Google Trips wants to book space on your phone

SAN FRANCISCO -- Google wants you to take a new companion along on your next vacation: A travel app that plans each day and each excursion. With Google Trips, available Monday on iOS and Android, you can build an itinerary from flight information and hotel and car reservations retrieved from your email and then discover places to go and things to see while you are on the go. Google is not the only technology company trying to book more space on your smartphone. There's been a boon in travel planning apps in recent years. In June, Yahoo rolled out Yahoo Radar that, like Google Trips organizes reservations and taps partners such as Yelp and TripAdvisor to highlight must-see sights and nearby restaurants.