25 of the Best Travel Apps for an Unforgettable Vacation

Travel is food for the soul, but sometimes instead of giving us a reset on our lives, it can make life more difficult. Planning and preparation take the stress out of everything and are essential for HSPs. Here are 25 of the best travel apps I have used that I recommend.

Travel Apps for Inspiration

Culture Trip

Culture Trip is an excellent app to discover insider off-the-beaten-track places from a global network of local writers, filmmakers, and photographers who tell you where they live. It's a half magazine, half travel site.

Atlas Obscura

Atlas Obscura is an online magazine / travel company, Atlas Obscura catalogs unique & obscure travel destinations via user generated content. You will find some crazy interesting places to see on this app!

Trover

A beautiful photographer travel planning app showing unique things to do in every location. Click on a photo you are interested in and it gives you a little blurb about that location.

Travel Apps for Planning & Booking

Expedia

Expedia is the world's largest travel platform where you can book hotels, restaurants and travel experiences. Tons of people post their reviews which in turn helps you decide on what you would like to include in yours.

Skyscanner

Skyscanner is a travel comparison website. You can compare prices for hundreds of airlines, hotels, and car rentals.

Airbnb

Airbnb is a marketplace for vacation rentals, cabins, beach houses, unique homes and experiences around the world.

Airline Apps

Download the app for whatever airline you are traveling on for easy access to your reservation.

Loungebuddy

Allows travelers to view, book, and access airport lounges around the world in seconds.

Mobile Passport

The Mobile Passport app speeds you through U.S. Customs and Border Protection at 30+ airports and cruise ports.

Travel Apps for Organization

TripIt

Create a single itinerary for every trip. TripIt automagically transforms your emails into a master itinerary so all your plans are in one place. You can even upload PDFs, photos, boarding pass and digital passport QR codes, and more to your travel plans.

PackPoint

PackPoint is an intelligent packing app and packing list builder for serious travelers. PackPoint will tell you what you need to pack based on length of travel, weather at your destination, and any activities planned during your trip.

Travel Apps for Getting Around

Lonely Planet Guides

Free city guides with offline maps, audio phase books, a currency converter and advice from locals.

Roadtrippers

A road trip planner to help you discover unusual places along your route that you would normally miss. When you choose what you like, roadtrippers adds it to your route.

Google Maps

Explore and plan out your trip with Google Maps. Create a custom map and add pins for multiple locations, restaurants, hotels etc.

Carrot Weather

A unique and funny weather app that gives you the forecast in a twisted way. It is extremely accurate and if you don't like the funny comments they include you can turn that off.

Travel Apps for Tech

WhatsApp is a free messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Facebook. It allows users to send text messages and voice messages, make voice and video calls, and share images, documents, user locations, and other media.

Express VPN

Express VPN protects your online traffic. It can also act as a proxy, allowing you to mask or change your location and surf the web anonymously from wherever you want.

Free WiFi Finder

Only use a free wi-fi if you have Express VPN or some other VPN service to keep your internet use private.

Trello – Social

A social networking site for travelers in 180 countries.

Misc

XE Currency Exchange

Live currency exchange app which you can also use offline if you download the conversion rate for the country you are visiting.

Air Help

Air Help provides legal resources to airline passengers who have experienced flight delays, cancellations, and over-bookings.

Google Translate

Simple and easy to use this is my go-to for quick translations when you are abroad and need to ask a local for help. This has been a lifesaver on many occasions and it makes the whole process so much easier.

Skyview

Skyview is a beautiful intuitive sky gazing app that uses your camera to identify stars, constellations, satellites, and more. Just point your phone at the sky, and you will be amazed.

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