Holiday Travel // Here are 5 Traveling Applications You Need This Holiday

Holiday Travel // Here are 5 Traveling Applications You Need This Holiday

The Holidays are here and you probably are planning for your next travel or already at your destination for the holidays!

We all have some standard travel apps on our phones that help us with planning our next vacation. 

Tools like Google Maps, Airbnb, Trips, and Translate are now as essential as our passports.

But sometimes, we want travel apps that go beyond basic needs and can lead us on a journey that’s curated to our personal quirks and interests. 

Whether you seek outdoor adventures, crave unique local experiences or see holidays as a time for creative inspiration, we’ve picked out some must-have apps to help you achieve your holiday goals and fuel your holiday passions with these apps.

Language Barrier, no problem!

The language barrier can make your trip unbearable, but it doesn’t have to be that way. While traveling, you shouldn’t be stuck behind a language barrier.

That’s why you need an instant language translator app and one that we can recommend is Google Translate, which has improved significantly in recent times. 

The app can speak translated text, translate spoken text, live translate pictures of foreign text, and work with 100 languages without an internet connection. The app is also free to download!

Shoot Legendry photos for memories

If you prefer shooting on a DSLR camera to your phone and keeping the best of your travel memories? You’ll want this app. Touted as the photographer’s Swiss army knife, Photo Pills is an impressive app trusted by both professionals and serious hobbyists.

With it, you can track the point and path of the Moon, Sun, or Milky Way, visualize the ideal shot you want via Augmented Reality, then find out the best spot and time to nail that shot. 

It’s a brilliant personal assistant, doing all the mindboggling calculations so you can focus on what matters – getting that epic holiday memory.

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Photo Pills can even help you set the exposure, depth of field, or time-lapse parameters. This is one of the most useful travel apps if you love capturing stunning sunrises and sunsets, or are hunting down legendary night sky views like the Northern Lights.

Extraordinary destinations to visit

You probably have Airbnb for your stays, but have you tried Airbnb Experiences? It lets you book intimate, one-of-a-kind experiences crafted and hosted by the most fascinating locals. 

They’ll whizz you into a highly exclusive world, accessible only with the right connections.

You can get an inside look into Kenyan safari destinations, explore London’s food markets with a local chef, train with a Samurai sword artist in Japan or even hunt for truffles in a Tuscan forest.

Airbnb Experiences is a real standout amongst all the travel apps available. Meeting local experts, seeking out your passions and savoring a truly special holiday adventure – what’s not to love?

Enjoy a wide variety of music and podcasts

What is travel without a perfect road trip playlist? Whether you’re keen to create a soundtrack of nostalgic singalongs, modern pop songs, or location-specific music, you’ll find even the most obscure tunes on Spotify, a catalog of more than 80 million tracks. 

When you tire of Taylor Swift classics and the like, you can turn to podcasts to keep you company. 

Spotify is free to download and listen to, but the ad breaks are annoying and streaming can chew through your phone data. 

A better option is to purchase a premium membership for $9.99 a month. It’s ad-free and you can download music to listen to offline. The Spotify app is available on iPhone and Android.

You can also opt for other great platforms like Mdundo, a music service providing Africa with easy and affordable access to music if you are into podcasts, try out the Afripods platform and enjoy a wide range of African Podcasts in different categories, from Legally Clueless to 254 Millenial talks, I mean you will definitely find a podcast that will get you glued to the platform

Have a personal tour guide in your hands

If a travel itinerary packed with museum visits is music to your ears, you’ll love Smartify. Touted as the “Shazam for art”, this free app takes your museum experience to the next level. You simply point your phone at any artwork to scan. 

Smartify tells you what artwork it is and the story behind it, enhanced with rich commentary. You can then save your favourite artworks from all over the world onto a personal “playlist” and share it. 

This means lovers of specific art can find each other in the Smartify community, like how music-lovers bond over their favourite genres. 

From National Gallery to local museums of Art and rich history, smartify makes your travel experience quite easy. 

This travel app puts a personal tour guide in your hands so you can always take your time to appreciate and admire every piece of art you come across.