AAA Announces New Features for Summer Travelers on the TripTik Travel Planner
AAA has launched enhancements to the TripTik(R) Travel Planner, just in time for planning summer road trips. This Travel Planner is available at AAA.com. Features have been enhanced and better features were also added to the popular online mapping too. Now, you can create custom maps, new travel guide section, have access to easier navigation and an improved route modification tool. proprietary travel information, premier mapping information and booking capabilities can all be accessed 24/7 by the TripTik Travel Planner from AAA.
The new TripTik Travel Planner is preferable and can be found by users to be even more convenient to use over other travel Web sites because quick maps and local driving directions or complete planning tools and destination information for cross-country road trips and fly/drive vacations can be all accessed here. The latest fuel prices at more than 100,000 U.S. gas stations is also readily available. Enhancements details
include:
– My Places: This feature offers the user to create a custom map that includes their specified locations, including hotels, restaurants and points of interest. Map printouts also contain
TourBook(R) information about each location.
– The TripTik Travel Planner: This tool has been simplified so the user can take advantage of all its features and access to construction information, gas prices, hotel ratings, recommendations and information to AAA Scenic Byways.
– North America’s popular destinations are not left out either since a new travel guide destination offers travel tips and insider information provided by AAA travel experts.
– The route modification tool: This tool helps the user to customize trips to fit specific preferences. Additional feature is the new drag-and-drop capability to reroute directions. One click can select a scenic route or a different way home.
Jan Coyne, director, AAA Geographic Information Systems said, “every day, thousands of members turn to their local AAA office for trip planning expertise including reliable maps, driving directions, travel information and hotel reservations,” He also added, “The new version of the TripTik Travel
Planner offers the best of both worlds, 24/7 access from a personal computer, coupled with the availability of AAA expert knowledge and support.”
AAA’s travel information is continually being updated and expanded for the travel needs of its customers. Information on new lodging, restaurant, attraction and destination are continually added to the list. AAA listings can be accessed only by one click. Photos, from AAA’s database of 58,000 are also provided plus, AAA Approved and Diamond Rated hotels and restaurants, 17,000 attractions, 22,000 events and 8,000 destinations. 160,000 Show Your Card & Save(R) member discount locations can also be displayed by travelers, including 7,800 AAA Approved Auto Repair facilities and 1,100 AAA/CAA club offices.
On top pf that, information on time-saving construction and historic traffic congestion can also be accessed by users on AAA.com, and again, the latest fuel prices at more than 100,000 U.S. gas stations, including E-85 fuel availability.
As for AAA members who visit AAA.com for a hotel room booking, a better rate awaits them compared to other leading Web sites, according to a recent survey. In a review of several online travel booking sites, AAA.com offered AAA members the best publicly available rate on partner hotels 69 percent of the time.
AAA provides more than 51 million members with travel, insurance, financial and automotive-related services which is right since they are North America’s largest motoring and leisure travel organization. AAA has been leader and advocate for the
safety and security of all travelers since its founding in 1902. Visit their website at http://www.AAA.com
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