Which Travel Apps Are Actually Useful When You're Abroad?

After toiling day and night, you finally got a well-deserved and much-needed vacation. So you plan to spend that money by exploring something… A little fancy, some foreign location, so you book your tickets.

Now, sitting on the flight, you browse the locations you can visit during your stay at that place. But keep this thing in mind when you plan on visiting foreign locations, or shall we say, abroad: you need to be ready to face “situations” that will be completely new to you, or the situation might still be familiar, but how to deal with it will definitely confuse you! But in these situations (as they will be new to you), you would need assistance from someone or something. Must be wondering, “Foreign place, it’ll be completely alien to how things are done there, plus we don’t know anyone there how are we going to manage?”. Don’t panic; panicking never provides any kind of solution to anyone! But it is something that today we will provide you.

Today in this article, we will be providing you with the info on a few apps that can help you get out of any tough and messy situations that you may find yourself in. Then what’s the point in wasting time? Let’s take a deep dive into the world of travel apps that are actually useful when you’re abroad.

Organic Maps

Suppose you are walking from a destination to your hotel, and while walking you are checking your phone, checking the map. You know it is a new place, and no matter how many times you have walked from your hotel to a particular destination, there's a high chance that you will not remember it (Our brain is also on vacation; it’s taking some rest). So you are walking, and walking with your eyes glued to the map. Just then,the internet connection goes away, deserting you in the middle of your way back. You try refreshing, turning on and off the airplane mode hoping and praying that you will find a connection but to no avail. So now you are standing in the corner of the road like a lost puppy.

But then you remember something, and you brighten up as you take out your phone and visit the Organic apps, which allow you to download maps for offline use, and right now, without any internet connection, you can still use the maps and go back to your hotel safe and sound. Now that you must have gotten really excited thinking all your troubles are over, we feel it’s our duty to inform you that this app does have a limitation, which is: Sometimes the app fails to update new information, which can really be a headache of its own. But if we take this away, this app is really beneficial for someone traveling abroad.

Rome2Rio

Imagine you are traveling from one destination to another; you might be in a hurry because the destination you are traveling to will be closed in a few minutes, but you are not sure to take which bus or which train to reach the destination in time and by the time you reach your destination, it is already closed. What an annoyingly troubling situation. But what can you do? Change your plans a bit; you have to miss seeing a few destinations. You can download the Rome2Rio app.

But you must be wondering, “Why will this app teleport us to our desired location?” No, it can’t do that. But what it can do is provide you with a safe and time-saving travel route with the types of transportation that you can take to that destination. Which transportation will get you there in no time, which will take a little longer, which one would be more convenient to travel in, the price ranges of these transportation options, and their schedules. Every single detail can be found in this app. The only limitation being (well less a limitation and more a suggestion from our side) is you still confirm details from the actual transport operator.

Wanderlog

You visited a new place, but you are not sure how to properly plan your visit (you can't find all the information online, so it will be a little difficult for you), so when you have no proper planning as to where you should stay, places that you could travel to, the transportation, and all other things. What can you do? You can download Wanderlog.

This app is built for planning and design. It can help you plan your trip which will allow to get to live in nice hotels, you won’t be worried about food. As this app allows you to add attraction/destinations that you want to visit, map to those locations, make reservations, add travel notes, and create a day-by-day itinerary, and if you are visiting with another person, it allows you to plan together so that your and their schedules align. Wanderlog could be a really useful app. Having said that, if you want some offline services, it can provide you with that, but you might need to pay a fee for that. So, some of its features are not free.

TravelSpend

Imagine you are traveling to a destination filled with wonderful places and foods. So, you give in to your temptation and start to enjoy every wonderful location, trying every food that’s famous in that location, which in turn empties your pocket.

The main reason you find it hard to realise how much money you have spent is the currency difference. You fail to grasp the entire concept of the currency difference, so you spend the money assuming, in Indian currency, “this much” will be spent, but (as the commerce of all these things can be a little complicated) without you knowing, you have spent a lot of money on (sometimes stupid and unnecessary things)

TravelSpend helps you with this. With this app, you can keep a record of all your expenses in any currency in the entire wide world; it compares all these with your own currency, making you understand how much you have spent in your home currency. If traveling in groups, it will guide the group to divide shared costs. If you don’t have a proper internet connection but you want to enter your expenses, then this app provides you with an offline solution where you can enter your expenses without worrying about the internet connection.

There’s one inconvenience: if you are someone who wants everything to be fully automatic, then this might be a bummer for you, but in TravelSpend, you have to manually enter all your expenses.

These were a few apps that you can check out. Each of these apps comes with their own set of advantages and limitations; go through each of these apps and decide which one is the most suitable for you!