Best Travel Apps
HostelWorld
The Hostelworld app allows you to book accommodation at hostels all around the world. You can refine your search for cost, amenities, and location to — The app has a clean look and is simple to navigate. There is a full-screen interactive map to pin point exactly where you are in a city. You have the ability to look at previous travelers reviews and leave your own reviews.
Click here to book your next trip through HostelWorld.
2. BLACK NATION
It allows you to find and support black-owned businesses around the world. Download the app and browse black-owned businesses you can support. Search from dozens of categories from beauty, shopping, photography, restaurants, fitness, and so much more.
3. Hopper
This app helps travelers find the cheapest flights possible and can really save you money if your dates aren’t set in stone. Once you put in your home city and desired destination, Hooper shows you a calendar of the coming year with dates color-coded to reflect historical price averages. Days in green are the cheapest, followed by light orange, coral and red, with red indicating the most expensive days to fly. The app has a “Watch This Trip” feature that sends you alerts if the price changes, and the app can also tell you if the price is the same to fly nonstop or with layovers, and you can choose to exclude basic fares from the results. One of the most useful feature is the price predictor, which explains if and when the price will rise and by approximately how much, allowing travelers to make an informed decision about whether or not to book or wait. If you’d prefer to book your flight and hotel in the same spot, you can also reserve accommodations on the app.
4. Airbnb
After entering your destination and dates, you can filter results based on the home type, price, amenities and more. Also for those last-minute travels, you can search only for properties that don’t require pre-approval. If find something you like, you can book directly through the app. It’s ideal for managing your trips while on the road — you can access all your bookings under the “Trips” tab, where you can view the address and directions to your reservation, contact the host or change your reservation. Once you have a booking, you can should look at Air BnB Experience to book local experiences in your destination such as wine tastings, kayak tours, hikes, shows, concerts and more.
5. Skyscanner
Skyscanner is one of my top favorite apps for finding cheap flights. The mobile app searches millions of flights from over 1,200 sources and then gives you the best options available whether it’s the cheapest route, or the easiest one. The handy chart feature lets you look at the cheapest days or months to fly to your destination and sends you notification of price changes.
6. MAPS.ME
Provides travelers the use maps without the connection to Wi-Fi.
7. DUOLINGO
This travel app makes the list because I think it is a fun app to use when you have downtime during your vacation. Take the time and learn a few words of a new language! This app can help you pick up any language and be able to read, write, and speak it in no time! The activities are simple and are for all age groups!
8. My Currency Converter
Converting different currency can be confusing and you can easily lose money if you don’t know what you are doing! This app quickly provides live, up-to-the-minute currency rates, then allows you to store and view them even when you’re offline. You’ll never need to wonder again if you’re really getting a good deal in another country.
9. Google Translate
Having a language barrier issue? Well Google Translate helps solves that issue and allows you to translate into 103 languages by typing and access nearly 60 languages offline. You can use handwriting in 93 languages (where you draw text or characters instead of typing). It also offers camera translation in 37 languages, where you point your camera and snap for an instant translation. And two-way instant speech translation is available in 32 languages. Google Translate is simple to use too, with icons at the top you can click on to draw, take a photo, speak or type.
10. Whatsapp
This is one of my favorite apps and I use it even when I am not traveling. It is a great messaging service for travelers abroad as it uses an internet connection to avoid SMS fees. It works like most other messaging apps: You start by creating an account, then add your friends and family members to contact. You’re able to call, video chat, send messages, images, voice memos, gifs and files just as you would in, say, iMessage, and you it is compatible with Android Users. I am able to keep in touch with friends I make in different countries.
11. IceBeakers
I love to use this app while I am traveling and want to meet new friends or potential daters in the country that I am in. This app is unlike any other dating app because it allows me to interact with real people in real time. IceBreakers puts a modern twist on old school dating and courtship. It's for everyone. It's encourages you to make a move and allows you send gifts or a drink as a way to “break the ice”. This app bridges the gap between digital relationships and face-to-face conversation and creates a world where people engage in person much sooner then they tend to do now. Whether that be at a bar, club, restaurant, hotel, festival, sporting event, concert & more.
Download on the App Store or get it on GooglePlay
