One of the most unique tools to be developed to plan your vacation was just released recently – TravelMuse- Inspiration Finder.  This tool is based on your budget, interests and travel time and then provides you with a number of packages based on the infromation. I tried it out and the concept is quite interesting. The beta version seems to work good except most of the info in the database is US. I am sure this will improve as more information is added and countries.

TravelMuse also has a trip planner which you install a Travel Muse bookmarker and collect information from your research and bring to one central place.  The trip planner and inspiration finder work together and integrate all your data.  You can share informnation with your family and friends.