Planning a vacation/trip can be rougher than you think. You have to book the hotels, arrange transportation, compile a list of what sights you want to see, a list of where you want to it.

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In the words of a 3 am infomercial, "There's got to a better way!" Well, dear friends, we're here to tell you that there is a better way and it's called Google Maps. Thanks to a piece run by Travel Pulse, you can now utilize GM to your full advantage. Take, for instance, the My Maps feature. You can list all the sights you'd like to visit in a certain place and it will give you a radius in which you should probably stay while there. You can pin all the hot spots you want to visit and color code them into different categories. There's also a feature to factor in transportation. With this knowledge, now you can be a travel expert with a one-stop resource.