Microsoft has released an add-in for Microsoft Outlook that gives you one click access to Bing Travel Tools to help you plan any travel you may have coming up.
Researching travel options can be challenging. It takes time to review all the options and determine the best time to fly, what airline has the lowest fares, and where you will stay at your destination. Bing Travel makes these tasks easier by processing large amounts of travel related data and presenting it in ways that help travelers make better decisions.
The Bing Travel add-in puts this technology in the place where many people spend a large part of their day – in Outlook. Just by clicking the Bing Travel button in the Add-Ins menu, or right-clicking in your calendar, you’ll have access to Bing Travel’s decision making tools and all your favorite online travel agencies and airlines.
System Requirements
- Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7; Windows Vista; Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP with Office 2007 and 2010
Download the Bing Travel Planner for Outlook
Update: As of 6:00 PM EDT on 13 July 2010 the download is not available for some reason. Sorry for the inconvenience. I will post an update when it shows up.
Update: At 8:20 PM EDT the download is available once again.
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As of Wednesday evening the download has been updated again and this one works!
Looks like the Travel Planner Add-in is not available for download…I keep getting an error when I visit the Microsoft Download page. I’ve also tried searching for it online…do you think they pulled it?
I just got the same response when I tried. They must have pulled it. I will ad an update to the story. Thanks for the heads up.
No problem. I wonder what’s up with that? Did they put it out there too early…by the way were you able to download it when you announced it yesterday? Thanks.
I was able to download it and then it would not install. I was then able to grab it later in the day when it returned and that would not install.
Might not have been ready for primetime.
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