Travel is one of the most enriching experiences on one’s life. But Travel planning is equally overwhelming, especially if you don’t want to stick to the run-of-the-mill travel packages. If backpacking, solo travel or budget travel is your style of vacationing, you need handy apps that can help you not only plan your travel better, but also will serve as your personal travel guide. All travellers are looking for that one perfect travel planner app which they can rely on, while they are globe-trotting!
Here are few recommended best travel apps for your next trip:
1. Google Maps
This is not really a travel app, but it is one of the most essential apps that you need on your travel. Not able to find the nearest bus stop, check Google maps. Looking for a decent pizza place in the area where you are, look-up on google maps. Google Maps is your direction genie!
2. TripHobo
If you are looking for a vacation planner that will not only take into account your preferences but will also suggest you the best places to see on your trip, then TripHobo is your answer. An online travel assistant, you can map your entire itinerary, including transit options, accommodation and sightseeing on this app. The app will also give your first-hand suggestions from travellers across the globe, just like a handy guidebook, for free!
3. Google Translate
Another masterapp from Google, google translate is your personal interpreter in a foreign land. Not only it is great for looking-up common terms in local language, it also translates from audio and images. From boards to announcements to menu cards, this app just makes it easy for you to survive without knowing the local language!
4. Circa
This is a great app if you are travelling across time zones. The app not only gives you the exact time back home (so that you don’t call home at odd hours causing everyone to panic) but also gives you the times of various destinations that you enter. While calendar apps also can do this, what makes this app special is that it also gives you the overlap time between the time zones, telling you how long to stay awake or to sleep. Say bye-bye to jet lag!
5. Splitwise
A great app to track expenses, if you are travelling in a group. You can invite members to join a particular trip or an event and every time an expense is made, just enter the expense under the spender’s name. At the end of the trip, the app will tell you who owes how much to whom. No more expense sheets and splitting cards!
Make sure you have these apps in your phone before you start planning a vacation!
