Don't Travel Without These 12 ESSENTIAL Travel Apps (2024 Travel Apps)

your phone can be an indispensable tool when traveling if you download the right apps having the right apps on your phone is crucial for keeping track of itineraries navigating a foreign city finding the best local places to eat and all sorts of other things and so in this video I'm going to share 12 great travel apps that you need to download before your next international trip hey everybody Nick here from a way together my wife Ally and I have been traveling the globe for years and today I want to share several travel apps that have been very helpful to us and to many of you a few of these recommendations came directly from our audience thank you for sharing and so if I miss your favorite in this video please go ahead and comment it below to help other Travelers out first up is an app called trip it which is a great way to keep track of your itineraries when you're traveling internationally it can be a challenge to organize all your flights hotels rental cars especially if you visit multiple countries or cities in one trip TripIt saves you hours of Planning by or organizing all of your itineraries automatically all you have to do is download the app and every time you receive a confirmation email for a flight or a hotel you just forward that email to tripet system and you can add things manually too of course in just seconds you'll have a detailed iten for every part of your trip no matter how many flights hotels and rental cars you book tripet is going to be your best friend one of my favorite apps by far is Google Maps and that may sound obvious but Google Maps is probably one of the most useful and Powerful apps for any traveler out there I used to use Apple Maps and here in the United States it's fine but in many International destinations Google Maps is just Superior with Google Maps you can easily find your way around foreign cities with their insanely detailed and upto-date Maps but that's not where Google Maps stops not only can you pull up directions and accurate travel time you can also download maps for offline use so let's say you just landed in your destination but your phone can't connect to the local network yet the way to avoid this is to download that City before your trip and that map will be fully accessible even without any internet connection you can even download multiple cities sometimes entire regions or countries all to be stored in Google maps for you this means no more getting lost in Venice and hoping the locals understand your beginner Italian an alternative that several of you in our audience have recommended is city mapper which is the perfect app if you're exploring a walkable or bikable city unless you're traveling by car most map apps aren't the greatest at tracking your exact location which can cause headaches when you're trying to walk or bike around a city city mapper has hundreds of cities around the world intricately mapped out giving you super accurate estimates for walking times bus schedules and so much more around big cities like London Stockholm and many others word on the street is even though Google Maps will combine walking and public transit directions City mapper just seems to come up with better routes so in my early days of glob trotting figuring out the best way to use my phone phone abroad and get signal was a real puzzle I was the Wi-Fi only guy for a while I was only able to use my phone at the hotel or at places that had free Wi-Fi I tried my carrier international data plan at 10 bucks a day which quickly added up to over $100 for a 10day trip not to mention the frustrating data caps I don't have T-Mobile guys I know some of you do I don't all I yearned for was a simple solution Landing in a new country with my phone ready to go without massive cost or data caps fortunately there's Olaf olly uses eim technology to make it easy to stay connected in over 180 destinations worldwide with no roaming fees and 117 plus of those destinations offer unlimited data here's how it works olly partners with the cell carriers typically the best ones of whichever country that you want to visit and Olaf's mobile app makes it very easy to purchase an eim you simply browse for the country or region that you're visiting you pick and purchase a plan and then you're given a QR code that makes the install process very easy PS there's a way to Simply take a screenshot of the QR code and install it that way without having to actually scan it with your device it's very cool your phone will then automatically connect to the network in that country and the app also makes it easy to get 24/7 customer support if you need it in just a few clicks one of my favorite things about Olly is there are no hidden costs unlike other providers that don't offer unlimited data with olly what you see is what you get and there's no need for additional data top UPS if you're ready to stop paying for expensive international data plans hit the link below and use the code away together for an additional 5% off your eim purchase thank you to Olaf for sponsoring this video next up is Google translate so look when you visit a new country there's nothing like talking with the locals in their native language and I always recommend trying that but you're very likely going to encounter words or phrases that you don't understand and Google Translate is so use useful because it isn't limited to just those survival phrases you know you can simply type or speak what you want to say into your phone and the app will automatically translate your words into the language that you need to speak one feature that's cool is conversation mode so let's say you're trying to have a chat with a local all you have to do is set one language to yours in this case I would set it to English and then the other to the Local's language as soon as you speak into your phone the app will automatically repeat what you said in the locals language and then we'll listen to them speak and repeat what they said in your language it makes holding a conversation much much easier and finally my favorite feature is you can use your camera to translate menus and signs around the city which is massively helpful for finding your way around and for deciding what you're going to order I was chatting with my dad who was recently traveling internationally and he literally used this feature of Google Translate to watch the news in the country that he was visiting he said it kept up pretty much real time speaking of locals some of my Fondest Memories of travel come from experiences hosted by local guides whether it's making authentic perogi in Poland understanding how parmesana regana is made in Italy or paragliding in Austria I cherish these memories because I got to meet locals and understand their life a little bit better if you're traveling to a foreign city you may not know how to find these outside of some of the more touristy options that's why I love apps like vur and experiences on Airbnb you just enter your destination and the dates that you'll be visiting and both of these apps will offer dozens of unique experiences that you can book right then and there both apps offer flexible cancellation policies including where you can pay later in case the last spot is about to get booked up I can't tell you how many one-of A- kind experiences we have found because of these apps let's say you've just finished your first dinner in Rome and you're not sure how much to tip do you tip tipping culture varies all over the world and even for a season traveler it can be hard to keep all these tipping Customs straight that's where globe tips comes in Globe tips shares country specific tipping guides so you know exactly how much to tip at a restaurant for a taxi at a cafe a bartender your tour guide Etc it's got a handy tip calculator built in as well nothing too fancy but very useful to know all of these different tipping Customs one thing I always travel with is a good VPN if you don't know what a VPN is it stands for virtual private Network and it's basically security for your online browsing so if you need to hop on your laptop in a public space like an airport lounge or a cafe that's public Wi-Fi which isn't super secure a VPN allows you to browse those public networks with a secure connection but it does some other fun things too a VPN can disguise your connection as if you're browsing from a different country and so if you need to access your bank sometimes traffic from a foreign country looks fishy so I'll just set my location to the USA in order to log in your mileage may vary sometimes it'll also lock you out my favorite feature what if you want to watch a show that's only available back home all you have to do is install surf shark on your devices select which country you want your IP address to come from and go online I use surf shark on my laptop more than on my phone but with a surf shark membership you get access to unlimited devices so our family has one account and then Ally and I can both use it on our phones our laptops etc for the cost of like two bucks a month next on my list are research and audio guide apps like Rick Steve's audio Europe so since I know many of you are planning Europe trips I thought I would throw this one in this is a free app by Europe travel Legend Rick Steves that offers hours upon hours of free informative content about various countries and cities throughout Europe and this content is awesome for both pre-trip and on your trip so there's tons and tons of interviews with local guides that are in more of a podcast format but for many cities and major sites there are also built in free self-guided walk tours which is basically audio that plays as you start from one spot in the city and then follow some cues anytime Ali and I visit a new European city we'd love to get a little orientation from these guides when available we each pop in one earbud and then start walking then if we find ourselves down a rabbit hole we can just pause the audio enjoy that experience at our pace and then when we're ready press play and keep going this app is simple but it's a great way to enhance your experience and knowledge for the European cities that you visit okay these next few apps are going to be specific to whatever country you're visiting so research which ones are best for your situation and make sure to download them before your trip the first one is a solid ride share app I love using public transportation whenever I can but every once in a while I need an Uber or a lift or a whatever to get somewhere Uber is global but it isn't available everywhere and that's why I highly recommend researching the best ride share apps apps for the cities that you'll be visiting and downloading them ahead of time and this recommendation came from our audience if you do have Uber as an available option where you're headed it's always a good idea to add maybe 20 30 bucks in Uber cash so that you've got a little bit waiting for you in Uber when you land just in case you have issues with the currency just in case you can't get a taxi or public transport or whatever it'll save you a lot of headache next I recommend a reliable Train app so really not the case here in the USA unfortunately but trains are a very effective way to get around in a lot of parts of the world and having a solid Train app will help you get to where you want to go so let's say you want to hit up London Paris and Madrid on your trip with apps like uril you can plug in those three cities along your trip and uril will build you a custom itinerary that shows you accurate travel times train schedules overall cost and everything you need for your trip or if you just need a point A to point B ticket apps like train line allow you to shop deals will make your trip more affordable just type in your start Point endpoint and the time that you'd like to get there and train line will list dozens of options based on metrics like earliest arrival lowest cost and more I also highly advise downloading the app of whatever Airline you're flying in short downloading the app of whatever Airline you're flying can make your life a little bit easier because you can check in online you can access your boarding pass without having to wait in line to print it you can keep up with flight times delays track to your baggage if you check it and on the plane in a lot of cases you can connect to the flight's Wi-Fi and there's loads of free content for you to stream and speaking of airfare if you want some tips on how to save hundreds or more on your flights you want to check out this video right here where I talk about one type of app in particular that saved me literally thousands on flights Through The Years thank you so much for watching happy travels

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Length: 12min 3sec (723 seconds)

Published: Sun Feb 18 2024