5 Essential Travel Apps

Traveling has never been this easy thanks to 5 essential travel apps designed to take the hassle out of your journey.

1. iTranslate

Being Lost in Translation isn’t sexy (unless of course you’re Scarlett Johannson). Luckily for the rest of us there’s ITranslate. This app instantaneously translates words and phrases in every language you can think of. You’ll save yourself time, stress and best of all valuable shopping space in your luggage that the bulky dictionaries tend to occupy. Oh and actually being able to understand what item you’re ordering from the menu is a bonus too.
 
 

2. FlightBoard

 
Don’t you hate it when you wake at the crack of dawn, spend huge amounts of time sitting in rush hour just to arrive at the airport and find that your flight has ben delayed? We all know how precious every minute of your vacation is so thanks to FlightBoard you can spend more time at the beach (or in bed) and less time waiting around at boring airports. Just as the name suggests, Flightboard provides real time information on flight departures and arrivals for airports around the world. It’s also handy to see if there’s an earlier or later flight available.

3. XE Currency

Gone are the days of pocket calculators. With XE Currency’s easy to use app, you can convert every world currency on the go. By instantaneously calculating live currency and foreign exchange rates you can be sure you’re getting the best bang for your buck (or rather not maxing out the credit card).
 
 

4. Trip It

Leave the paper trail behind on your next vacation with Tripit’s travel organizer which turns your confirmation emails into simple, mobile travel itineraries. All you have to do is email your flight, hotel and rental confirmations to your TripIt account and let it do the organizing for you. Tripit even sends your reminders in advance so you never have to miss another flight again. We particularly like the fact that you can send a copy of your itinerary to everyone who needs to know.

5. eWallet

Are you like us and can never remember your important passwords when travelling? Then you find yourself in that awkward moment calling home to get someone to break into the safe and search through a myriad of scribbled post it notes in order to find the right password? Well we’ve found a solution to your problems: eWallet. This handy and secure little device lets you store all of your important passwords, passport numbers and bank account details so you can access them anytime, wherever you are. All you have to remember is the password to log in…

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