55 essential travel apps you need to download before you pack your bags! Whether you want to track your flight in real-time with Flighty, breeze through US customs using Mobile Passport Control, find dog-friendly hotels with BringFido, or navigate foreign transit like a pro with Rome2Rio, this comprehensive list covers every aspect of your journey. Featuring awesome tips from our own community of fellow explorers, we dive deep into the best tools for booking, weather tracking, offline navigation, language translation, and even money management. Grab your phone, hit play, and let’s build your perfect digital travel toolkit!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
0:00 Intro
Flights
1:15 1. Flighty
2:18 2. Flightradar24
3:01 3. FlightAware
3:58 4. Airline Apps
5:24 5. Mobile Passport Control
5:48 6. Priority Pass
Hotels & Accommodation
7:13 7. Hotel App
9:18 Bonus: Airbnb & Vrbo
10:40 8. Tripadvisor
11:20 9. Bring Fido
12:47 Bonus: Rover
14:05 10. iOverlander
14:14 11. The Dyrt
Weather
14:31 12. The Weather Channel
14:48 13. AccuWeather
14:57 14. Wunderground
15:28 15. Windy
16:08 16. Aurora
Navigation & Transport
17:00 17. Google Maps
19:08 18. Waze
19:42 19. Simlocal eSIM App
20:31 20. Google Earth
24:18 21. Uber
24:34 22. Lyft
24:49 23. Grab
25:13 24. TaxiGo (Go Taxi)
26:57 25. Waymo
27:33 26. Citymapper
27:58 27. Transit
28:13 28. Rome2Rio
29:56 29. Rental Car App
30:30 30. SpotHero
31:11 Bonus: Turo
33:54 31. AllTrails
34:27 Bonus: Zoox
Booking & Things to Do
35:06 32. Kayak
35:56 33. Expedia
36:12 Bonus: Booking.com & Hotels.com
36:19 34. Skyscanner
36:28 35. Klook
36:45 36. Agoda
38:17 37. Viator
38:33 38. Get Your Guide
38:44 39. Playground Buddy
39:49 Bonus: Wanderlog
Food & Dining
40:18 40. Yelp
41:31 41. OpenTable
41:46 Bonus: Resy
41:55 42. The Fork
42:05 Bonus: Tabelog
Language
43:18 43. Google Translate
45:17 44. Google Lens
46:20 Bonus: Apple Translate & Papago
Trip Planning & Organization
46:45 45. TripIt
47:32 46. Roadtrippers
48:56 47. Google Sheets
49:12 48. Google Keep
49:52 Bonus: Apple Notes
50:09 49. Google Docs
Money & Financial
52:04 50. XE Currency Conversion
52:16 Bonus: Wise
53:02 Bonus: PayPal & Venmo
56:46 51. Bank App
56:58 52. Amex App
59:31 Bonus: Charles Schwab
Destination-Specific & Miscellaneous
57:50 Bonus: Starwalk 2
58:40 Bonus: Shaka Guide
59:04 53. WeChat
59:10 54. Alipay
1:00:06 Bonus: WhatsApp
1:00:31 Bonus: Bounce
1:01:06 55. Hawaii Revealed
1:01:36 Q&A and Giveaway
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