Until recently, when traveling to a foreign country, we armed ourselves with city maps, various guides, dictionaries with basic terms for communication, and good-natured recommendations from friends and acquaintances that often took on mythical dimensions and resulted in disaster.
Today, a smartphone, internet access (and sometimes not even that), and a few applications are enough to feel welcome in every corner of the globe.
When you are on the move, smartphone applications save time and money: with their help, you can get discounts at top hotels, find the fastest route through the intricate traffic networks of European cities, or stay in regular contact with loved ones even when you are on the other side of the world. These are just some of the most beloved, regardless of whether it is an iOS or Android system.
Triposo is often a name on lists of the highest quality travel applications. With its help, you can quickly find information such as exchange rates, local weather forecasts, or the opening hours of places you want to visit. This application offers a list of the most visited locations in a country or, for example, recommendations for activities in accordance with expected weather conditions. In a sea of similar applications, Triposo boasts a high degree of accuracy. The application is free and available for iPhone, iPads, and smart devices running the Android operating system.
The very thought of organizing a flight, transportation upon arrival, accommodation, and other organizational headaches overwhelms many to the point of giving up on traveling. Here, the TripIt application comes into play, which also completely plans trips using detail data. First, it will open your TripIt account linked to your email address and will automatically process data about your travels from the emails you forward to it and add them to your user account. When you ‘log in’ to tripit.com, you can see your travel itinerary on one page and all important information about the destination, such as, for example, weather forecasts or city maps.
Tripadvisor did not gain popularity just by providing basic information about places to visit, transportation prices, or air temperature. With this application, whether on, for example, an iPhone or Samsung Galaxy, you can easily get the most interesting thing – opinions from people who have already eaten at the restaurant you are interested in or stayed at the hotel whose quality you do not want to check on your own skin.
Another interesting application is certainly the CouchSurfing social network, which helps you not to explore how to find quality but not expensive accommodation, but how to find – free accommodation. As its name suggests, this application connects generous locals with spare couches and travelers on a tight budget who want to get to know a new city in an unconventional way.
Finding a taxi in a foreign country or even in another city is a story in itself. The Cab4me application for Android will do just that and print where you can find and call the nearest taxi, along with ratings and impressions from previous users. One of the more well-known applications available for Android and iOS is certainly Kayak. With this application, you can find hotels, flights, or rent cars, and data from all your travels is saved to your user account.
If you often travel to distant destinations, you know how foreign currencies can sometimes give you a headache. Constantly calculating prices in restaurants, shops, or taxis can be tiring. XE Currency Converter will make currency conversion easier according to the current exchange rate, and it also offers a graphical representation of the status. Additionally, the application stores previous conversions that you can find without needing to connect to the internet first. It is available for both operating systems.
The Urban Spoon application is created for those who want to enjoy good food while traveling. It provides a list of the nearest restaurants and eateries in an unfamiliar city, and it also allows reservations and reviews from previous visitors. For now, it only covers the United States and Canada, but also large parts of the United Kingdom and Australia.
