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Google launches a personalized travel planner, Google Trips

Google today is  launching  a new mobile application, aimed at helping you better plan your vacations and other travels. Called  Google Trips , the iOS and Android app pulls in a combination of data from Google Maps and crowdsourced contributions from other travelers, in order to offer a personalized travel guide that helps you keep track of your day trips, reservations, points of interest, tourist attractions, restaurants and more. We already knew Google was working on a travel application,  thanks to a leak earlier this year when the app was being tested  within Google’s Local Guides community. Local Guides help to improve Google Maps and business data by writing reviews, correcting listings, and taking photos. In return, they gain exclusive access to try out new Google products and features, such as Google Trips. The app looks today much like it did then. The home screen includes a search box with a prompt “where do you want to go?” for planning new trips, and other cards le