Best Travel Apps Every Traveller Should Have on Their Phone
Sometimes, a travel plan can be quite tiring.To prepare a travel plan, it is necessary to review the weather conditions, determine routes, decide on accommodation and many other things. There are many people who thinks these taking a lot of time. However for today, we can also use our cellphones and tablets which covers a huge part our lives. There are many applications in the field of transportation and travel now. I listed the applications that I think will be more useful and beneficial for you to use at your travels.
City Maps 2Go
With the City Maps 2Go application, you can categorize the sights of cities by categories. Furthermore, you can use this application offline. Only thing to do is determining the city that you want to go. After that, City Maps 2Go application lists the hotels, restaurants, museums and many other places on your route for you according to reviews and ratings.
Google Translate
Especially in the abroad travels, one of the most common problems is not
knowing the local language. However Google Translate, helps you communicating
with translating the sentences and the words in direct meanings. Additionally
when you bring this application on a signboard, it can scan the texts on the
signboard to translate to language that you want. However there is no Turkish
scanning part on the application for now.
I Fly
The I Fly application, which is very useful for those who prefer the airline during the year, lists the flight details, parking spaces, cafes, etc. of 700 airports around the world. For us, the best side of this application is providing the opportunity to plan how to evaluate the time in these connecting flights.
Live Trekker
This application’s purpose is while your trip recording the rotate that you are going and after that showing how much time to go where on interactive map and as your will sharing these on social networks. In addition you can upload photos, notes, sound recordings and video content to the application and create a travel diary.
Pack Point
PackPoint, which is a very useful application, lists what activities are taking place in the region you are going to and the items you need to take with you for these activities. According weather condition it shows the tools you need to get in your bag and provides you noting the things in your bag.
Wi-Fi Finder
Wi-Fi Finder, which shows all wireless internet networks in your area, is one
of the applications that will make your job easier. It can sometimes be
difficult to find internet while traveling. Besides that, this application shows
the other application users’ commends and ratings, and it also gives
information about the passwords of encrypted networks.
Zomato
In a city you go for the first time, you do not know where to eat and how much
to pay for what you ate. In this regard Zomato saves you from a great burden by
listing the restaurants, concepts, menus and other user experiences closest to your
location. This application stands out as a very useful application by offering
the opportunity to make reservations.
Maps.me
One of the best map applications, maps.me allows you to download and use the
map of the country you want to go. You can see the location of where you are
unless your device in airplane mode, even if your device is offline. In the
application, which also includes the navigation feature, you can make short notes
by marking the place you went or will go.With very comprehensive maps, this
application even shows the hiking routes in the natural parks. With all this
features we can easily say that maps.me is a more useful tool than google maps.
Couchsurfing
Couchsurfing, the favorite of those who want to stay free, has more than 5 million users. Instead of accommodating in hotel or hostel, it is providing you to be a guest in local people’s houses. Thanks to Couchsurfing you make new friendships with strange people, or you can find a guide for your trip. Moreover, you benefit these freely. The best part is that you will have the chance to experience the local life as a guest in the house of someone living in the city you will visit.
Booking.com
With its web site and mobile application, Booking.com offers users the
opportunity to make a reservation hotels for any budget anywhere in the
world.You can reserve your place months ago in the country you will go to, you
can stay at the best prices by making use of early reservation and various
campaigns. One otherbeneficial part of the application is that you can view the
photos of the room and hotel where you will be staying.
Skyscanner
Skyscanner’s mobile application provides you to buy an airplane ticket to
around the world. With Skycanner, you can view your transfer and flight plans
between different airlines, in any direction; also you can make price
comparisons.You can also take advantage of early booking discounts and reserve
your seat months ago in a few clicks.
Google Maps
With Google Maps, you can view your location and mark the place you want to go
(museum, gallery, restaurant, etc.) from the map by searching.Thus, you can
reach your destination safely in the shortest way without getting lost.