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searchmaster May 2nd, 2016 10:06 PM

Travel Apps
 
Can anyone tell me the best travel apps?

sparkchaser May 3rd, 2016 12:30 AM

CAMRA Good Beer Guide
CaskFinder
XE Currency
DB Navigator
Google Goggles
Google Translate
Google Maps
National Rail
National Trust
Offi (Directions, Networks, and Stations)
OsmAnd
VGN
WeatherUnderground

emalloy May 3rd, 2016 04:34 AM

in the USA, WAZE for traffic, etc.

sparkchaser May 3rd, 2016 04:36 AM

How is WAZE better than Google?

colby_nyctraveler May 4th, 2016 02:55 PM

Waze and Google are essentially the same thing. Google bought Waze last year. The only difference at this point is that Waze looks cooler ;)

My top travel apps
Traverse App (Save places you go and discover new places + tips from friends)
Google Maps (directions are great and best search)
Kayak (only use it for car rentals but it rocks there)

Hope it helps!

searchmaster May 5th, 2016 10:24 AM

Thanks for your replies guys!! Any app to save on data roaming or make it free ?

thursdaysd May 5th, 2016 10:37 AM

I use T-Mobile, and turn off a lot of background stuff. Doubt that such an app exists.

fitmachine May 6th, 2016 09:35 PM

When you say apps, do you mean phone apps or web apps? Since you mentioned National Rail, I highly recommend "Captain Train", at least for France and Italy and I think a few other countries. The story of how those guys sued the France rail company to get access to their data is really interesting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Train

fitmachine May 6th, 2016 09:37 PM

Oh, to answer searchmaster's question, there are mapping programs you can get that don't use any data because they download all the map data ahead of time. But they're expensive and take up a lot of memory. Aside from that, use wifi whenever you can.

searchmaster May 7th, 2016 09:44 AM

What about roaming apps to save phone bills?

adriajackson May 9th, 2016 05:36 AM

Obviously, apps like Expedia and Air Sharing, to book hotels and plane tickets. Also, weather forecast apps : http://forecast.io/ Some kind of map, Google Maps or something that builds on it, allows you to plot a route and calculate the distance, for example: http://en.cutway.net/distance/40-41/ There are many similar road map apps like that, choose what you like. For finding interesting places locally, you can use Foursquare. In terms of sharing and proving once and for all and that you have existed and traveled, I am not original and use Instagram.

Nick_Suri May 10th, 2016 10:29 PM

Hi, thanks for the question. There are many travel apps which are easy-to-use and provide real convenience to the user. For eg: Duolingo is one such app that helps you escape the language trouble if you are travelling to another country. Likewise, an app called Ajura is too good for your wallet. It slashes the international mobile roaming charges to a good extent; https://www.ajura.com/
Another good app is Foodspotting which helps you find your favorite dishes when you search for a restaurant offering your likeable cuisine.

sparkchaser May 10th, 2016 11:46 PM

Foursquare? Is that still a thing?

adriajackson May 11th, 2016 11:16 PM

Well, I use it, but I am ready to agree that I can be somewhat slow on the uptake, or clingy.

searchmaster May 12th, 2016 04:47 AM

Thanks all for your answers! Got a lot of information...


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