Traveling has never been easier with the advent of all the travel apps that can make your vacation or business trip easier. There’s a bazillion different apps that cover everything from air travel to road trips to restaurant recommendations. Get a few of these apps and your trip will be almost effortless.
1. GateGuru: Navigate your wait time at the airport
GateGuru is a searchable directory for over 25 international hubs. No longer do you have to wander around aimlessly looking for an ATM or a cup of coffee. It’s particularly useful when you have a layover at a random airport or your flight is delayed.
2. Trip It: The itinerary organizer
No longer will you have to dig through leafs of paper itineraries. You simply email all your itinerary information from flights to hotels and even dinner reservations and it will be organized into one nice neat itinerary. Flight delays will be automatically updated.
3. Kayak: Look for flights
This app is a streamlined version of the website with the same ease of use. Simply type in your desired dates and destination and the app will search almost every major airline and sort it by price, time and even frequent flier alliance.
4. TripAdvisor: Need lodging fast?
TripAdvisor has just about every hotel listing complete with reviews under the sun. You can filter by price or neighborhood.
5. Goby. Sometimes things just go wrong.
The museum closed and it’s raining. Goby searches events near you from family-friendly outings to live music to outdoorsy pursuits.
6. iTranslate. This digital phrase book will save you from cross-cultural mix ups.
It includes 52 languages and can translate uber fast. It even allows you to store words for easy reference later.
7. Convert Clothes. Shopping can be a chore if you don’t know your size.
This handy app will convert sizes for clothes, shoes, pants, and bras for eight different countries. Of course you’ll still have to try everything on. |