Traveling is always an adventure, and sometimes something chaotic and stressful: Flights, accommodation, routes, and visits … a lot of things that you have to prepare before leaving, either for business or pleasure. Fortunately, there are travel applications that help make everything easier, to know the destination before going, to find solutions in case of problems, until discovering the best time to travel, and everything from your mobile.
Organizing before and during the trip is essential, the new tools facilitate the task and without the need to travel or search for information on the Internet, they are also a good way to save time and money. Here are six applications that will help you in your next adventure.
PlanChat
It is an amazing and all in one Application to Plan a Trip that allows users to discover, coordinate group travel. The tool integrates text messages and emails, so everyone is kept informed, even if you do not have the application.
Users can create a travel idea, search for hotels and flights, explore recommended experiences, document and assign prices, and then invite friends and group chat.
It is easy to create a visual itinerary through a travel map to include tourist visits, restaurants, hotels and even activity plans, then create surveys among all members and finally divide the expenses.
TripIt
It is a kind of agenda that helps to organize and share the travel itinerary easily; it even automatically synchronizes with the calendar, if there is one, to automatically modify the changes that occur.
Once you have booked flights, hotels, car rentals, transfers, restaurants, … the information can be saved via email in a ‘master itinerary’ created expressly for the trip, so the route is always at hand at any time of the trip.
In addition, the plans can be shared with other people. It also allows you to create a backup copy and save important documents through a profile of the traveler who is accessed through password.
In this case you can download the free version and the payment pro that adds some more services.
TravelBank
A great tool to calculate and control the cost of a business trip according to the average price of hotels, flights and food in the destination. This Travel Application allows generating reports on the cost of the trip based on the payments made.
Among its services is to find flights, make them coincide with those of colleagues, a 24-hour concierge assistance, to track mileage, and very important, the management of receipts through instant scanning and subsequent Shipment to the company for reimbursement, so they are not lost or forgotten.
You can also track the travel budget to check that you are within the limits provided, and if you are below accumulate reward points that can be changed later, such as Amazon gift cards.
Trip Republic
Trip Republic aims to create dynamic and fun travel experiences through transportation, accommodation, restaurants and activities of all kinds: concerts, sports, museums, tours.
Compare prices to offer the best deals so you can plan the entire trip on your own. It allows reserving in advance and buying without additional charges.
Once a profile has been created, the service tracks users’ movements to adapt future searches according to their preferences, offering personalized suggestions. Another option allows collaborating with fellow travelers, sharing ideas, save notes, sending links, and even planning meals.
TripCase
This practical application helps establish a ‘simplified’ itinerary that includes flights, hotel reservations, car rentals, driving directions, dinner plans, as well as cost control.
Through e-mail the itinerary will be updated automatically, and with a simple look at the ‘Timeline’ you can make changes to the route, request a transfer, check the weather forecast or look for alternative flights.
The most interesting thing is that it sends precise information, and at the moment, about terminals and boarding gates, and notifications before any change that takes place in the flights.
In addition, it allows you to share the itinerary without having to worry, only through your email addresses.
Sygic Travel
This tool allows you to devise, plan, book and adapt the holidays in a single application that can also be viewed through a map. Impossible to get lost because it offers the necessary indications to reach the destination by walking or by car.
It offers an infinity of information on tourist areas, either from individuals or from private companies that offer their services, everything is very visual because each point is documented with photos, 360º videos, descriptions, schedules, ticket prices and contact information, or even tours.
In the initial page the trip is created, with the destination, dates and means of transport used. Once done, we can start the virtual tour of the points that can be added to the travel route, from there, the itinerary of each day is programmed with the necessary means of transport.
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