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