blogs and other sources.
• Browse hotel reviews by city, hotel name or a zip code.
• Browse top rated hotels by location or by specific features (romantic hotels, 5 star hotels, hotels with jacuzzi etc).
• View hotel’s ranking within its city or its class (4 star, 5 star etc).
• Similar sites: HotelVideoReviews.

Check out Raveable @ www.raveable.com (via AppScout)

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• HotelVideoReviews: Hotel Video Reviews From Real Travelers
• Wize: Find Top Recommended Products By Features
• WhatsOnWhen: Local Event Guide For Over 500 World Destinations
• Voyij: Best Travel Offers and Deals For Any Destination
• UnusualHotelsOfTheWorld.com: Unusual Hotels Of The World

Loggel is a cool web app that allows you to have an online diary with tonnes of multi-media. You can upload audio, video and pictures to conical your life. This can all be done via a multitude of devices from your home PC right down to that cell phone sitting in your pocket.

You can also keep track of what your friends are up to by following their Loggel account. Loggel has combined all the best bits of Twitter, social networking and blogging and really made it work.

I would recommend this app for those who either travel a lot or who are just too busy to really engage with social networking on a large scale but still want a place for friends to catch up with them and their antics.

Features:

• Keep your friends and family updated.
• Upload photos, video and audio. You can also simply use plain text.
• Can be used from a mobile phone for uploading media and making posts.
• Geo-tagging: mark your current location on a map.
• Free registration is needed.
• Check out lifelogs of other users and make new friends.
• Similar tools: Memiary, Diary.com and Penzu.

Check out Loggel @ www.loggel.com (by Dean Sherwin)

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• DailyBooth: Documenting Your Life With Daily Pictures
• ZYB : BackUp Your Mobile Online
• YouGotPhoto: Easily Add Online Images To Digital Photo Frames
• WatchItToo: View Photos & Watch Videos Together
• TwitterGram: Automatically Post Flickr Photos to Twitter

Pick your favorite location, discover the local cuisine and customs, interesting facts, the landscape, top local attractions and upcoming events and other useful info such as what transportation to use, local weather, currency and electricity standards for electronic gadgets.

Features:

• Local event guide for over 500 world destinations – countries, cities and popular resorts.
• Browse events by location, by event category (e.g. arts, classical music, music & nightlife) and search by keywords.
• Read the local guide, discover local cuisine and customs, the landscape, top local attractions and interesting facts.
• View featured videos.
• Similar sites: Yahoo Upcoming, Bandsintown, Happenr and HearWhere.

Check out WhatsOnWhen @ www.whatsonwhen.com

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The application uses a patent-pending algorithm that will search for data on every domestic flight for the past 10-years and match it to real-time conditions. It provides you with the probability of delay, the estimated departure and arrival times along with the delay factors.

FlightCaster is currently limited to US domestic flights. Apart from its website, which is free to use, it also features an iPhone and Blackberry app for $4.99.

Features:

• Predicts flight delays.
• Indicates the probability of flight being delayed, the estimated departure and arrival times along with factors for the delay.
• Currently the service is limited to US domestic flights.
• FlightCaster advises to use its service 4-6 hours before your flight for the best results.
• Similar websites: DelayCast.

Check out FlightCaster @ www.flightcaster.com (by Srikanth AD from Techonaut )

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• MySkyStatus: Auto-updates Your Flight Status on Twitter & Facebook
• FlightWait: Avoid Delays In Airports
• ArrivedOK: Sends Flight Arrival Notifications to Your Friends
• Yapta: Get Refund on Flight Tickets
• Xm.my: Create Short Map Links for Any Location

HotelVideoReviews claims to be the largest hotel video review site in the world and works closely with travellers, travel companies and agencies to aggregate both positive and negative reviews of the hotels.

Start by searching for a destination. Then refine results by a hotel star rating (1 to 5), compare prices, watch video reviews, view hotel’s location on a Google map and see nearby hotels in the same city. If you liked a particular hotel you can book it right from the site.

Features:

• Watch video reviews of hotels worldwide including popular destinations in Europe and US.
• Video reviews are submitted by real travelers.
• Start by searching for a destination or browse hotels by city.
• Filter hotels by star rating.
• See hotel’s location on a map.
• Check nearby hotels in the same city.
• Option to book the hotel right from the website.
• Free, no sign up needed.

Check out HotelVideoReviews @ www.hotelvideoreviews.com

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• Raveable: Quick Hotel Rating and Review Summaries
• Wize: Find Top Recommended Products By Features
• WhatsOnWhen: Local Event Guide For Over 500 World Destinations
• Voyij: Best Travel Offers and Deals For Any Destination
• UnusualHotelsOfTheWorld.com: Unusual Hotels Of The World

Features

• Online marketplace to find cheap local accommodations.
• Advanced search based on various filters available.
• Get detailed information about the room and reviews from previous guests.
• Book online through credit cards.
• Similar websites: Istopover

Check out AirBnB @ www.airbnb.com (via Lifehacker) (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• iStopOver: Affordable Short Term Rentals From Owners
• Roomorama: Marketplace For Short-Term Rentals
• PadMapper: Easy Way To Search Craigslist For Rental Property
• MyApartmentMap: Find Affordable Places to Rent in US
• HotelWorldOnline: Compare Hotel Prices From Top Hotel Reservation Sites

This is a great website to find new attractions you never heard about, even in your own city. Be sure to take a look at RoadsideAmerica the next time you decide to go on a roadtrip.

Features:

• Access information about hundreds of odd tourist attractions.
• Share stories about your visit to a certain attraction with others.
• Plan your own trip complete with directions and a map.
• Find motels in the area so you always have a place to stay.
• Discover wacky attractions in your area.
• Similar sites: UnusualHotelsOfTheWorld.com

Check out  RoadsideAmerica @ www.roadsideamerica.com

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You can search for parking by neighborhood, address, cross street, or attraction. All available parking facilities near the search destination will be presented on a map along with the list that can be sorted by name and distance. Details for each facility including addresses and phone numbers are also presented.

As it was mentioned above BestParking also covers parking garages in every major U.S. airport enabling you find cheap parking spaces there as well.

Features:

• Compare and find cheap parking in NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and all major airports.
• Both short-term and long-term parking rates are available.
• Search for parking by neighborhood, address, cross street, or attraction.
• Sort parking spaces by name, distance and price.
• Details for each facility including addresses and phone numbers are also presented.
• Mobile friendly version supported at mobile.bestparking.com.
• Free and no registration.
• Similar websites: PrimoSpot and AboutAirportParking.

Check out BestParking @ www.bestparking.com

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• AboutAirportParking: Reserve Airport Parking Spots Online
• PrimoSpot: Find a Parking Spot in New York City (NYC)
• Zapatag: Report Bad Drivers Online
• VehicleFixer: Car Repair Videos for Beginners
• TrueCar: Find Out Real Prices Paid For New Cars

Each place is marked with a marker clicking which reveal more info about the place along with images.

Next time you want to find an interesting place to visit or want to know where your celebrity idol likes to go,  head to FavoritePlaces.

Features:

• Lists favorite places to visit chosen by celebrities and local experts.
• Browse by celebrity and view places he/she likes to visit.
• Explore map by city and find places chosen by local experts.
• Click markers to read more about the place and see images.
• Free and no registration.
• Similar tools:  NextStop.

Check out Favorite Places @ http://www.google.com/help/maps/favoriteplaces/

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• NextStop: Cool Local Tour Guides
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• UniversalPackingList: Online Traveling Packing List Generator
• TripChill: Mobile Travel Assistant with Real Time Alerts
• Trazzler: Get Unique Travel Destination Recommendations

Features

• Upload and share share your trip images, videos and journals.
• Upload unlimited travel photos and videos.
• Track travel trips using maps.
• Connect with other travelers and share your experiences.
• Free unlimited storage for all.
• Similar site: WhereIveBeen.

Check out Tripntale @ www.tripntale.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• ZYB : BackUp Your Mobile Online
• YouGotPhoto: Easily Add Online Images To Digital Photo Frames
• WhatsOnWhen: Local Event Guide For Over 500 World Destinations
• WatchItToo: View Photos & Watch Videos Together
• UnusualHotelsOfTheWorld.com: Unusual Hotels Of The World

The site currently lists tips and advice on more than 50 popular destinations worldwide. The tips are said to be written by knowledgeable experts.

Features:

• Online resource for travel etiquette tips in foreign countries.
• Search site and browse by categories.
• Currently covers 54 locations worldwide.
• Articles are written by experts and continually updated.
• Free, no registration needed.

Check out TravelEtiquette @ www.traveletiquette.co.uk

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It usually plans with a 3 day trip in mind and shows the major tourist attractions of the city you need to visit over that 3 day period and the exact timings of the visit.

Since Google City Tours has just been launched and currently a labs project, it isn’t perfect and there is scope for improvement in the tour plans which it comes up with. However, as it evolves it could turn out to be an extremely useful service for travelers and tourists.

Check out Google City Tours@ www.citytours.googlelabs.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• TriptropNYC: Travel Time Map For New York City
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Every trip mentions specific activities to do or places to visit in that particular destination such as “Admiring a renovated villa in the hills of Tuscany, Italy” or “Camel-trekking to watch the sun rise over the Sahara in Morocco”. Sign up to save trips to your wishlist and share them with friends.

You can log in with your Facebook credentials to get more relevant trips, invite and share your favorite places with your Facebook friends and view other Facebook users who saved the same trips to their wishlists.

Features:

• Cool travel recommendation site.
• Get travel suggestions based on your location, mood (romantic, history, culture) and favorite activities (biking, camping, museums).
• Browse trips by regions (Europe, Africa, Caribbean etc.), by specific tags and search by keywords.
• View locations on a Google map.
• Subscribe by RSS to get updates on new trips.
• Free, sign up on the site log in with your Facebook credentials to get relevant trip recommendations and invite and share your favorite places with your Facebook friends.

Check out Trazzler @ www.trazzler.com

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• TripChill: Mobile Travel Assistant with Real Time Alerts
• TravelEtiquette: Travel Etiquette Tips For Worldwide Travel
• RoadsideAmerica: Locate Offbeat Tourist Attractions in US

There is no registration needed to search and browse the site, however registered users are able to leave comments and rate parks they have been to.

Features:

• Find amusement and theme parks.
• Search by address or zoom in.
• The site lists amusement parks from all over the world.
• Additional info such as images, user ratings, park contact details also provided.
• Register on the site to rate parks and leave comments.

Check out Parkr @ www.parkr.info

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• ZuiTube: Online Videos For Children
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Enter the name of the city and it will display a list of hotels available along with the prices offered. You can compare the prices and select the best deal for yourself. It also provides hotel description, images, location on the map and reviews of the hotels.

The hotel listings can be sorted on the basis of popularity, price, stars, name and distance. Moreover, search results can be refined further using criteria such as distance from specific location, hotel brand, amenities and more.

Hotel World Online boasts of a database of 900,000 global hotel deals from over 30 merchants, and access over 1.5m consumer reviews, 3m hotel images, 2m hotel descriptions and maps.

Features :

• Check hotel availability and rates.
• Compare prices offered by different booking sites.
• Provides hotel description, images, Google map and reviews on the hotels.
• Hotels can be sorted by a number of factors.
• Similar sites: HotelDiscovery, HotelCalculator and HostelBookers.

Check out HotelWorldOnline @ www.hotel-world-online.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• AirBnB: Find Cheap Local Apartments
• WhatsOnWhen: Local Event Guide For Over 500 World Destinations
• UniversalPackingList: Online Traveling Packing List Generator

Features:

• Calculate fuel cost of journey between 2 locations in US
• Calculator automatically takes into account the up-to-date gasoline prices and your car model details
• Gasoline prices supplied by Fuel Gauge Report, EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and OPIS (Oil Price Information Service)
• View today’s’ average gasoline prices in different US geographical regions
• Free, no registration needed.
• Similar websites: DrivePricing and Fuelly.

Check out FuelCostCalculator @ www.fuelcostcalculator.com

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• PetroFix: Stay Immune To Gas Price Increases
• TripLittle: Free Budget Calculator For Your Trips
• RiskyRoads: See Fatal Traffic Accident Statistics For Your Area
• MotorTopia: Social Network For Bike, Boat & Car Enthusiasts
• GasForFree: Place Ads on your Car and Earn Free Gas

This page provides you with a map where you can check different types of electrical sockets used in different regions and countries worldwide. So before you leave abroad, check out the type of power plug used in a foreign country you traveling to, and buy it from your local electronics store.

Features:

• Find out the types of electrical plugs and sockets used in different countries worldwide.
• View results on a map by corresponding colors.
• Info provided by notebook vendor Eurocop.

Check out Power Plugs World Map @ www.eurocom.com/support/plugs.htm

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Currently there are around 180 unusual hotel listings. You can search browse them by location. Option to refine them by price and type also provided. Clicking on particular hotel will present you more details about facilities with images, user ratings, offers and tariffs. The site has nice interface and lists really interesting stuff, worth checking even if you are not planning any holidays.

Features:

• Lists unusual hotels around the world.
• Currently there are around 180 unusual hotel listings.
• Search and browse by location.
• Refine you results by price and types.
• Read more by clinking particular hotel.
• Hotels review are submitted and rated by registered users.
• Submit your review and rate places you have been to.

Visit UnusualHotelsOf TheWorld @ www.unusualhotelsoftheworld.com

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Once you are logged in, you are provided with three sections: Planner, Directory and Inventory Services.

(1) In Planner section, you can map out move related tasks on the calendar, add and edit events, and set email reminders.

There is also a ‘Checklist View’ of all the responsibilities and tasks related to your move along with recommended completion dates. If necessary you may download your checklist as a PDF document.

(2) In Directory Services, you can locate moving companies and other related service provides and get their contact details.

(3) By using Inventory management you can keep track of your belongings and make sure that all your moves are unpacked in the right place. See the video demo below.

Features:

• Free move planning and coordination service.
• Organize your move and keep track of tasks that needs to be done.
• Provides free quotes from licensed movers in your area.
• Organizes your valuables and other household goods using inventory management app.
• Other sites for moving: USA Movers and BoxCycle.

Check out OneSimpleMove @ www.onesimplemove.com (by Srikanth AD from Firefox Ninjas)

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The site is easy to use and has straightforward interface, just click anywhere on the map and get information on weather and local services for that point. You can further filter results by the service type (food, shopping, hotels, tourist attractions, gas stations) and also search for something more specific by choosing “Other” and using related keywords.

Features:

• Online travel assistant for car travelers.
• Get detailed driving directions.
• See traffic data and weather forecasts for the points on the route.
• Search for particular location or zoom in to a point on the map.
• No sign up needed.
• US only.
• Also see: NPRRoadTrip and The Route Planner.

Check out PITA @ www.pita.comuv.com

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The search results are based on the recommendations made by others on this site. The results are not rated as every result is considered worth your attention. Anyone can recommend a place on this site along with a short description. Each submission also pulls up an auto-locating Google map. You need to create an account to recommend any place.

Feature overview :

• Discover new places through local tour guides created by locals.
• Search for places to eat, bars, cafes, shopping destinations and lot more.
• Only positive recommendations form a part of this site, hence you need not go through the bad stuff.
• Every search result accompanied by a Google map.
• You can recommend any place you want to in three simple steps after signing up.
• Simple and easy to use.

Check out Nextstop@ www.nextstop.com (via Lifehacker) (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• FavouritePlaces: Maps favorite places of celebreties & local experts
• WhatsOnWhen: Local Event Guide For Over 500 World Destinations
• UniversalPackingList: Online Traveling Packing List Generator
• TripChill: Mobile Travel Assistant with Real Time Alerts
• Trazzler: Get Unique Travel Destination Recommendations

As you can see in the above screenshots, the weather forecast of New Orleans when searched is displayed in a comprehensive manner. The forecasts of the next seven days is also provided along with the current forecast.

Feature overview :

• Reliable and instant weather forecast.
• Simple and easy to use. No need to sign up or create an account.
• All important factors such as temperature, humidity, pressure, wind etc. are displayed.
• Reliable as data taken from Environment Canada, NOAA, and BBC Weather.
• Weather information is current and continuously updated.
• Similar websites: SimpleWeather, Sleeves, GoingToRain and UmbrellaToday.

Check out WeatherFlash @ www.weatherflash.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• UmbrellaToday: Get SMS Alerts for When It Might Rain
• Sleeves: See If You Can Wear Short Sleeves Today
• SimpleWeather : Quick Local Weather Lookup
• Obama-Weather: Fun Weather Forecast Application
• Localti.me: Find Out Current Local Time Around The World

As you can see in the above screenshot, I have searched for hotel rooms availability in New York. The result is displayed in the following manner.

Feature overview:

• Quickly check hotel room availability for anywhere worldwide.
• Saves time as you not need to browse for hours to look for the best offers.
• Reliable booking systems chosen to offer the cheapest proposal.
• Results sorted by price, the cheapest being the first offering.
• No need to sign up or create an account.
• Similar sites: HotelCalculator, HostelBookers, iStopOver and SeeYourHotel.

Check out HotelDiscovery @ www.hoteldiscovery.org (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• HotelWorldOnline: Compare Hotel Prices From Top Hotel Reservation Sites
• CouchSurfing: Stay With Locals Wherever You Go
• WhatsOnWhen: Local Event Guide For Over 500 World Destinations
• UniversalPackingList: Online Traveling Packing List Generator
• TripLittle: Free Budget Calculator For Your Trips

Anyone can search for deals or browse them by categories (Airline, Hotel, Motel, Cruise, Travel Coupons, Packages, Travel Products, Vacation Rentals, Other and Hot Deals) without registration. However to be able to post, rate and comment on deals registration is needed.

Main Features:

• Browse through best travel deals online.
• Share travel deals with other people.
• Discuss current and upcoming travel deals with other members.
• Vote a deal as “Deal” or “No Deal” and see how many people have voted.
• Add other members as friends and share deals with them.
• Search and browse deals by categories (Airline,  Hotel, Motel, Cruise , Travel Coupons, Packages, Travel Products, Vacation Rentals and Other)
• Check what deals are most popular in the “Hot Deals” section.

Check out BestTravelDeals @ www.besttraveldeals.net (by Tehseen from RechargeYourMind.com)

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• Yahoo Deals: Daily Online Shopping Deals And Discounts
• WoW-Coupons : Search, Find and Print Free Coupons
• Woot: One Deal a Day
• WhatsOnWhen: Local Event Guide For Over 500 World Destinations
• Webbyplanet: Find Hot Deals & Latest Coupon Codes

How It Works:

1. Browse listings by city, stay period and number of guests or post a ShoutOut. The ShoutOut is a message that appears on the homepage where all the hosters can see it and contact you with offers. You don’t need an account to post ShoutOuts.
2. Pay online for the stay in the apartment. Receive a payment code.
3. Give the payment code to the hoster when you arrive to the spot before you check-in

You can filter listings by neighborhoods, max. daily price, room type and extra amenities. Click to view apartment pictures and read description, and inquire further details with a single click. Sign up required.

Features:

• Peer-to-peer short term apartment rentals.
• Rent your spare room to strangers risk-free through innovative online payment system.
• Instantly post “looking for room” messages online and get offers from hosters. (No account required).
• Service available in major metro areas including New York, Miami, Lost Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Toronto, San Francisco, Vancouver and Washington DC.
• Free, sign up to inquire about apartments or list your rooms.
• Similar website: iStopOver.

Check out Roomorama @ www.roomorama.com

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• iStopOver: Affordable Short Term Rentals From Owners
• AirBnB: Find Cheap Local Apartments
• HotelWorldOnline: Compare Hotel Prices From Top Hotel Reservation Sites
• RentBits: Rental Property Search Engine
• PadMapper: Easy Way To Search Craigslist For Rental Property

Let’s say you planning to travel to San Francisco, CA, next week. You can browse for the cheapest flight tickets to get there, find hotels with the cheapest room rate and see the available vacation deals.

Users may also filter search results by type (flight, hotels, vacations), by additional features and sort them by price. Find which calendar dates have the best travel deals and adjust your traveling schedule accordingly to save money.

Features:

• Find the best travel offers and deals for the destination you traveling to.
• Browse cheapest flight tickets, hotel specials and vacation deals.
• View deals by type (flight tickets, hotels, vacations), by additional features and sort them by price.
• Find which calendar dates have the best travel deals and adjust your traveling schedule accordingly to save money.
• No sign up.

Check out Voyij @ www.voyij.com (via GeekSugar)

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• Woot: One Deal a Day
• UnusualHotelsOfTheWorld.com: Unusual Hotels Of The World
• UEatCheap: Find Cheap Buffet Restaurants in Your Area
• OtherPage: Get Better Bargains from Small Merchants
• Offers: 1000’s Of Coupons To Save Your Money

Just sign up, create a list of people to notify and how to notify them (SMS, email, Twitter). When you land at the airport, you just turn on your phone and the people in your list are automatically notified.

Service works in all countries with cellphones that support GSM standard. (Note: Currently notifications by SMS are not available for US And Chinese mobile users. For the time being, only email notifications.)

The application is free while in beta. I also got an email from founder stating that after a full launch there will be ad supported free account option as well.

Features:

• Sends flight arrival notifications.
• SMS, email or Twitter notifications can be send.
• Create a list of people to notify, when you arrive just turn on your phone and the recipients are instantly notified.
• Available for users in all countries. GSM networks only.
• Free and easy to use.

Check out ArrivedOk @ www.arrivedok.mobi

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• Traveas: Track Flight Information On your Cellphone
• MySkyStatus: Auto-updates Your Flight Status on Twitter & Facebook
• FlightCaster: Helps You Avoid Air Travel Delays
• Alerts.com: Get Alerts for Stuff you Want to be Notified About
• Zlert : Get Alerts From Amazon

To generate a packing list, simply fill in some details regarding destination, transportation, activity, accommodation and weather. When done click on the “Generate” button and wait for a few seconds.

Once the list is ready it can be instantly printed. If necessary you may edit and delete existing items and also publish the list online and share it with others.

Features:

• Generates packing lists for traveling.
• Generate as many lists as you like.
• Easily edit and delete items on you lists.
• Publish and share your lists with others.
• Manage all your lists in one place.
• Works with your Google account.
• Print your lists.
• Similar web tools: DontForgetYourToothbrush, SimplyChecklists and UniversalPackingList.

Check out PackWhiz @ www.packwhiz.com

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• WhatsOnWhen: Local Event Guide For Over 500 World Destinations
• UniversalPackingList: Online Traveling Packing List Generator
• TripChill: Mobile Travel Assistant with Real Time Alerts
• Trazzler: Get Unique Travel Destination Recommendations
• TravelEtiquette: Travel Etiquette Tips For Worldwide Travel

The time estimations are derived from Metropolitan Transit Authority station-to-station commute time data and walking calculations.

Faetures.

• View NYC journey time map for any two points.
• Compare travel maps for two different addresses side by side.
• Includes Google’s local search.
• No registration needed.

Check out Triptrop NYC @ www.triptropnyc.com

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• TaxiMe: Taxi Fare Calculator for New York
• RideCharge: Online Taxi Booking
• Rendeznew: Find A Midpoint Between Two Addresses
• NYCFoodMap: NYC Restaurants Map
• NationOfGo: Discover Cool Driving Trails & Roads

To generate your packing list, select options relevant to your particular trip and click on the “Create packing list” button to get your travel planning list. Print it out or send to your email.

The tool was designed by a guy named Mats Henricson and improved through suggestions of other travelers around the world and contains more than 500 possible items necessary for any kind of trip.

Features:

• Online packing list generator.
• Build a list of things to do and items to pack before you leave for your trip.
• Select your trip options and create your custom list.
• Print it out or send to your email.
• Free for private, non-commercial use.
• Similar tools: DontForgetYourToothbrush, SimplyChecklists and PrintableCheckList.

Try UniversalPackingList @ www.upl.codeq.info (via Webupon)

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• Trazzler: Get Unique Travel Destination Recommendations
• TravelEtiquette: Travel Etiquette Tips For Worldwide Travel
• RoadsideAmerica: Locate Offbeat Tourist Attractions in US

In many cases staying with locals is much better than staying at a hotel because the locals know better which places to visit and can tell you more about the history and local customs of their city or town.

Site members (called CouchSurfers) share their travel experiences on the site, are open to meeting people from different cultures and usually speak multiple languages, including English.

Currently site has more than 1 million members, with 2000 new members signing up daily. Register to message members in host cities, join and create groups, meet fellow travelers, find out about events and more.

Features:

• Stay with locals almost anywhere worldwide.
• Connects travelers and locals in 56, 858 cities in  231 countries.
• More than 1 million registered members.
• Meet people in cities you are planning to visit.
• Find a place to stay or someone to show you around the city.
• Register to browse members by countries, send messages, view photos, join groups, events and more.
• Site available in all major European languages and also in Chinese and Japanese.

Check out CouchSurfing @ www.couchsurfing.com

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• SeeYourHotel: Find A Hotel Close To Any Address
• Roomorama: Marketplace For Short-Term Rentals
• iStopOver: Affordable Short Term Rentals From Owners
• HotelDiscovery: Check Hotel Room Availability Worldwide
• HotelCalculator: Compare Hotel Prices on Multiple Travel Sites

To search simply type in the location, select number of days and guests and then hit the Enter tush. HotelCalculator will bring list of results that can be narrowed down by price, type, hotel star rating (1 to 5) and amenities (Internet access, swimming pool, air-conditioning… etc).

You can also view hotels on a Goolge Map, see its distance from the city center and hotels in nearby towns. To book the hotel, just follow the link and complete the order at the provider’s website.

Furthermore you can add the hotels you liked to a “shortlist”. Shortlist lets you filter and compare hotels from the overall list.  You can save the shortlist and access it later through a provided link

Features:

• Compare hotel prices in over 13,000 cities all over the world.
• Data aggregated from multiple hotel and travel info providers including ActiveHotels.com, Agoda.com, AlphaRooms.com, Booking.com, HotelClub.com, OctopusTravel.com and others.
• View hotel listings, narrow results by price, hotel star rating (1 to 5) and amenities (Internet, swimming pool, air conditioning etc).
• View hotel location on a Google Map.
• Add hotels to a shortlist and access them later via provided link (link valid 7 days).
• Easy to use interface and no registration.
• Similar sites: HostelBookers, iStopOver and SeeYourHotel.

Check out HotelCalculator @ www.hotelcalculator.com

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• HostelBookers: Find Budget Hostel For Your Backpacking Trip
• SeeYourHotel: Find A Hotel Close To Any Address
• Roomorama: Marketplace For Short-Term Rentals
• PadMapper: Easy Way To Search Craigslist For Rental Property
• MyApartmentMap: Find Affordable Places to Rent in US

Features:

• Calculate your car commuting expenses.
• View your you daily, weekly and monthly totals.
• Integrated Google Maps showing the commute route.
• Available only for United States.
• No signup required.
• Similar websites: Drive Pricing and MyMileMaker.

Check out CommutePrice @ www.commuteprice.com

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• MobileTraffic : Check Traffic Cameras from Mobile Device
• Google Ride Finder: Find Taxi, Limousine or Shuttle in the Area
• CostToDrive: Estimate Gas Cost For Your Next Travel
• CarRentals.com: Site For Comparing Car Rental Rates
• ZimRide: Carpooling Website To Find & Share Rides