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Vacation Designer CD-ROM Guides Travelers To Maximize Time Off From Work YARDLEY, PA, USA -- March 11, 2004 -- Meliovation has just released Vacation Designer 2004 - Travel North America, a new software product distributed on CD-ROM for Windows computers. Vacation Designer takes consumers step by step through the process of planning vacations, unlocking the unlimited resources of the Web by harnessing the power of the home computer. No other software offers website linked destination maps, a travel research web browser, a notebook for collecting and tracking trip details, and a day by day itinerary creator and printing wizard, all integrated into one package. Add "vacation designing" to the list of new hobbies the Internet has unleashed, connecting travelers online in a quest to maximize their time off from work by planning the ideal trip for themselves and their families. "I often encounter people with a desire to plan their own vacations, but who feel overwhelmed by the enormous breadth of online travel resources and the complexity of keeping track of all the details," said Scott Petoff, President of Meliovation. "Vacation Designer 2004 was built from the ground up to break the task into stages, each providing the vital travel content and software tools which lead to a comprehensive trip plan regardless of your computer skill level. The marketplace is filled with travel software titles which are great at mapping driving directions, but lack the ability to lead the research and planning of a multi-faceted trip for the limited vacation time most families get each year," said Petoff. People that love to travel and organize their own vacations will appreciate the productivity enhancing features offered at each step. Step 1, Find Destinations, offers an interactive map with links to over 3,000 Official Tourism websites for destinations throughout North America including Countries, Cities, Towns, Regions, National Parks, Historic Sites, and Amusement Parks. Step 2, Explore the Web, provides a fully integrated tabbed Web browser that enables the capture of text and pictures from any Web page and includes over 1,000 of the best travel related websites. Step 3, Collect Ideas, represents a personal notebook of Web clippings, contact information, and trip details in the areas of Transportation, Lodging, Dining, Arts & Entertainment, Shopping, and Sports & Recreation. Finally, Step 4, Create Itinerary, serves up a vacation calendar and day by day itinerary planner optimized for scheduling vacation ideas with a goal of finalizing the plan, printing a copy, and taking it with you. The retail price of Vacation Designer 2004 bundled with the Travel North America Destination Pack is $39.95, and can be purchased directly at the VacationDesigner.com website. This price includes free downloadable travel updates for North America, ensuring that the thousands of destination and travel website links are kept current and complete. Additional Destination Packs for other regions of the world (Europe, Asia, South America, Australia & Pacific, and Africa & Middle East) will be available for sale later this year. The product runs on Windows XP, 2000, ME, or 98 and requires an Internet connection. Please visit http://www.VacationDesigner.com for more information. About Meliovation For more information (press only) contact:
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