Google has introduced tools to help users keep track of
their travel plans from desktop computers.
In a blog post, Richard Holden, vice president of product
management, travel, said the desktop solution was designed to help users
simplify trip planning across Google Flights, Hotels and Trips.
It will organize research and reservations in Google Trips.
Travel information is available to users logged into their Google accounts at
google.com/travel, as well as in Google Searches and Google Maps.
At google.com/travel, users will find timelines for upcoming
trips based on confirmation emails received in Gmail. Now, those timelines can
be edited directly by users. In a few weeks, users will be able to manually
enter new reservations. Now, google.com/travel will integrate weather forecasts for
upcoming or potential trips.
A user's trip research will be tracked across Google.
Searches and saved places and flights will automatically be added to trips,
Google said. Viewed hotels and things to do will soon be integrated, as well.
Users can opt out of the service.
When a user is traveling, Google Maps will display popular
neighborhoods, including blurbs on what they're known for. Trips (including
reservations) will be accessible via Google Maps "in the next few months,"
Google said.
"Our goal is to simplify trip planning by helping you
quickly find the most useful information and pick up where you left off on any
device," Holden wrote.
Google last year introduced similar tools for mobile phones.