By Marissa Louie

Almost as important as the Christmas celebrations are New Year’s Eve plans.

Two Silicon Valley startups, GoPlanIt and HeroEx, have teamed up to continue the ALIST New Year’s Eve celebration this year. ALIST has been a grand San Francisco tradition for nearly 10 years, but this year, GoPlanIt and HeroEx are adding value.

How? We’re going to launch a Twitter app that asks, “What are you doing for New Year’s Eve?”

Just kidding.

ALIST “Passport to the World” is a New Year’s Eve tradition in SF.

Jokes aside, if you are hopping on a plane to join us in San Francisco for the celebration:

GoPlanIt (which launched at TechCrunch 50 in 2008) will help you plan your trip.

Also, HeroEx will be delivering tickets for the event for just $9 across all of San Francisco.

So you won’t have to wait in line for hours in the freezing cold just to pick up your ALIST tickets at the ticket booth.

Steve Chen, CEO of GoPlanIt and my Co-host of ALIST, said, “We anticipate over 2500 ticket sales for ALIST, and over 200 ticket deliveries through HeroEx.

Read more about the event here, and purchase tickets here. The friends and family discount price is just $135 for general admission if you get them through me.

Secret’s out – I’ve been partying with Steve for 6 years, and every ALIST party I’ve been to has been a smash hit.

And maybe, just maybe, I will throw an epic afterparty until 5am. Or 8am. Who sleeps before 10am anyway?

As my friend Will.I.Am says: Fill up my cup – Mazeltov!

Marissa

Marissa is the CEO and Co-founder of HeroEx, a new 1 hour delivery service that delivers almost any item for just $9-12, to anywhere in San Francisco.

She is a frequent conference speaker and has made a recent keynote speech or presentation at Web 2.0 Expo New York, The Mobile Marketing Summit, and O’Reilly ETech.

Marissa blogs at BusinessWeek, Adotas, and here at Bub.blicio.us.

Find her on Twitter: @malouie

Contact her at (510) 375-1941 or Email her at marissa@heroex.com.