The Best Apps to Have Downloaded Before Travelling
Traveling is one of the
greatest possible experiences. It can also be incredibly stressful–finding the
best flight options and connections, lugging bags around unfamiliar cities and
trying to stay budget can make your vacation enjoyable!
Fortunately, traveling in 2018
means that there are a number of fantastic applications to help you manage the
intricacies of travel and to concentrate your time and energy on a great
journey. Here's a list of the best travel apps-make sure you download them on
your phone, tablet or computer before you start your next trip.
Skyscanner
Skyscanner helps you find the best offers for flights, hotels
and car rental in one place. With a wide variety of travel partners, the app
offers a wide range of options for different budgets, transit times, dates and
other reasons.
Other features include a feature that shows the best deals from
any airport, as well as price alerts to keep you on top of rising and falling
prices for your selected route.
PackPoint
One of the challenges you have to face before you go on your
journey is what to pack. You don't want to overpack and get extra, unnecessary
kilos, but you don't want to forget important items for your trip.
Tell PackPoint information about your journey, such as where you
are going and how long, and create a customized packaging list for you that
takes into account the likely weather and what you're going to get up to.
Maps.me
Maps.me
is not the only app that provides free maps for every city in the world, but
its big difference is that you can download maps and access them later, even if
you don't have a connection to the Internet. The maps also have almost every
attraction and the ability to save locations in advance or offline, making it
easy to navigate between the top spots of a city.
Google Maps
Google
Maps is a handy app for navigation on your phone when you have access to the
internet. Google Maps has some very useful features, such as GPS location and
destination routes by car, foot, bicycle or public transport, although it
relies on being online. You can also save future reference locations.
Stasher.com
There are many different situations on your journeys where you
will be stuck with bags and luggage, whether you have an evening flight and
need to check out your accommodation in the morning, have time to kill between
train, bus or flight connections, or go through a place on your way to
somewhere else and want to take in some sights! In either case, lugging
suitcases or large backpacks with you as you try to make the most of the time
you have can at best be time-limiting and annoying and even worse impossible.
Stasher.com helps you find secure spots to store your luggage
in key cities across the UK, Europe and worldwide – freeing you up to explore
your destination. Better still, you can book and pay for the storage online,
and fees include insurance of up to £750.
CityMapper
Public transport can be a great way to be a tourist–many towns
have fast, reliable and inexpensive public transport systems. Navigating the
public transport network in an unfamiliar town can be a big headache, however.
CityMapper solves this problem for you by providing public
transport route and timetable information in dozens of cities around the
world–simply put where you want to go and the app will provide you with
multiple route options, even informing you of interruptions and delays.
Airbnb
Airbnb is one of the world's most popular ways of finding
accommodation. The popularity of the site can be attributed to a more authentic
experience, not to mention a cheaper stay at a local rather than a hotel.
You can search for accommodation, read reviews and book your
stay with their app. Airbnb has also introduced other tours and travel planning
features.
Hotel Tonight
Another
useful app to find accommodation is Hotel Tonight, which offers you last-minute
accommodation options and deals. You never know when to find emergency
accommodation, whether due to a problem with your original booking, a missed
flight or a plan change. Since Hotel Tonight sells empty rooms at a discount
with hotels, you can also find some great deals here!
Xe.Currency
When traveling
around the world, different currency conversions can be confusing. Make sure
you know exactly how much you pay with the XE currency converter application,
which shows up- to- date exchange rates for all currencies around the world.
Bio
Sophie Garrod is a traveller and blogger, who simply loves
sharing tips and tricks with travellers to help them have the best experiences
while exploring, traveling and enjoying new places.
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