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Wednesday 18 July

An iPhone app to manage the agony and the ecstasy of booking travel

Book your trip with the Hipmunk appOne of the things I like least about traveling is the very initial phase of planning and researching flights, comparing fares, and figuring if it's worth paying $100 more to have a non-stop flight (it always is). The new Orbitz app, as we mentioned recently, has a cool interface which makes finding a flight easy. And now there's another you definitely want to know about.  

 

The Hipmunk app is a complement to the popular Hipmunk website, and lays out your travel options in a funky way. Rather than simply listing out all the options available, it sorts choices into a easy-to-read bar graph that you can arrange by cost, departure time, length, and my personal favorite--agony. Seriously. 

The agony view factors everything into consideration and presents you with options, based on how agonizing your flight will be. Go on a flight with two kids and two layovers and you'll understand the algorithm in a second.

Hipmunk flight comparison graphOn the hotel front, you can sort by the typical categories or rely on its quirky Ecstasy tab to get the low-down on which accomodations offer the best amenities, price and location. 

The least agonizing flight with the highest ecstasy-rated hotel sounds like a pretty good trip to me. -Jeana 

Hipmunk app is available for free from iTunes.

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