Smartphones can be great allies when it comes to getting to know the world, you just have to know which applications to travel and use. Finding flights, finding the ideal accommodation, planning a trip, translating a restaurant menu, knowing what transport to take … Travel apps have been created to make all those tasks that can be somewhat cumbersome much easier. We have listed ten applications that we consider practically essential or very useful to organize a trip. Take note!
Essential travel apps
Skyscanner
Finding a roundtrip flight is not always easy and sometimes it is not easy to find good deals. But Skyscanner is one of the best apps to search and compare flights . In addition, it is a totally impartial application, since it does not belong to any company, and it does not charge commissions. It has a built-in search engine that automatically compares and filters the best deals on available flights. It also incorporates the option of “Anywhere” and offers a wide selection of destinations ordered from lowest to highest price, something very useful to organize a getaway when you are not sure where to go.
Google Flights
This application has become one of the best tools to find airline tickets. It allows you to create alerts to detect price rises and falls, it also offers charts that allow you to detect the days with the best prices to fly. Like Skyscanner, it is a totally impartial app and does not charge commissions. Advanced searches can be made to reduce the number of stopovers, choose schedules or up to the maximum number of flight hours. A very complete app.
Momondo
It is ideal for people who like to plan the trip in detail. Its strong point is that it allows you to get flights, book accommodation and find rental cars at the same time and without leaving the application . No matter the destination, Momondo reaches almost every corner of the world. It has no additional costs because it is not a travel agency or sells tickets, rather it is a kind of bridge between travelers and companies.
Booking
The Booking application has become one of the most preferred by users to search for accommodation. In addition, now it also allows you to find flight and hotel packages at a very good price. The app has more than 1.5 million accommodations around the world, both hotels and apartments, and allows you to compare prices of the main airlines. It also has a loyalty program in which those customers who have booked the most through its app or website have access to more offers.
Airbnb
It is another of the applications to travel and one of the favorite applications to find accommodation. The platform connects owners and guests from all over the world, so travelers can find accommodation quickly and easily and owners can advertise and rent it without too many headaches. Additionally, hosts and guests can rate each other to serve as a reference to other users. Airbnb currently has about 2 million accommodations spread across the world.
Tripadvisor
It is one of the most famous platforms out there and also one of the most used worldwide. It is an ideal app to find opinions and information on hotels, restaurants, airlines, shops … This allows you to know a little more about the place and is ideal to avoid unpleasant surprises, such as a hotel in poor condition or a restaurant where do not eat well or have a terrible service. Anyone can register to post opinions and upload photos.
Google maps
Google Maps is already an essential application to travel and even to move around the city itself. Going with a drop-down map has practically gone down in history, especially since roaming was activated throughout Europe at no additional cost. This application has become one of the most complete and useful platforms to find places, know how to get to a point in the fastest way and even opinions and photographs of places can be read and added .
Google Trips
Yet another Google application that is among the favorites of travelers. Google Trips is ideal to have a trip fully organized. Unlike other apps, this one synchronizes Google Calendar, Gmail and other services so that flight, hotel and ticket reservations are in the same application and it is much easier to access everything without wasting time searching .
Within each trip you can find reservations, things to do, interesting places saved, itineraries, discounts … All within the same application. A luxury.
Rentalcars
The previous applications were used to search for flights, find accommodation, plan routes, discover places through the opinions of other users … but what about the car? It is already very common to rent a car in the destination to be able to make routes around the surroundings or move around the city without depending on public transport and its schedules. And Rentalcars is one of the best applications to find a car rental company .
The application compares prices of various car rental companies and shows the best offers and conditions. It also allows advanced searches in case what is needed is something much more specific.
Drivy
Unlike the previous one, Drivy is a tool to search for private rental cars . It is very easy to use, in fact it is very similar to any other vehicle rental platform, but the car will always belong to an individual. The advantage of this service is that, normally, the prices are lower than in a company in the sector.
There are many applications for travel, they have no limits and their benefits are increasing every day: making the trip easier, more pleasant and even cheaper. With these ten apps that we have listed, you can organize a trip easily, without stress and even quickly. It is even possible to find good deals with their help and save some money.
