Travel Apps
Whether you are headed home for the holidays or making a bucket list of all-time vacation destinations, these apps will help you make the most of your travel plans.
Booking.com
When it comes to locating hotels or rental properties, this app is said to be easy to navigate and enables the user to sort results by what is important to him or her.
There are 800,000 properties to look through and millions of hotel and room photos, as well as reviews from over 50 million guests. Booking.com also offers a no-cancellation, pay later option on some hotel rooms. The app can be downloaded from Google Play, iTunes, Windows Phone Store and BlackBerry App World.
Skyscanner
The Skyscanner app allows one to search, compare and book flights without having to trawl through endless airline sites or apps. It is available in over 30 languages and offers millions of flights and flight paths to search through for free. Users can filter by journey duration, number of stops, airline, travel class, departure and arrival times. In addition, Skyscanner provides a color-coded chart and calendar, highlighting cheaper days and months to travel. Logging in to an account will sync recent searches across one’s smartphone, tablet and desktop, as well as give price alerts when flights drop in price. Skyscanner can be downloaded from Google Play, iTunes and Windows Phone Store.
TripAdvisor Hotels Flights
TripAdvisor Hotels Flights offers over 225 million reviews and opinions and will help one find the lowest airfare, best hotel deals, entertainment/sightseeing and restaurants. Restaurants can be filtered by price, food type and rating. The TripAdvisor Hotels Flights app can be downloaded from Google Play and iTunes.
Expedia Hotels & Flights
Similar to the TripAdvisor Hotels Flights app, the Expedia Hotels & Flights app helps users find hotel and flight deals, reportedly saving them up to 40 percent on the hotel when they use their mobile phone. Users can see hotel reviews or filter by price and deals. Flights can be sorted by price, duration or time, and enable users to search by airport name, city or code. In addition, the Expedia Hotels & Flights app offers an itinerary feature, which shows upcoming booked trips. The app may be downloaded from Google Play and iTunes.
Airbnb
The Airbnb app allows users to book a one-of-a-kind accommodation in more than 34,000 cities, with over 450,000 listings to choose from. Users may access their itinerary from the app, as well as message their host to get directions. The app can be downloaded from Google Play, iTunes and Windows Phone Store.
Hotels.com
Similar to Bookings.com, Hotels.com helps users locate a hotel only – not the flight. The app reportedly shares information on hundreds of thousands of hotels across 200 countries. Users can filter their results by price, deals or reviews. By signing into their Hotels.com account, they can able to book and access their past, current and future reservations, even when they aren’t online. The Hotels.com app can be downloaded from Google Play, iTunes and Windows Phones Store.
Kayak
Looking for the whole package? The Kayak app compares hundreds of travel sites, helping users find the best possible deals. It offers hotel, flight and car rental comparisons, allowing users to search for – and book – the best deals. The flight tracker and itinerary management feature permits one to manage his or her itinerary. In addition, Kayak permits users to look up baggage fees, airline numbers and airport information, and it has a price alert feature showing when flight prices drop. Kayak is available to download from Google Play, iTunes, Windows Phone Store and BlackBerry App World.
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