15 Essential Travel Apps Every Traveler Must Have

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From where to eat, what to eat, where to sleep, where to visit, to festivals, weather, transportation and communication, there’s an app designed for your smartphone. Thankfully, technology ensures we live a stress-free life, and since it changes and improves by the day, we have to keep you updated. So you need this information even if you’re a pro at travel matters. More so, if your love for traveling is new, I bet you at the end of this article, you’ll be a pro too – an expert in your wanderlust. Without further ado, here are the 15 essential travel apps every traveler must have.

Wifi Map

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Let’s start with expos. What Wifi Map does is that it essentially searches Wifi passwords from Wifi networks around you and make them available to enable you connect and enjoy internet access as a traveler. Sometimes, you just want to simply check your Whatsapp or email and you don’t have offline data. So instead of waiting to get back to your hotel, or start aimlessly looking for free Wifi networks, you can simply take advantage of this cool app. Its guaranteed one of the best travel apps every traveler must have.

Google Translate

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Simply put, Google is your friend. As a matter of fact, Google offer some of the best travel apps every traveler must have. Google Translate has redefined translation with their awesome new feature. It’s always been a pain trying to translate a word with audio or waste time typing in the word. Now, you can just simply select a language, put on your camera and point or take a picture, then let Google translate do the rest – in real time!!!

Air BnB

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Apps that saves you accommodation troubles are definitely must-have travel apps for every traveler. Usually, accommodation is a hassle and truly expensive especially if you’re going to be in your travel location a while. Thankfully, Airbnb provides affordable options and if you’re traveling in a group or as a family, then the Airbnb service is invaluable.

Packpoint

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Packing can be a pain. I, especially dread it. I’m always torn between what I need and what I might need, and between too much luggage and too little luggage. At the end, I end up with more luggage than I need and still missed some essentials. If you share the same frustration, I’m here to tell you – No more! Packpoint is the best among travel apps – in my opinion. Once you select your travel destination, date of travel, purpose, other activities and length of stay, this sorcery does the rest by making you a list of what you absolutely need. Once you’ve covered the essentials, any extra baggage is up to you! Don’t say you weren’t helped.

XE Currency

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Every international traveling ordeal involves money changing most times. Instead of searching online, you can try a reliable service that gives you the real rates. XE Currency provides currency equivalents of all currencies in real time. It’s easier and faster than googling. More so, you’re well abreast so no money-changer can cheat you! XE Currency is in my opinion the best among currency travel apps.

Kayak

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Kayak is an all in one tool embodying a few features from other travel apps. It enables you to compare and book flights, accommodation, food and it sorts information and guides from reliable travel blogs. With kayak in hand, you can kayak through challenging traveling ordeals and decisions, while also keeping track of your bookings and other travel itineraries.

Dayuse

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In between flights and unplanned delays from activities or events, you may need a place to perch for just a few hours without paying the full rate of a whole night’s stay. But do you really want to be in your taxi, going from hotel to hotel, asking if they offer such services and rates, if they apply? That’s the role of this Dayuse app, so unleash your smartphone to save yourself some, money, time and stress. Dayuse will give you information on what hotels offer these kinds of deals that enable you to check in now and leave an hour later or when you please without a paying a whole night’s rate. You will be able to find a few and compare rates based on proximity or whatever reason you may have. Bottom line is – I recommend this app as a must-have among travel apps.

Uber

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Really? Do I even need to say this? Even with being so popular, I bet some of you haven’t tried the uber service. Well, go get an uber app right away and see for yourself. Apart from being the best among transportation travel apps, uber appeals to me for so many reasons, it’s cheaper than the regular rate of taxis (anywhere in the world). It’s so easy and freaking fast – there’s a driver at your doorstep in literally 2 minutes! What’s most wonderful is that you can pay with cash or card and there’s an option to tip if your driver blew your mind.

Hotel tonight

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It’s incredibly awesome and praiseworthy when people make connections in order to serve others or provide solution to a real problem. Hotel tonight work closely with hotels who give them the best last minute discount deals on empty rooms so if you’re stuck – you’re not! This is essentially what travel apps are for, so what good is it, if your accommodation plans slipped at the very last minute and you’re confused with nowhere to turn? Thankfully, no crappy hotel for you! Get hotel tonight and explore the best rates from the best hotels at the very last minute.

Flighttrack Pro

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Beyond booking, confirmation, tracking, and managing your flight, get real time information on flight delays and cancellations due to weather or whatever reason. Flighttrack pro doesn’t want anyone to spend time and money getting to the airport in vain. Their coverage is very awesome and reaches over 3,000 airports and 1,400 airlines. They will alert the hell outta you! It’s really one of the most wonderful must-have travel apps.

Tripit

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Tripit is actually a very well-known app among travelers. It counts as one of the most popular travel apps because of its ‘secretarial’ services. This app will manage your itineraries better than an assistant. Which means you can save bucks you’d otherwise have used for carrying on an extra human being and instead, you unleashed your mobile device. Tripit will manage every detail of your flight, hotel, car rental, and other activities you have entered. It works with your email so sometimes, it will update your itinerary without troubling you.

Google photos

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What did I say about Google? Best travel apps? Well, here they are again with what I like to call ‘photo management 2.0’. Although I have to admit, it’s kind of creepy, how can a computer program select the best photos from the all the many I took? And what’s creepier? I agree that their choices are the best. Anyway, it still saves some stress in a way and yes, it is the best tool for keeping all your travel memories alive. It’ll organize all your photos, select the good ones and will even make a video slide out of them for you. It’ll properly organize them in folders and won’t get rid of any including the ones not selected. What’s more? – They’re all (automatically) in cloud storage so good news for your phone storage.

Time Out

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Where to go, where to go? The big bugging question when visiting a new city, especially if it’s an enormous city with lots of confusing options. Obviously you’re not there to stay, you just want to have some fun and leave so you need quick decisions on the best places. Time out will plan your local movements for you, taking you to the best places to experience the life and culture of that particular city. They provide a comprehensive list of awesome restaurants, bars, as well events, activities and other must-go places. If you didn’t have a social life, time out will make a very exciting one for you and in no time you’ll feel like you’ve lived there all your life. Although it’s the best among local experience travel apps, unfortunately, only a few cities have access to this service. But no worries – they’re adding new cities with each passing moment.

Rebtel

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Let’s not put communication aside. Instead of roaming and hacking up heavy calls and internet usage bills, simply get rebtel. Rebtel is one of the best communication travel apps. Calls are not free but they’re as low as $2 per month – now that’s real savings! With very little payments, you can reach anyone, anywhere in the world. No network hassles – it’s seamless, easy to use and a simpler way to travel and communicate.

Sit or Squat

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Yes, at some point, you’ll need it. I mean you’re in a strange new place, exploring the town and should you need to go, it will be embarrassing as well as health-threatening to sit where you should squat. That’s essentially why sit or squat was designed. It will help solve your No 1 and No 2 problems as at when urgent. It does this by scanning a database of thousands of restrooms and providing you with a fair assessment of ‘sit here’ or squat here’ restrooms, as well as where to find the nearest one around you. I reckon that among travel apps, this should be among the most important.

Sources

Trip Savvy – 12 Must-Have Free Travel Apps for Your Next Trip
Travel Start Blog – Travel Hack 101: 10 Must-Have Travel Apps
Loop – 15 must-have apps every traveler should have
Geeky Explorer – 10 Essential Non-Travel Apps for Travelers (Updated 2019)
Matador Network – 9 Apps every experienced traveler should have on their phone
Mawista – Top 12 Travel Apps Every Traveler Should Have On Their Smartphone