Don't leave home without these apps
By Ding Yining |
March 9, 2012, Friday
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WHETHER you are planning a trip or about to pack and head to the airport, this list of top travel apps will offer you some help. The beautiful part of these apps is they save you from lugging around a heavy guidebook or printing out an itinerary before taking off.
Even if you keep your iPhone or iPad in flight mode to avoid receiving incoming calls and emails, you can read previously downloaded information and check maps before you arrive.
Aside from the applications listed below, check apps provided by official tourism boards or councils as they occasionally offer online coupons and other promotions that can save you money.
1. TripAdvisor
While planning a trip, it's essential to get to know more about your destination. Installing TripAdvisor and downloading maps and other information in advance can give you a good introduction. Read the latest reviews by other travelers or learn about some walking tours.
Download the offline map and all other materials for viewing while disconnected from the web.
Price: free
2. Kayak
Kayak helps you compare prices on flights, hotel rates and car rental deals. It's also good for checking flight status.
You can even check currency conversion rates and track the hottest flights searched by other web users. Also set price alerts when flight or hotel rates change.
Price: Free
Similar App: Booking.com
3. Priceline Hotel & Car Negotiator
This app offers last minute discounts when you haven't made reservations for hotels in advance. Enjoy opening Priceline and saving up to 60 percent on last-minute hotel reservations up to 11pm local time.
In the "negotiate" mode, you can bid for hotel rooms knowing only the hotel's rating and a rough idea of its location. The name and address are only revealed if your bid is successful.
Price: Free
Similar App: Hotel Tonight
4. Gogobot
Thinking of creating your own postcard? Simply import a photo into Gogobot and you'll be able to select from several modes, 1970's or panoramic, even antique. The app will automatically leave a stamp of the location and city on the postcards. Then you'll be able to send this custom-made postcard through e-mail to friends or post it on Facebook.
Price: Free
5. Tripcolor
Create a beautiful portfolio that includes the number of days and places you've been to along with pictures of each stop.
You can label the destinations you've been to and they will appear as a path on a map, along with photos you've taken.
You can also add descriptions to the places.
Price: Free
6. Wi-fi Finder
If you feel lost without your social network on the Internet during the trip, get this app.
Wi-Fi Finder tracks more than 650,000 hotspots with Wi-Fi connections in 144 countries around the world.
It also tells you which ones are free and which ones are subject to charges, along with the name of each hotspot's service provider.
Price: Free
Even if you keep your iPhone or iPad in flight mode to avoid receiving incoming calls and emails, you can read previously downloaded information and check maps before you arrive.
Aside from the applications listed below, check apps provided by official tourism boards or councils as they occasionally offer online coupons and other promotions that can save you money.
1. TripAdvisor
While planning a trip, it's essential to get to know more about your destination. Installing TripAdvisor and downloading maps and other information in advance can give you a good introduction. Read the latest reviews by other travelers or learn about some walking tours.
Download the offline map and all other materials for viewing while disconnected from the web.
Price: free
2. Kayak
Kayak helps you compare prices on flights, hotel rates and car rental deals. It's also good for checking flight status.
You can even check currency conversion rates and track the hottest flights searched by other web users. Also set price alerts when flight or hotel rates change.
Price: Free
Similar App: Booking.com
3. Priceline Hotel & Car Negotiator
This app offers last minute discounts when you haven't made reservations for hotels in advance. Enjoy opening Priceline and saving up to 60 percent on last-minute hotel reservations up to 11pm local time.
In the "negotiate" mode, you can bid for hotel rooms knowing only the hotel's rating and a rough idea of its location. The name and address are only revealed if your bid is successful.
Price: Free
Similar App: Hotel Tonight
4. Gogobot
Thinking of creating your own postcard? Simply import a photo into Gogobot and you'll be able to select from several modes, 1970's or panoramic, even antique. The app will automatically leave a stamp of the location and city on the postcards. Then you'll be able to send this custom-made postcard through e-mail to friends or post it on Facebook.
Price: Free
5. Tripcolor
Create a beautiful portfolio that includes the number of days and places you've been to along with pictures of each stop.
You can label the destinations you've been to and they will appear as a path on a map, along with photos you've taken.
You can also add descriptions to the places.
Price: Free
6. Wi-fi Finder
If you feel lost without your social network on the Internet during the trip, get this app.
Wi-Fi Finder tracks more than 650,000 hotspots with Wi-Fi connections in 144 countries around the world.
It also tells you which ones are free and which ones are subject to charges, along with the name of each hotspot's service provider.
Price: Free
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