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Old Jul 24th, 2009 | 04:03 PM
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On Line Trip Planner

I am planning a month's visit to the UK and France, staying in eleven different accommodations. Does anyone know of any free, easy to use (I am an absolute neopyte with computers (I have had one for years, but....) such product that I can use to track my journey?
I have figured out where I am going and how to get there, but I am just having a tough time in getting it down on paper, so I thought that this wonderful invention of Al Gore's (he did say he invented the "information highway" didn't he?) would be able to help me out.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Larry
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Old Jul 24th, 2009 | 04:18 PM
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Do you have Excel? I create a "travel template" for my trips. You can keep track of whatever you want. My column headings are:
Date /Location/ Hotel/ Phone # /Notes (to include reservation #'s, flight info etc.)

I haven't used Google map but you might want to look at it as they have an online tutorial. You might also search for "trip planning software."
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Old Jul 24th, 2009 | 04:38 PM
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try www.tripit.com
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Old Jul 24th, 2009 | 04:41 PM
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jetsetj - can't wait to try out tripit for my next trip - thanks for the tip
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Old Jul 25th, 2009 | 05:01 AM
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Hey RT,

Why can't you mark a sheet of paper "Day 1, Day, Date" in a vertical line on the left margin and then write in where you will be and what you plan to do that day?

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Old Jul 25th, 2009 | 05:36 AM
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Hi Ira,

It's just that I have all this electronic wizardry that I thought I should be using, and a sheet of paper sounds so gouch. However, I tried some things on the www that, in my escalating years, I can't figure out, so I think I will just make an outline in Excel and go from there.
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