I've learned about a few web sites and apps that make travel planning easier. We used Expedia and Bookings.com to make all our hotel reservations. Strangely, they did not always have the same accommodations available, and if they did they were not always the same price. We ended up using Expedia for the majority of our reservations. This is nice because it makes an itinerary for your whole trip. Both apps show lots of pictures of the properties and you can narrow your choices by price, ratings and amenities. If you use Gmail and Google Calendar, Google will helpfully read your email and put all your reservations on your calendar. This was very handy because with a glance at my calendar I realized I had double booked one day and didn't have a place to stay the next day. Tripit is another app that will read your email and add all your hotel, flights and rental car reservations to an itinerary. You can also add other ac...