Travel Apps for iPhone and iPad

The best Travel Apps for iphone and iPad!

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When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.

Susan Heller

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Travel App: Evernote

Okay - not strictly a travel app, but one of the best organising apps, one that will help you keep it together when on the road. See the last description para.

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/evernote/id281796108?mt=8

Description

Keep everything in sync: With Evernote, all of your notes, web clips, files and images are made available on every device and computer you use.

Remember things you like: Save everything cool and exciting you see online and in the real world. Snap a photo, record some audio and save it.

Save favorite webpages: Save entire webpages to your Evernote account with our nifty browser extensions. You get the whole page: text, images and links.

Take notes anywhere: You’re always moving, your notes should be too. With Evernote, your memories are on every computer, phone and device you use.

Work with friends and colleagues: Share your notes and collaborate on projects with friends, colleagues and classmates.

Plan your next trip: Keep all of your itineraries, confirmations, scanned travel documents, maps, and plans in Evernote, so you’ll have them when you need them.

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Boy, those French. They have a different word for everything.

Steve Martin

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Travel App: Around the World in 80 Scams - An Essential Travel Guide

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/around-world-in-80-scams-essential/id481068985?mt=8

Description

Around the World in 80 Travel Scams is an essential travel guide for world travellers. Comprised of years of experience, and over 85,000 words of valuable advice and examples, this app is designed to help travellers anticipate and respond to potential pitfalls when on the road. Don’t stop travelling – get smart! This essential app is a practical, focused, and detailed guide to eighty of the most common scams and crimes travellers might encounter. It is packed with real-world examples drawn from resources right across the globe and the author’s own travels. Being aware of scammers' tricks is the best way of avoiding them altogether; forewarned is forearmed.

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Travel App: EveryTrail

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/everytrail/id342467041?mt=8

Description

TRACK, SHARE, EXPLORE... EveryTrail is the best way to share trips, connect with other travelers and find great new things to do. Plot your trip, photos and videos right on the map and upload it to EveryTrail.com, Facebook and Twitter.

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To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.

Bill Bryson

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Travel App: Google Translate

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-translate/id414706506?mt=8

Description

Translate words and phrases between more than 60 languages using Google Translate for iOS. For most languages, you can speak your phrases and hear the corresponding translations. With Google Translate you can: • Translate text between 63 languages • Translate by speaking the text instead of typing it (17 languages) • Listen to your translations spoken aloud (24 languages) • Display translations in full screen mode to make it easier for others nearby to read • Star your favorite translations for quick access even when you’re offline • Access your translation history even when you’re offline • Spell out the translation of non-Latin script languages (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, etc..) in Latin characters to read it phonetically (e.g. Pinyin, Romaji)

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Travel App: World Customs & Cultures

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/world-customs-cultures/id337842349?mt=8

Description

This app is essential for any traveler. It includes customs, cultural information, and facts on over 165 different countries. Easily browsable by flag, by index, or just by scrolling, you'll be able to find the exact country you're looking to travel to or are currently in quickly and easily. Each country is broken down into these separate cultural fact groups: - Greetings - Communication Style - Personal Space & Touching - Eye Contact - Views of Time - Gender Issues - Gestures - Taboos - Law & Order

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The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.

Rudyard Kipling

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Travel App: Next Flight

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/next-flight/id296474127?mt=8

Description

If you ever missed a flight or if you wanted to see if you can catch an earlier flight, then this application is for you. Next Flight provides you a list of available flights (from all Airline Carriers) for the current day and the two following days. Once you provide your origin, destination & departure date, the application lists all the available flights for the selected day from all airline carriers including their departure and arrival timings. You can drill down to the flights details which provides additional information like the Departure/Arrival timings, Terminal & Gate info so you need not hunt for information monitors at the airport.

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Travel App: Wi-Fi Finder

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wi-fi-finder/id300708497?mt=8

Description

Over 650,000 locations in 144 countries worldwide! Quickly and easily find FREE or paid Wi-Fi when you travel with the JiWire Wi-Fi Finder for iPhone and iPod Touch. Download all of the locations offline, so you know how to stay connected when you are on the road. Using the GPS function on your iPhone, the Wi-Fi finder will tell you exactly where the closest Wi-Fi hotspot is, and how to get there. If you prefer certain providers such as Comcast, you'll be able to see which hotspots are served by those providers. You can also filter by location type (restaurant, cafe, hotel, etc..). When you find the location you want to use, you'll be given a phone number and directions on how to get there. JiWire works closely with the top pay and free service providers in the world to give you the most accurate and up-to-date information available.

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Travel App: WIKITUDE Augmented Reality Browser

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikitude-augmented-reality/id329731243?mt=8

Description

Wikitude World Browser is a fun, innovative and informative augmented reality (AR) platform allowing you to discover what’s around you in a completely new way. By using the camera, simply hold up your smartphone and explore your surroundings. Wikitude will overlay the camera’s display and the objects you look at with additional interactive content and information - really cool! Wikitude features a slick, completely revamped user interface with awsome personalization features that make finding and browsing for interesting places a breeze! Wikitude World Browser has been voted “Best Augmented Reality browser in 2010” by Augmented Planet!

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Travel App: TripAdvisor City Guides

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tripadvisor-city-guides/id480066121?mt=8

Description

Traveling somewhere? Get this FREE city guide with the restaurants, attractions, hotels and reviews you love from TripAdvisor, stored in the app -- no data roaming charges!

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Travel App: UNESCO World Heritage

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/unesco-world-heritage/id412183802?mt=8

Description

Use the UNESCO World Heritage app to explore all the World Heritage sites at home or while on your travels, choosing your favourites and marking them off as you visit them. This app fully describes all the UNESCO World Heritage sites. The prestigious List includes some of the most famous places in the world, such as the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, the legendary Acropolis in Athens, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and Machu Picchu, the ‘Lost City of the Incas’, in Peru.

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Travel App: Urbanspoon

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/urbanspoon/id284708449?mt=8

Description

Can't decide where to eat? Urbanspoon can help. SHAKE your iPhone and the Urbanspoon slot machine will pick a good restaurant for you to try. See what's NEARBY to explore your 'hood in list or map mode. See what your FRIENDS like. BROWSE a comprehensive list of restaurants.

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Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.

Paul Theroux

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Travel App: Skype

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skype/id304878510?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D2

Description

Call, video call and instant message anyone else on Skype for free with Skype for your iPhone or iPod touch. Plus call and text your Contacts (or any other number) at Skype’s low rates. It’s great value with Skype Credit.