Travel apps – from booking a hotel to translating to finding local places of interest – are often critical lifelines for travellers before, during and after their trips. Here are a few of the must-have trending apps for 2024:
AroundMe
Still one of the best travel apps to have when you land in a strange city. It allows you to search for the nearest restaurants, banks, book a hotel or find a movie schedule. The included Apple Watch app, with a simple tap, shows the result directly on your wrist while your iPhone is in your pocket.
Tripit
Tripit puts all your travel plans under one roof and builds an itinerary. Add a map, travel directions and pictures. Once you've made your travel bookings, forward the flight, hotel, car rental, and other travel confirmation emails to plans@tripit.com.
One of the best travel apps to bridge the communication gap while away from home. But then Google Travel also offers even more resources, including helping you research flights, get a price estimate, and determine how long the flight will be. Google Maps is also helpful as it provides a clear view of where to go and how long it will take to get there, and it helps you explore the local area.
https://www.google.com/travel/
Hotel Tonight
Hotel Tonight helps you find hotels at the last minute. Book great hotels at amazing last-minute rates on your mobile device for tonight, tomorrow and next week. When hotels have unsold rooms, they load them on the app, which means incredible deals.
Flio
This free app gives you a walkthrough, maps and other information on 3,000 airports worldwide. It tracks flight arrivals and departures, easy access to the airport's official wifi connection, discounts on food and beverage, duty-free shopping and more. It also offers hints and tips on finding things faster at the airport, such as where to charge your laptop.
Travel Mole
An underestimated travel resource as it gives current information on the travel industry. Provides breaking news, views and information.
Lonely Planet
Still one of the core foundations of the travel industry, Lonely Planet offers a wide array of information to source for your eventual destination.
TripAdvisor
Another one of the best in the business for keeping travellers updated on what to do, when, and where. It also rates hotels and travel packages.
Apps round-up
There are a whole host of other apps that you may well rely on. This could include Air BnB, Booking.com, Expedia, Kayak, Hotels.com, Hotwire and even Uber.
Either one or all will help provide a safer, smoother, seamless travel experience.
Andy Probert is an independent journalist based in Turkey. He writes about travel, aviation, new tech and business. His work has appeared on the BBC, in The Daily Telegraph, Hurriyet Daily News and other newspapers worldwide.
