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Travel

without

hassle

Travel can be hard work

WEB REVIEW

By THOMAS PHILIP

LET’S be honest, travellingis a hassle.

While we all love gettingaway and seeing an exoticplace, there is a lot of workthat goes into making theperfect holiday.

You have to keep track ofall your transportationand reservations and ifyou like to play it safe,your receipts.

Sometimes it’s enough tomake you want to stay athome.

This is where www.tri-pit.com comes in.

The site bills itself as atravel expert and says itwants to make your life abit easier.

You need to sign up firstby giving your email andcreating a password.

But it is free to sign up.Tripit collects all the

pesky little details and ma-kes it into an ‘‘easy-to-use’’master itinerary.

Just email your travelplans to plans@tripit.comand it neatly collates all ofthem into one easy-to-findplace.

It sells itself as beingyour own personal travelassistant.

Tripit also has ‘‘turn byturn’’ road and highwaydriving directions with in-teractive local maps.

The international routeplanner has driving direct-ions in English.

There are also weatherreports. You can accessthis itinerary online orfrom a mobile device.

www.tripit.com