Whether travelling for pleasure or business, let these apps guide you along every step of the journey - from planning trips and navigating airports, straight through to finding the best accommodations, restaurants and attractions in cities around the world.
$0.99 | iPhone (Android coming soon)
Start planning with Trippy, an app that connects with Facebook to collect trip recommendations from the people who know you best - your friends. Find out which of your friends have visited or lived in a particular city and collect their top picks for local attractions, restaurants and accommodations. After gathering feedback, create a trip itinerary to keep destination maps and phone numbers close at hand.
Free | iPhone, Android and Windows Phone
Head to the airport with GateGuru, an all-in-one guide for major airports across the world, providing customized information based on your itinerary. Simply input your itinerary, and the app sends push notifications and updates about upcoming flights, including departure and arrival gates and terminals. It also includes airport maps and security wait times, and a complete directory of restaurants, services and shops within the airport, including Yelp-style reviews from other users.
For some travellers, a hotel may simply be a place to rest their heads. But for users of Airbnb, a service that connects travellers with people who have space to rent, the accommodation itself may very well be an integral part of a unique and authentic experience. Accommodation on Airbnb ranges from simple guest rooms in homes, to entire private islands. Browse and book among over 200,000 accommodations in more than 192 countries, at a wide range of price points.
