In this week's travel gift podcast we discuss some recent news and ideas for the hard to buy for traveler including:

Matthew on abcnews.American Express $25 Small Business PromotionMark's Tech Travel Gift suggestionsSome of our suggestions including:Digital Luggage ScalePersonal Safety Alarms for your hotelQuickpod travel tripodand our favorite, although no longer made, Playmobil Security Checkpoint

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The bulk of my travel is for business, and of that travel, a lot of it is on complicated itineraries. Sometimes I'll do a swing of the East Coast and visit three or four cities, I'm frequently jumping between hotels, and I often have rental cars to deal with, too.

All these reservations are a pain in the butt to manage, which is why I've become an avid user of TripIt.

TripIt is an online trip planner that basically takes all your reservations and automatically (and with very ...