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Smart Traveler -

“Smart Traveler, the official State Department app for U.S. travelers, invites you to see the world with easy access to frequently updated official country information, travel alerts, travel warnings, maps, U.S. embassy locations, and more.

With Smart Traveler, you can create personal itineraries, add notes, and organize your trips.
Smart Traveler also provides access to the State Department’s Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP). Free STEP enrollment enables the State Department to better assist you in emergencies such as natural disasters, unrest in foreign countries, or lost/stolen passports overseas. During your travels, STEP can help family and friends reach you in an emergency.”

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FLIGHT TRACKER-

A FREE version of the most popular travel app of all time. We completely rethought and redesigned the UI, and it’s gorgeous. FlightTrack Free delivers flight details, gate numbers, and baggage claim info at a glance. The completely ad free app covers more than 3,000 airports and 1,400 airlines.

SEAT GURU-

Look up the best seats on the planes you are going to be flying on.   Find out which are the good seats, and which ones are less desirable!​

 

GOOGLE MAPS-

Create a route traveling by car, foot, bike, or public transportation—all of which can be sent to others via e-mail or text message via your desktop. On the app, you can also zoom in on your directions on either a road map or with a satellite view. Maps show graphic overlays for traffic, and Wikipedia entries of specific locations.

Drawback: On Android phones, the app works best with GPS turned on, which can run down your battery in as little as two hours.

 

GAS BUDDY-

Locate gas stations near you and see their current gas prices.
For every gas price reported, you’ll earn points towards our prize give-away
GasBuddy is a community of users working together to update gas prices

IFLY-

The most comprehensive airport guide offers advice on what to do while you’re waiting, whether you’re looking for dinner, a manicure, or a quick tour of your locale.  It also has parking information, ground delay updates, and hotel listings for nearly 700 airports around the world.  Downloadable maps mean you don’t have to worry about accessing plans while roaming internationally.

 

GOOGLE TRANSLATE-

If you need to ask, say, for more towels in Turkish or Haitian Creole, just press the app’s on-screen mic button and speak a phrase.  Google Translate will deliver both a text and audio version in one of two dozen different languages (text-only translations are available for 34 more, Afrikaans and Yiddish included).   Translations are surprisingly workable, especially for such basic phrases as “May I have a cup of coffee?”  Best of all?  It’s completely free!

Drawback:  The computer-simulated voices on the apps are generic, especially when compared with the various personalities available from for-pay competitors.

 

 

OPEN TABLE-

Restaurant reservations are made easy with this app: Search for eateries by location or name, enter your party size, filter results by price point, cuisine and neighborhood, and reserve a table. You can even leave special requests for the maître d’. Need to cancel? You can do that via the app. Free; for Android, BlackBerry, iPhone/iPad and Windows.

 

 

First Timers to Las Vegas-

So you’ve never been to Vegas. What’s kept you? Never mind – no use wasting any more time trying to explain. The important thing is that you’re ready for the time of your life, and there’s no better place to celebrate than here.

FLIGHT STATS-

AirportZoom for iPad is completely oriented around optimizing the day-of-travel experience for travelers.

The free app provides easy access to essential information:

• Flight Status
• Flight On-A-Map Tracking
• Airport Service and Amenities
• Emergency TripTalk Messages
• Interactive Terminal Maps
• Weather Conditions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

METRO-

Don’t stand around studying a subway map like a tourist. Download the MetrO app to your phone and you can get subway directions in more than 400 cities worldwide. And once you’ve downloaded the app, you don’t need to be connected to a network. (Make sure to refresh the app before you leave, as MetrO is updated weekly.) Price: Free, Available on Apple

 

 

 

 

 

 

• https://www.rome2rio.com/ - This site is AMAZING. It tells you all the different ways to get from point A to point B, plus how much time, how much money, which train, transfer to which bus, car, taxi, bus, uber, walking, etc. GLOBALLY!
• http://www.timeanddate.com/  - This site has everything regarding time zones and converting times, plus it calculates forward or backward so you know when to send reminder emails, countdowns and more.
• http://www.besttimetogo.com/ - When is it typhoon season in Phuket? Enough said!
• https://www.tripadvisor.com/

 

 

​FIND. EAT. DRINK.-

Want to eat at the best spots in town while you’re on vacation? Don’t mess around with online reviews from average Joes. Instead, download the Find. Eat. Drink. app, which sources recommendations from industry insiders—the chefs, sommeliers, bartenders, and bakers who work with food and drink for a living. Going to be out of cell-phone range? Download one of the PDF guides for the city you’re traveling to and you’ll get all the info without any of the roaming charges.

Free for Apple

 

 

HOSTEL WORLD-

You may have heard of Hostelworld, but did you know the site also has a helpful app? If you’re traveling on a budget and like to leave a little room for spontaneity, you should download the Hostelworld app before you set off. It lets you search more than 27,000 hostels from your phone and see reviews, photos, availability, and prices for each place.

Free for Apple and Android

 

 

 

 

 

FOR LESS GUIDES-

• Search for your nearest attraction using the offline street map and let the apps GPS tracking guide you to it.
• Offline travel maps (Tube, Subway, Metro etc.).
• Favourites feature. Save your map locations to your favourites.\

 

 

 

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More apps to make your trip more fun, less frustrating-

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/travel/activities-and-interests/apps-to-make-your-trip-more-fun-less-frustrating/article18760527/

 

"The U.S. Travel Association's "Project: Time Off" campaign, which urges Americans to use more of the 429 million vacation days they leave on the table every year, is gaining traction...."

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