Tell me what kind of traveler you are and I'll tell you what apps you need
When the sound of the chimes begins to be heard in the distance, the shelves are filled with nougats and Santa Claus's sleigh starts moving one more year, it's time to think about gifts . It's time to rack your brains in search of something original, if possible practical, that the gifted person has not bought on his account and that, in addition, can dazzle her. It is not an easy task.
Giving a trip is always helpful , but also expensive, and the experience boxes that have become so fashionable are a somewhat impersonal present. Therefore, if the crisis has left your pocket emptier than the wardrobe of an Adam and Eve tronista, We recommend you get creative and put together a pack of essential applications that will delight your most traveled loved ones.
FOR THE FORESEEABLE
They are the typical ones, the ones that you will find in 90% of compilations that swarm through the three double vees. Comparators for booking flights (Skyscanner, eDreams, Kayak...), ditto for hotel rooms (Trivago, Booking...), trip planners (TripAdvisor, TouristEye, Minube...), restaurant search engines (Yelp). .. Labeling them is a wasted effort because almost all of them do everything . We could fill the memory of the mobile and several SD cards with this type of apps without breaking a sweat (which does not mean that they are bad).
FOR THE CLUTS
Are the “take a jacket in case it gets cold” of your mother, made mobile application. They make the globetrotter's worst nightmare more bearable: to pack . You tell them where you are going, for how long and with whom, and they tell you what cannot be missing from your luggage. The most famous are Zuji Packman and Packing Pro , both exclusive to iPhone, but there are plenty of alternatives available on Google Play for users of the Android operating system: PackPoint , PackMeApp...
Avoid being overweight and having to dress in 4 layers at the airport
FOR THOSE WHO HATE AIRPORTS
Another necessary evil that travelers have to deal with are the tedious waiting times at airports, which will become somewhat more bearable with the help of a good application. Where is the security check? How long will it take to cross it? What shops and restaurants are there in the terminal to kill time? There is WIFI? Is it free or paid? How much? Where is the damn boarding gate? All these questions - and many others - are answered by apps like Gate Guru, FlySmart or TravelNerd (the latter exclusive to iOS).
FOR THE JET LAG VICTIM
Travel sickness, capable of ruining a well-deserved vacation, can be combated with the occasional app, although all that glitters is not gold and there is a lot of pseudoscience in this section. That's why we stick with Entrain, developed by experts at the University of Michigan, that helps us readjust sleep schedules to adapt as soon as possible.
FOR THOSE WHO TRAVEL ALONE
As dates and budgets don't always coincide for traveling with friends, services have sprung up that connect solo globetrotters with common interests so they can share adventures. Trip Tribe is not an app in the strict sense, but a web app to which you can access from your smartphone in search of fellow travelers.
The trip of your life (Tracks)
FOR THOSE WHO TRAVEL IN A GROUP
If you visit an unknown place with a large group of people, the most normal thing is that at some point of the trip you decide to separate . To prevent roaming (thankfully on its way out) from emptying your pockets, apps like Find My Friends (developed by Apple and only available on iOS) make organization a little easier. Google had Latitude, but it no longer exists, so on Android we will have to make do with one of the third-party alternatives.
**FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW LANGUAGES (A.K.A 'SPANISH') **
If when you visit a foreign country, because of the language, you feel more lost than a sunflower in an eclipse, this is your app. Word Lens - now owned by Google - looks like science fiction: it will make you feel like a real citizen of the world who understands all the posters . Wherever you point the mobile camera, the words will make sense. Another alternative is CamDictionary , although it is a bit more cumbersome: you will have to take a picture of what you want to translate.
In case at some point during the group trip you decide to split up... App!
FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT DISCONNECT
There are those who have no remedy: vacations are taken almost by obligation and they do not separate from the mobile during the trip, pending the mail and the chats in case anything comes up at work. For them, apps like WeFi (only for Android) or WiFi Finder (for Android and iOS), which automate the task of finding free or passwordless networks They can be salvation. If you are going to be glued to a screen, that at least abusing the data does not lead to ruin.
FOR THE HOT
The driver's best ally when traveling by car to the beach and encountering the unavoidable dilemma: where do I park so the steering wheel isn't on fire in two hours? The unusual Sombrica application (only available for Android) is responsible for guiding you to the points where 'el Lorenzo' punishes the least. You can also use it to choose a beach bar (if you like to go for the shade).
FOR THE ONE WITH A REDUCED BLADDER
We finish this selection of travel apps with two of the most curious, designed to get out of the typical vacation rush when mother nature calls us. SeatGuru helps you select a seat on the plane based on proximity to service, and SitOrSquat does a similar job on the ground: helps the traveler to locate a public toilet urgently.
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