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Travel Apps Offer Direction, Fun

2016-06-02 07:38来源:未知

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Milsa Grant of New York holds her dog Lulu Madonna, as she waits to check-in at the Delta terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York. Apps can help plan and navigate new places and languages while you travel. (FILE, AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh)

When life takes you away from home, take technology to help guide and entertain you. Apps can help make your trip easier and more fun.

 

Travel Guidance

 

Travel apps are very helpful to guide you on your trip. Some apps help you plan your trip and others help you travel.

 

TripIt

 

TripIt is a helpful app to organize travel plans. Sign up for a free account at the TripIt website and download the app to have all of your travel plans handy in one place.

 

After signing up for an account, forward any email confirmations for your travels to plans@tripit.com. Send TripIt all confirmations for hotel, flight, train, theater and other reservations.

 

TripIt will create a travel itinerary that will be shown in the TripIt app on your phone. No need to hunt down emails when it is time to travel. Everything will be in one place, on the TripIt app.

 

TripIt is free but a paid version is available that keeps track of loyalty programs, gives flight alerts, fare refund notifications and more.


Google Translate

 

When traveling outside your home country, you may need some language assistance. Google Translate is an app that can help you understand a language other than your native tongue.

 

The Google Translate app translates between 103 different languages. Copy and paste text into the app to see a translation. You can also handwrite text onto the screen.

 

Use your phone’s camera to see a translation of signs. Point the lens at words to see the translation on the phone’s screen.

 

The app works even without an Internet connection.

 

Google Translate is available for free.

 

Google Translate for Android

 

Google Translate for iPhone and iPad

 

OpenTable

 

OpenTable is a restaurant reservation app to help users discover and make reservations at restaurants. Search by location, cuisine, reviews and prices.

 

OpenTable includes 31,000 restaurants around the world. Check the app to see availability and make reservations within the app. Earn Dining Rewards by making your reservations through OpenTable and get a free meal.

 

OpenTable is available free for Android and iPhone and iPad.

 

Photo Editing on the Go

 

Part of the fun of traveling with a smart phone is taking and sharing photos.

 

Fotor

 

The Fotor app lets you edit your photos and add filters for special effects. The app has been updated recently with new editing features so users can edit their photos more easily.

 

Fotor has added a slider to give users greater control of the edits. Editing effects can be saved as favorites to use them easily later.

 

See, Photo Editing App Improves Your Shots to learn more about Fotor.

 

Waterlogue

 

Waterlogue is an app that edits photos to look like watercolor paintings.

 

The app is best used on photos of places instead of people. It can make your photos look like works of art. Choose from 14 different filters to get different colors and effects.

 

Waterlogue is available for iPhone/iPad for under $4.

 

Offline Apps

 

Traveling often means you are offline and away from the Internet. When camping in the wild, flying on a plane, sailing on a boat or riding in the car, you may not have an Internet connection.

 

If you are traveling outside your home country and away from Wi-Fi, you should use apps offline to avoid large bills for using international data.

 

Google Maps

 

Google Maps can be used even when no Internet connection is available. Maps can be downloaded for times when you are away from the Internet.

 

Create your own Google Maps that you can use offline. Customize maps by including directions and points of interest. After creating a custom map, you can share it with others so they can see where you are going or join you on your trip.

 

If you discover favorite restaurants, hotels or museums, you can save them to your maps to revisit them later.

 

How to Download Google Maps for Offline Use

 

To download Google Maps for offline use, open the app when you are connected to the Internet. Search for the place you want Google Maps for, such as Washington, D.C.

 

When the map appears in the app, touch the bottom bar with the name of the place. A page will appear with the option to download the map.


 

EBooks

 

Load your phone or tablet with Ebooks before you leave home. Download Ebooks over WiFi so you can read them anywhere, even when you are not connected to the Internet.

 


Words in This Story

 

 

alert - n. something (such as a message or loud sound) that tells people there is important information

 

fare refund - n. receiving money back when the price of a ticket drops

 

translate - v. to change words from one language into another language

 

cuisine - n. a style of cooking

 

slider - n. a control that is moved horizontally or vertically to control a variable, such as the volume of a radio

 

offline - adj. not connected to the Internet

 

data - n. information that is produced or stored by a computer

 

download - v. to move or copy (a file, program, etc.) from a usually larger computer system to another computer or device

 

customize - v. to change (something) in order to fit the needs or requirements of a person, business, etc.

 

option - n. something that can be chosen : a choice or possibility

 

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