>Personally, I think part of it is that it hasnt been done well yet. Everyone focuses on one problem instead of looking at the entire experience holistically.

>Personally, I think part of it is that it hasnt been done well yet. Everyone focuses on one problem instead of looking at the entire experience holistically. That's actually the exact opposite of the conclusion I came to. I think the do-it-all travel planner apps have never worked for me because there's some aspect of planning I want to do differently or some case they didn't think of, so I end up feeling like the entire product doesn't work for me. The apps I've repeatedly used for travel are smaller or more general than just travel - I've used Splitwise a number of times on group trips (or at times even when a trip isn't involved) to equitably split costs. It doesn't do anything else, but it does its thing well. And I've certainly made use of a lot of shared Google Docs to collaborate on itineraries or packing lists, etc. I don't feel like I need a travel-specific chore coordinator app when I can just have a shared spreadsheet that lists which couple is making dinner which night at the ski house. There are a few web-based road trip planners I've used that seem to do a nicer job than just Google Maps for multi-day road trips with many stops, but of course not all trips fall into that category. So yeah, I think a la carte solutions for different aspects of travel planning work ok for me - find a niche and do that one thing really well.