Lonely Planet Mobile Phrasebooks…With 28 languages available, you’ll be able to communicate more easily with this app that shows you the phonetic pronunciation and reads it as well. Thee is a $10 per language fee, but it’s well worth it.
Urbanspoon – not just for local recommendations. Choose restaurants more wisely by checking restaurant reviews searchable by neighborhood, price or type of cuisine. Free
AroundMe allows you to search for what’s nearby including banks, gas stations, hotels, restaurants, hospitals and more. Free
TripIt allows you to build your itinerary including flights, hotels and car reservations. You set up an account and just forward confirmations to plans@tripit.com. TripIt also gives you all the tracking features you’d expect, including up to date data on flight cancellations, delays and gate changes. Free
Shopoholic or forget to pack something for your trip? If traveling in the U.S., Mall Maps offers more than 1,000 U.S. malls for $2.99. Also available is FastMall that features turn by turn guidance inside the mall, shake your Iphone for the nearest restroom and a remember shere you parked feature. Currently includes malls in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, China, France and Lithuania.
My personal favorite, is SitOrSquat…Bathrooms aren’t always easy to find, particularly in Europe. Gotta go? This app points the way in urban centers in the U.S., Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Free
Do you have a favorite travel app? We’d love to hear from you!
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Planning Your Next Trip with Atlas Travel Center
At Atlas Travel Center, we’ve spent over 35 years helping travelers turn ideas like the one in this post into fully realized journeys. Whether you’re reading this as inspiration for a trip you’re already planning or as the first seed of a travel dream, our advisors are here to take it from concept to confirmation — handling every detail along the way.
What sets Atlas apart isn’t just our longevity in the business — it’s the depth of expertise we bring to every booking. Our agents are specialists, not generalists. Many have personal experience at the destinations they recommend, onboard the ships they book, and with the tour operators they partner with. When you work with an Atlas advisor, you’re getting counsel grounded in real experience, not just what’s on a website.
Why Work with a Travel Advisor in the Age of Online Booking?
Online booking tools have made it easier than ever to assemble a trip — and also easier than ever to make an expensive mistake. The lowest price on a comparison site often omits a resort fee, books a room category you wouldn’t choose if you saw the photos, or locks you into a cancellation policy that offers no flexibility. Our advisors know the inventory, the fine print, and the suppliers well enough to navigate all of it on your behalf.
More importantly, when something goes wrong — a flight cancels, a ship changes its itinerary, a resort overbooks — a travel advisor is the difference between hours on hold with an 800 number and a quick call to someone who knows exactly who to call. We’ve been solving those problems for clients since 1987, and we’re very good at it.
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