Have you started using TripIt yet to organize your travel plans into one little online spot? Kayak hopes you haven't because they just went and started doing the same thing as TripIt with the new "Kayak Trips" feature.

No matter which you prefer, both will instruct you to forward your confirmation emails to them, and they will organize the information into an easy-to-reference itinerary page. This goes for car rentals, flights, hotel reservations and (on TripIt), attraction tickets. The only major difference right now is that TripIt already has an iPhone app that allows you to manage your itinerary via mobile, whereas Kayak's iPhone integration of Trips is still in the works. But then Kayak's been too busy dropping millions to get you to pay attention to them in the first place, so we suppose they're hoping to attract all those who both haven't heard of them nor TripIt.

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These days, it seems like not a week goes by without some new and hyped release of an iPhone travel app, of course today is no different. From the people who brought you the little black NFT Guides, otherwise known as the brilliantly-named "Not For Tourists," comes the shiny new $4.99 NFT iPhone app.

If you're at all familiar with the layout of a printed NFT Guide, then you'll be instantly comfortable navigating the app by fingertip; it's almost as if the books were designed based on the app and not the other way around. And yes—$4.99 is pricey, but we're talking about a book's worth of content here, when the book is usually about $12.95. ]]> JetSetCD 2009-11-04T09:00:31-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/11/3/103319/423

The iPhone is a life-saver for travelers with apps that do everything from help you find restaurants or hotel rooms to apps that keep you entertained while waiting for a flight. But even the new 3GS with video leaves much to be desired for those trying to capture post card worthy pictures with their iPhone. Luckily, there are apps for that too.

We present The Five Best Apps For Travel Photography: ]]> cmb 2009-11-03T13:28:28-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/11/3/111337/089

Afraid of flying? Well, you're reading the wrong blog then—ha! But seriously for a moment, if you do have any hesitations about flyin,g or just need answers questions in your head during takeoff like "is that how the engine is supposed to sound," then have we got a new iPhone travel app for you.

The "Flying Without Fear" app comes from the lovely people at Virgin Atlantic's British program to end fear of flying, which recently got Whoopi Goldberg up in the air. Usually you'd have to pay about $350 per person for the courses and in-person instruction to have Virgin Atlantic pilots and crew help you work through your fears, but this new app is only $4.99 in the iTunes store and it even has breathing routines to relax. ]]> JetSetCD 2009-11-03T11:29:21-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/11/2/5556/56664

Too many travel companies create iPhone apps just so they can say they have iPhone apps. In response we've been known to point out how stupid that is, though we've been nowhere near as brutal as our sister site HotelChattter. There's just something about travel companies wasting money on fads - and then passing those costs on to us - that makes us all very stabby.

But that's not to say we're against iPhone travel apps as a rule. And just to prove it, we've rounded up five of our favorite free travel-related iPhone apps from September and October. These apps will help you book hotels the way people actually book hotels, help you locate restaurants the way people actually locate restaurants, and help you maximize your time at Disneyland. Because it's the Happiest Place On Earth.]]> Omri 2009-11-02T09:44:20-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/10/30/93748/342

We'll come right out and admit it: we have used Priceline's Negotiator before and like what it did for us. Even the omnipotent appreciate discounts and the thrill of chasing a deal. Still, we're not sure how we feel about sitting down to make serious travel reservations on our iPhone. Sure it's the internet just like we get on our laptop, but it just doesn't feel as official. But like Priceline could give a crap how we feel, since they've just released their own iPhone travel app.

The app of course focuses on good old William Shatner, aka The Negotiator, and his special Priceline ability to let you list your own nightly hotel rate blindly for a hotel (after choosing star rating and neighborhood), and possibly be accepted for over 50% off published rates. Our two most recent experiences at the hands of Captain Kirk got us 5-star hotel rooms in both Berlin and Chicago for $80 a night, so maybe if we don't even use a computer to make the reservation we'll be even more cavalier? So long as the app is free, which it is, we'll be fiddling with it. Who can resist a free travel app anyways?

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]]> JetSetCD 2009-10-30T11:24:19-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/10/28/153228/41

One of our Conde Nast Digital family members, Concierge.com has released an iPhone app called "Postcard by Concierge.com". Yes there are over 60,000 iPhone apps now, and many of them are travel apps, so we began to wonder what does this Postcards app do? Turns out the first thing we needed to do was upgrade our iPhone to OS 3.01, fair enough. After that, we downloaded the free app and messed around with it for a bit. Here's what we found out:

The postcards app provides users a way to turn their iPhone snapshots into postcards. More specifically you can put spiffy little frames around the iPhone photos, link your current location (via map point) and send the e-postcard off to friends, family, enemies, and exes worldwide.

Simple enough right? But these photo booths have proven to be very successful at parties worldwide, and we all know online greeting cards appeal to hordes, so if the frames are funny and ironic enough the kids might just go for it. ]]> markj 2009-10-28T16:39:18-05:00 Search Jaunted string http://www.jaunted.com/search/