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Remember when you used to have to visit a travel agent to book a flight (much less a car rental or hotel) anywhere? We don't really miss those days — it's so much more convenient making plans from your laptop while you eat cookies in bed — but we do miss how organized it was. No loose printouts or lost reservations: all the paperwork came pre-packaged in a tidy folder.

Those days are gone, but with the help of TripIt, the result can be the same. Just send your booking confirmations to plans@tripit.com, click on the link that's sent back, and print or download your summed-up, organized-by-date-and-time travel plans.

Best of all, they accept all types of itineraries: airlines, hotels, car rental companies, train and bus providers, and even restaurant reservations from Open Table. You can also see time zone changes, weather forecasts and area maps, and of course, everything is kept secure and confidential, so that another Ms. Smith doesn't end up in your hotel room.

Get organized at www.tripit.com.

—Rebecca Tay