Just what the world needs, you say? Another travel guide application? Well, to my mind there can't be enough of them and Tripomatic for iPhone is one of the best. It's a comprehensive guide that you keep in your pocket that gives you information galore when visiting a new city and helps you figure out the best things to see. Create a custom itinerary for the city you want to visit and let Tripomatic do the rest and present you with places, photos and recommendations and it's all completely free. Imagine visiting an unknown city for the first time ... Read more
Have I told you how much I love travel guides? TripFlick is a ruthlessly efficient free next generation guide for android that doesn't give you heaps of irrelevant information about flower shows and the city's secret nightlife. Some of us might actually prefer that kind of information but TripFlick doesn't go down that route and just concentrates on the important stuff. It does, however, add a rather intuitive side by offering you personalized recommendations based on other users' experiences and geared to your personal preferences. TripFlicks considers that travelers face enough problems without having to deal with overwhelming and ... Read more
I had a conversation with an American friend recently who was curious about the price of various items in Sydney Australia. She had read in the paper that Sydney is now considered one of the most expensive cities in the world and wondered if it were true. Rather than relying on trying to remember how much I paid for a can of coke from a supermarket or how much a movie ticket costs I should have just put her onto Eardex where she could compare prices on all sorts of everyday items. This free travel guide application gives you a ... Read more
First up, let me say that I love travel guides and Know What looks to me like a great one. This handsome looking travel application for iPhone gathers together some of the US's most creative and cleverest people along with some of the best travel websites to present some of the things that make our cities so unique and loved. It serves as a virtual insider's guide to San Francisco and Los Angeles (with New York, Chicago, Boston, Portland and Seattle coming soon) showing you all the things you might not get in your regular travel guide as well as ... Read more
It's more important than ever now to be totally up to date on what's going on in the countries you visit when holiday planning. There are many things you need to look at to protect yourselves as well as your wallets. In so many cases an overseas holiday is a major investment of time as well as money. Is the place you are visiting safe from terrorist or criminal activity? Does it have any imminent health warnings? Is there a possibility of transport delays? These are all things you need to know and TripSentry provides all the up-to-date information that ... Read more
If you've traveled a fair bit you'll know that the best way to discover a new city is to talk to local people. There's no better way to come to grips with a city that to discover it's underbelly and to go where the locals go and not so much where the tourists go. Unanchor is a travel and social app that was developed after a year long trip through Asia and much ploughing through Lonely Planet guides to find the more interesting side of a city that isn't normally seen by travelers. It features detailed guides written by locals ... Read more
MapsWithMe Pro offers the quickest offline maps of all the countries of the world. Travel with full confidence: wherever you are, MapsWithMe Pro addresses all your offline mapping... Read more
Inoneday.com is the best way to discover a city, step by step, in one day. It's a new way to travel and a new way to discover cities like Paris, San Francisco, London, Amsterdam,... Read more