Abstract: Methods, systems and computer readable code for travel planning are provided. According to some embodiments, a travel planning engine schedules a plurality of activities within one or more time intervals and generates a travel plan, where each activity is associated with a physical location and optional time parameters. Alternatively or additionally, the travel planning is implemented by receiving manual travel planning directives through a user interface. According to some embodiments, the activities are scheduled so as to satisfy specific constraints and/or travel benefit parameters. According to some embodiments, the travel plan includes information about traveling between relevant locations. Some embodiments of the present invention include a method of comparing and/or presenting a plurality of travel options, wherein each travel option is associated with a respective mode of transportation.

Abstract: A method for affording preferential status to selected suppliers each in a respective service industry category, the service industry category being included in a group of service industry categories. The method includes selecting at least one preferential status supplier each from a respective service industry category. The method also includes entering data corresponding to each selected preferential status supplier into a preferred suppliers database, and offering at least parts of the database for loading into a portable device. The portable device has a selector for selecting a desired service industry category for accessing the at least one preferential status supplier relating thereto.