6 Phone Apps That Will Change The Way You Travel

Tripit

Meet your phone wearing its travel agent hat.

When you are planning a long trip with multiple destinations, there is always the fear of having missed a step, forgotten to account for time changes, maybe even trying to schedule around the international date line. Plus, if you have multiple tickets for different legs of your journey, keeping them all straight when you are suffering from jet lag can become a real challenge.

That’s where Tripit comes in. Just send Tripit all of your confirmation emails and it will hold on to them for you and create an itinerary based on what you have going on. You will be able to access your plans offline and even pull up maps and information about your destination.

Postagram

Never pay for expensive tourist postcards again — make your own instead!

Postcards are sadly a fading traveller’s tradition. Sending a picture and short message home to friends and family from anywhere in the world used to be a common practice that left awesome memories and could tell tales of so much adventurous travel.

These days it is easier to send a text, but the makers of Postagram decided to save the tradition by updating its technology. With Postagram you can choose any of your favorite travel photos, add a message, and have it printed in postcard form and sent to whoever you want for just 99 cents. That price will look pretty fantastic when you’re in the museum gift shop.

Desjardins Travel Solution

Always have a backup plan with this app that gives you a safety net no matter where you travel.

When you register your trip on the Desjardins Travel app, you get access to travel assistance phone numbers in your destination location as well as helpful travel tips and information, so you’ll always be up to date and if anything goes wrong you at least have people to call.

You can also list any allergies, medications, and other health concerns in a health record that can be translated into many languages and shared with local healthcare providers. It also has a geolocation service for finding healthcare providers near you. No one plans to be sick while traveling, but anything can happen and it is nice to know you have a plan in any case.

XE Currency Converter

The only free thing that has to do with exchanging money.

It’s the closest you’ve ever gotten to exchanging money without paying anything. This free app keeps up to date information on every world currency and all exchange rates, so you can be prepared for actual rates you may encounter and even keep an eye out for the best times to exchange.

Already knowing the correct exchange rate might also help you protect yourself from getting cheated, so keep this one in your pocket and you’ll be glad you did. The app stores all the trends in charts and graphs so that you can really figure out how to get the most bang out of your buck.

Landloppers

Your local tour guide with all the insider information — anywhere.

Created by the nomadic gurus at Kamino Labs, this app will help you experience the best of any city you travel to. Get expert recommendations from travel experts like Matt Long to help you find the authentic, hidden, and once in a lifetime things to see and do, wherever you happen to be.

And now with a new GPS guided hike section, you won’t get lost getting between point A and point B either, and you can easily see all of the neat travel options around you. You will never have to wonder what to do with your day at the hotel when you have this app offering so many great attractions and activities.

Tip Check Pro

The expectation of tips is a near constant around the world, but how much and when to tip is never the same.  Avoid the waiter’s glare with Tip Check PRO.

Giving a tip of 10% on your restaurant bill could get you glares in both New York and Japan, but for completely different reasons. While traveling it is hard to know what the expectations are even for seemingly simple things like giving the correct tip. 

So make your tipping experience a little less of a hassle with the help of Tip Check PRO. It lets you can mitigate some of those problems and embarrassing travel situations. You also don’t have to worry about the stress of trying to split a bill among a group of friends, because the app will help you calculate the amount everyone owes.

Travel apps can make your travel better by helping with big things and the little details. Being able to give the correct tip in a foreign country can make dinner be a bit more enjoyable, or simply knowing that you would be able to communicate a serious allergy to a doctor in an emergency situation can bring a lot of peace of mind. Take a look through the list and see how your travel can benefit from some technological advances.