Hi, I'm new to the whole frequent travel thing so I was wondering if there were any tools (better than cutting and pasting in excel) for consolidating and tracking one's itinerary (flights, hotels and car rentals)? I found a few for Pocket PC's and Palm devices but I'm looking for something for a regular PC and preferrably free (of course).

In my mind the ideal scenario would be a secure website that could take your login info from each travel program's website that would collect the info from the your listed reservations, consolidating them chronologically into a central location and allow you to print, email or export it into a Calendar/organizer program (like Outlook). Pretty far-fetched, huh?

Any tips or recommendations?

It's not a web site and it doesn't automatically import anything, but CoMETS is a nifty (and free!) application that lets you put in your flights and it keeps track of everything, including accumulated miles and points.

I've been doing this since the advent of transportable computers (Compaq 8088 anyone?) and cut/paste is all I've ever found that really works.

I sync my Outlook to my windoze based phone and I'm pretty good to go. I also have a rule in Outlook that forwards all my travel info to my wife so that she's in the loop.