The Business Journals profiled seven websites offeringto make planning your next business trip a snap. Use these tools totake some of the hassle out of tracking flights, comparing hotelreviews and saving money on fares and lodging:
  1. Kayak.com is a fare-comparison toolthat allows users to filter prices by number of stops andconnections, take-off and landing times, carrier combinations,airline type and more. The reviewer found the site to be clean andintuitive. Other options for similar services include Dohop.com andMatrix.
  2. SeatGuru.com maps aircraft seats formore than 100 airlines in one place. Maps come color-coded withalerts highlighting the best and worst seats and explanation of whythey are categorized as such taking into account variablesincluding legroom and reclining seat options.
  3. FlightStats.com helps travelerstrack an airline's performance flight-by-flight and down to thehour, making business operations more transparent. Real-time flighttracking drives most traffic to this site. Other features include apage of global cancellations and delays.
  4. TripAdvisor.com is the hotelindustry's Yelp. Although the site gets a bad reputation from someexperts because of potentially planted reviews, the smart travelerwill take into account the general consensus rather than one or twoglowing reviews.
  5. FlyerTalk.com is a businesstravel message board with a wealth of detail about life on theroad. If a major airline or hotel chain is experiencing trouble orintroducing information about program or policy changes, you'lllikely see it here first. Companies even employ staff members tointeract with and respond to the boards, proving this site has someserious market credentials.
  6. EvReward.com allows travelers tomaximize rewards generated from credit card, airline and hotelshopping portals. Enter the name of the store or website you wantto shop and it will supply a list of bonus offers you may qualifyfor.
  7. Mapquest.com has a page that allowsflyers to view airport area street maps. While it isn't the moststate-of-the-art in its layout, this tool can take the pressure offof making a flight when a traveler embarks in unfamiliarterritory.

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