TravelNow.com thinks planning a vacation shouldn't be such hard work. The company operates an online database of real-time travel information and allows automated booking of reservations. It offers access to 300 airlines, 60 car rental companies, and more than 40,000 hotels in some 400 destinations worldwide. In addition, the company provides destination information for more than 5,000 cities and offers cruise and vacation packages. The company is a subsidiary of Internet-based hotel reservation firm Hotels.com (formerly Hotel Reservations Network), which itself is a subsidiary of online travel giant Expedia.