Time 2 Cruise

You have to admit, when it comes to Iphones and Android phones, what you really have is a mini computer you are carrying around with you and when vacation time comes its time to put that computer to work.  Its a trip organizer, GPS unit, and a search tool all in one.  On a recent short weekend trip we were able to leave our laptop and regular GPS unit at home.  On my previous post here at Time2cruise , I mentioned the trip organizers and how useful they can be.  The GPS part of modern cell phones is going to make it hard for one to think about buying a stand alone unit.  Except for long trips, ours looks like its going to be collecting dust now, but its not going away just yet.  I have to experiment with the usefulness when in areas that don't have good cell coverage before giving up on my other unit.  But, wait, there's more....  My new mini computer is also my mp3 player, a translator (awesome on foreign vacation) and the quickest access to sear...

When it comes to going on vacation or even a business trip one of the hardest things for me is keeping all my confirmation numbers, contact info, and other paperwork together and at the ready.  Most people just print out all their email confirmations and have to shuffle thru them when the time comes to find the right one.  It can be a pain when trying to find the email from the rental car company and having to flip thru all the airline, hotel and whatever other emails to find it as the last piece of paper in the pile or worse not finding it.  Some people have gotten more organized.  They create one sheet with all the info they need either by hand writing out all the info or typing it up neatly in some program and printing it out which alleviates a lot of stress in the long run.  However, now there are companies that try to do all the work for you, and whats better yet is they are free, or at least have free options.  The one that I started using, works as...