6 free travel apps worth downloading
Make your smart phone work even smarter when you’re on the road with these top travel apps. And the best part is, they’re all absolutely free.
Never puzzle over a strange menu item or try desperately to understand the signage on a street corner. With Google Translate, just hold your phone’s camera up to the mystery text and the app will give you an instant translation for 29 different languages.
Think of this one as your personal in-pocket tour guide. When walking through a city, just put in your destination and your interests and it will create a customised route for you. The app can take you past cafes, bars, galleries, shops, historical sites and more, without wasting time on things you don't want to see. It’s available in over 100 major cities and more are being added every week.
Exchange rates can be really confusing and you don’t want to get home and find you spent $500 on a souvenir when you thought you were spending $50. Currency is one of the simplest conversion apps on the market with an easy to use interface, more than 150 currencies and up to date exchange rates.
This fun app brings together everything you need to know to get around a city – maps, public transport information (including real-time departures), cycle routes and Uber options. It will give you a really good idea of how long it will take you to get somewhere or what your options are at any time of the day for more than 35 cities around the world. It’s also really cute to use.
Never waste time searching through multiple sites for the cheapest flight again. Skyscanner pulls all these options into the one handy app and lets you put in lots of filters (like stopovers or multi-part bookings) so you can create the exact route you need. You’ll then be given an easy to understand list of available flights so you can click through and book right away.
One of the problems of booking holidays online is that you can end up with lots of different confirmation emails for flights, hotels, car rentals, transfers and more, making it hard to get your head around everything. Tripit solves that problem – just forward all your individual bookings to the app and it will create one single itinerary for you. You can also share the details with others, making it a great resource for a group trip.
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