When you think of travel, excitement comes about. But, as soon as you start planning the first few steps, anxiety looms over. Especially if you are obsessively organized, needing everything to be listed on a paper or phone.
Thankfully, technological innovations like planning apps have made it easier to organize and manage trips.
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Anyway, here are some of the apps handy for planning to give you easy and hassle-free travel.
1. Wanderlog
Availability: iOS, Google Play
Pricing: Free to use, pro version costs start from $39.99 per year
Wanderlog is an all-in-one planner app that helps plan and organize trips easily. Through this app, you can track the flights, look at a map guide, and keep track of your travel plans.
It is also perfect option for people who travel in groups due to its collaboration through shared itineraries. You can explore new hotels, restaurants, sightseeing, etc. through the suggestions given by Wanderlog. The users can also put notes, make a checklist, and do budgeting for planning a scheduled trip.
What makes Wanderlog different from the other travel apps is its AI explore feature, which allows you to visualize the attraction locations.
The pro version of this offers offline access and lets users optimize their travel routes. So, it is a must-have app for anyone who is planning to travel anytime soon.
2. Orbitz
Availability: iOS, Google Play
Pricing: Free
Orbitz is a search app for flights, hotels, restaurants, rental cars, accommodations, cruises, etc. It is registered under Expedia Group Inc., which owns various travel sites like Hotwire, Trivago, etc. This app allows users to directly message the respective place they have a query about. It also gives you real-time alerts about your flights.
Through the “shop travel” option, users can easily search for flights, stays, cars, etc. This app also offers users various vacation packages. You can also earn Orbitz awards just by using the app, making the app more fun to use.
3. Hopper
Availability: iOS, Google Play
Pricing: Free
Hopper is for travelers who want to plan their trip on a budget.
It offers users real-time alerts for cheap flight tickets, hotels with deals, and brand partners.
It has a prediction chart for users who are planning ahead of time to see when there’s a high chance of the prices to rise or drop. Major services dealt in are flights, hotels, cars, and homes of stay.
4. AllTrails
Availability: iOS, Google Play
Pricing: Free to use, pro version costs approx. $20 billed at once.
AllTrails helps plan your outdoor activities in very unfamiliar travel panes, allowing users to explore a place through its trails.
This mobile tracking app has a wide list of trails for hiking and walking with visuals and directions on the map. In the pro version, users can also receive wrong-turn alerts and can download the map for offline viewing for the whole year. This app is all you need to make your outdoor adventure worthy and not get in trouble.
5. TripIt
Availability: iOS, Google Play
Pricing: Free to use, pro version costs approx. $49 per year.
TripIt is the right app to use when you want a ready-made organized itinerary. The itinerary can include all your bookings, accommodations, reservations, flight schedules, and much more.
This app looks up all your confirmation emails, extracts important information from them, and then creates an organized itinerary.
Some users don’t want to give their email access to make itineraries. All they have to do is send their confirmation emails to [email protected]. This app sends you all alerts and reminders. From flight delays to check-in updates, TripIt has got everyone covered.
TripIt has a pro version in which users are allowed to share their travel plans with others. They can also add documents in the app like a passport, keep an eye on the fare highs and lows, and provide an interactive map to make your travel convenient with no hassle.
6. XE Currency
Availability: iOS, Google Play
Pricing: Free
XE Currency is a great app if you’re traveling abroad to areas where there is a currency difference. This free app provides up-to-date exchange rates and lets you calculate conversion offline. This helps you to budget and spend with more vigilance.
Moreover, this app will notify you of the rates changing, when is the best time to convert an amount, and how much is the conversion rate.
7. Airbnb
Availability: iOS, Google Play
Pricing: Free (service fee for bookings)
Airbnb is not just an app for booking places to stay but for booking experiences. This makes it a great app to pre-plan your stay on a budget, as it is less costly than high-starred hotels.
Moreover, Airbnb is an overall experience tailored to fit the locality and every individual. It is an app to get a personalized staying experience and assimilate into the culture of the destination. It is made possible through local cooking, art, guided tours, and music classes.
The app has great features like hassle-free check-ins, single-day check-in and checkout. There are in-app messaging features and booking alerts to know your stay is set. The prices vary on locations and stay you book, but there are many options to choose from.
Wrap Up!
These apps are a great way to sift and sort your travel plans. I used to do that myself until I gave that department to someone trustworthy like my husband. He is an extremely good planner and with these apps as his support group, things get done in no time. What do I do? I just pack, which I am surprisingly good at.
It is a dream team running on great apps. But you don’t need a husband to do that, these perfectly suffice to become your planning buddy. Good luck with your next travels.
