Travel Web tools: PinTrips.com

A groundbreaking travel website that makes it easy to save flight searches and do side-by-side price comparisons among airlines and travel alliances.

Name: PinTrips.com

What it does: Gives you a dashboard to house your trips and flight searches while you’re planning your vacation or business trip. You can easily search flights and prices on Orbitz, then jump to Expedia or an airline to see if you can find a more convenient flight or a better price.

What’s hot: This website shines because it can save your flight search information (departure dates, number of passengers, outbound and inbound destination, etc.), then connect you with travel search sites so you can find the flight that best fits your plans. You don’t have to reenter your search criteria, which is a huge time-saver. You can also add friends to your trip and share your travel plans in real time with its message system. It searches and shows real-time prices and has a refresh button.

What’s not: I couldn’t pin any flights when I was using Pintrips on my iPad even when I was using the Google Chrome app. I know it’s new and in Beta, but I look forward to being able to use all the features from my iPad. I also wonder how long until it adds hotels. I just used the message section to let my group know where we’d be staying.

—Jen Leo