Travel Apps

Nowadays, the world revolves around technology. Everything, even traveling is significantly improving through the facilities technology is able to provide its users. Mobile phones have been the most accessible targeted source to engage in this benefits because it is what everybody keeps with themselves absolutely everywhere they go. Mobiles have become an extra limb in our society’s body and have become essential when traveling to an unknown city. 

Before traveling there is a lot of planning to do from booking to figuring out what you should bring or do beforehand. This hectic nightmare needs to be simplified with technologies help. Therefore, we thought we should increase awareness of this five apps to reduce stress and facilitate a traveler’s life.

PDF maps:

Lost again? Getting lost in an unknown city can be the worse, especially if you don’t know the language or the internet connection is troublesome or out of reach. This app will allow you to download detailed maps that you will be able to look at even without Wi-Fi. This app is operated through GPS so roaming is not a concern. It is reliable no matter the geographical conditions. In addition you will be able to calculate travel time estimations to any point of interest or add location photos to record your journey.

This app has been recognized as the best map product worldwide and is used by the US forest service, firefighters and the Jane Goodall institute.

My TSA:

What can’t you forget? The unexpected can always occur in the time lapse between booking your preferred flight and actually taking it. In order to be well prepared, this app that is all about Transportation security administration regarding carry- on items, check point wait times, airport delays, weather forecasts, ID requirements and specific rules will smooth out that transition. It allows you to provide feedback afterwards as well.

Food spotting:

Hungry? When starving in an unknown city this app is the best to help you obtain just what you crave. It helps users get to a restaurant that fits their criteria through filters from price range to specific diet wishes or traditional spots. In case you still doubt about selecting certain restaurants, it also provides with photographs and ratings of the offered dishes to convince your appetite.

Hipmunk:

A helpful chipmunk? Easy and effective flight and hotel booking is what it’s all about. It sorts it by price and agony. It also allows you continue the search you began at a coffee shop, in your house’s desktop as search history is transferred either way.

Adventure Friend:

In need of adrenaline? Sometimes your friends don’t have the same interest as you, sometimes you really want to go in some adventure and nobody wants to join you or lack the skills to do so, or simply  sometimes it’s your only chance to do it but don’t want to go alone. This app is the solution as it enables you to find the ideal adventure you wish to find based on demographics and the buddy that shares your interests and skills to join you in your venture. It will even plan your itinerary and suggest handy products and services

Tina Stojanovic

Karen Madrigal

About writing the blog:

We decided to write about this essential apps because we are exchange students which means that we have been traveling a lot in this semester. Therefore, we have had certain experiences that would have been much easier and less stressful if we knew about these apps beforehand. We believe this kind of things should be spread upon travelers to make their adventures better and smoother as ours could have been and will be in the future because of these essential traveling apps.

Source:

Rudnansky, R. (2014, March 16). 5 travel apps that you need right now. Retrieved from www.travelpulse.com/news/travel-technology/5-travel-apps-that-you-need-right-now.html