I am an absolute ski fanatic. But I live in Chicago, so it’s not that easy for me to get out to the mountains. Yet every year I make it a priority to get off my butt and plan at least three ski trips out west. It used to be a huge pain, dealing with huge email threads, trying to track who’s going in a spreadsheet, figuring out when people want to go.

One of the big reasons we created Planypus was to help with exactly this type of planning. Not only is the planspace wiki a great place to track flights, housing, and who paid, but you can also drop a snippet of HTML to create a snow report widget so you can easily track the mountain conditions. The RSVP’s help us track who’s going, and the polls and voting help sort out issues like trip duration. Of course having an instant comment and chat really helps in figuring out problems on the spot. Check out the screenshot below, and click to make your own plan!