What applications to download on the road. The best travel apps for iPhone
Buy train or plane tickets, book a hotel room or arrange free accommodation with locals, create a cool itinerary or find the most delicious burgers in town - we have collected the best travel apps that will make your life much easier!
Mobile application from "ZagraNitsa"
The ZagraNitsa mobile application can recommend you what to see, where to eat, how to have fun, where to stay, etc. Its database contains over 10,000 objects and is updated weekly. Here are local attractions, cafes, restaurants, hotels, theaters, museums, parks, shops and other places in the city.
The application is completely in Russian. You can download it for free in the AppStore and Google Play Market.
After downloading the application, you can use both the online and offline version. The next step is to select the city of interest. After that, using the four main tools - "Filter", "Map", "List" and "Nearby" - you will be able to work with the application.
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Flights
skyscanner
Helps you find the most suitable flight, hotel or vehicle for rent, as well as compare their prices. It does not sell, but only redirects to the appropriate site. There is a version of the application for travelers in Russian.
Allows you to find a flight, car, hotel room or tour package, as well as compare prices for them. Does not sell directly, but redirects to the appropriate site. A Russian-language localized version is available that supports most of the services of the main resource.
Aviasales
A travel metasearch engine that allows users to compare prices for flights, hotels, car rentals and other services. The site does not sell tickets, but only redirects users to the websites of agencies and companies that do this.
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Rent a Car
Car Rental Market
Helps to find and compare prices for renting cars of different classes in Europe, the USA and Canada. Works with over 25 leading companies such as Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Hertz and Sixt. You can book a car directly from the application.
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Public transport
The American railroad company Amtrak is a state-owned enterprise. Its trains serve 500 destinations in 46 US states (not in Wyoming, South Dakota, Alaska and Hawaii). Provides travel packages (vacation packages) to the most common attractions at a discount.
Greyhound
The company provides regular intercity bus transportation. Serves more than 3,800 destinations throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. You can book and purchase a ticket directly on the site.
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Hitch-hiking
Hitchwiki
A very informative service for hitchhikers. The site collects articles, tips and other materials from experienced users from around the world. There is an application for Android.
Not exactly related to hitchhiking, but helps to save a lot. The resource is designed to search for private drivers. You can pay with a bank card. The application works in more than 200 cities in 40 countries around the world.
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Housing
Booking
Travel applications are unimaginable without one of the most popular online hotel booking systems. The database contains complete information and reviews of approximately 320,000 hotels in 184 countries. The site is available in more than 40 language versions, including Russian and Ukrainian. There are apps for Android and iPhone.
hostel world
Allows you to book a room or bed in a hostel. The database contains about 35,000 hostels, hotels, motels and B&Bs around the world, as well as millions of reviews about them. Booking and payment can be made directly through the website or application. There is a Russian version, but for American hostels it contains automatic translation.
Allows you to rent housing for a short period directly from the owner. Offers over 500,000 houses, apartments or rooms in 192 countries. Payment is made through the site, but the full amount is withheld within 24 hours after the estimated date of settlement. There are apps for Android and iPhone.
Couch Surfing
A resource that unites more than 7 million people in 246 countries. Provides the opportunity to spend the night for free with one of the locals, having previously written off and agreed on the Web. The member's profile contains reviews from previous travelers who have stayed with the member. There are versions of the app for travelers on Android and iPhone.
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Food
The best apps for food-loving travelers are all about food and restaurants. Yelp is the most popular and most informative search service for restaurants, cafes, bars, etc. in USA. It allows you to view information about the institution, its rating and visitor reviews. The application can be downloaded for Android and
Horizon Avenue
Creates an itinerary online based on TripAdvisor Attraction Popularity Rankings. The route will contain a description of each object, and the built-in constructor will allow you to add and remove additional objects, select the duration and event intensity. Also on the site you can book excursions, buy tickets for concerts and theatrical performances.
Offline GPS navigator. In addition to maps, it contains information about traffic jams and traffic events, as well as built-in search in Foursquare, Google and Live POI. There is a special US version.
YouRoute
The application helps to plan the route of a future trip. Contains information about interesting places, hotels, restaurants, car rentals, as well as the full tour schedule in a convenient calendar format.
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Rest
PackPoint
Useful applications for travelers are not limited to services for buying tickets and booking hotels. PackPoint helps you not to forget anything during the training camp. The application allows you to create lists of things, suggests what you may need on a trip, depending on its duration, goals, as well as the characteristics of the destination.
SitOrSquat
The app finds the closest public toilet to you, provides information (for example, about the cost or availability of a changing table) and reviews about it. The list of locations is constantly updated by the users themselves.
I will not single out any service in the first place now, and this order does not give preference to one or another. They all have their pros and cons, more or less equally.
Let's start with Agenda.
A Russian travel planning service that recently began to gain momentum and received investments. The design of the service is pleasing to the eye, it is convenient, nothing more. Excellent calendar grid displaying scheduled flights.
The emphasis of the Agenda is mainly on the purchase and booking of air tickets, hotels, transport, it is also possible to book trains and buses, but unfortunately, mainly only in the Russian Federation. The service is closely related to Panaramio, which allows you to see photos of interesting places, and Foursqare to select the sights of the city where you are going. Compared to other services, there is a big disadvantage of adding interesting places to view, and if you are planning a big trip, you will have to work hard to add them to your calendar. It would be great if there was synchronization with the calendar on the phone or tablet, but I did not find one. It is not clear how the creators missed such a moment in all travels as the absence of the Internet. Since there are no applications for either Android or iOS, it is not clear how to use it while traveling. Timeline export to pdf is very poor.
Yes, it is quite possible to buy tickets, book hotels and cars here, besides, the search is also carried out by low-cost airlines. But even during test rides to book a hotel or a car in Asia, he did not pick up anything for me.
In general, there are shortcomings, which I hope will be finalized in the future.
Next Mygola
English-language service, also with a good interface, but less convenient. Compared to the Agenda, the calendar grid is perceived worse, but nevertheless quite convenient and understandable.
The same service is more geared towards sightseeing. A large selection of places with a detailed description and a link to the source or site of this place. There is an application, but it is no different from the site. You can see all the points on the map, but you can’t take each point separately, and this is a minus, since there is no way to jump on the link to Google maps and get directions.
A huge plus for Mygola is the search for a route and its preliminary assessment. At the very beginning, this struck me very much, because you usually find such information only on some kind of blogs. There are a large number of options for moving between points, on a variety of vehicles. From a taxi with its cost, to public transport, which is also sometimes indicated the cost. It is not clear where this information comes from, but it is quite possible to estimate the cost.
There is no export at all. Synchronization is also missing. In conclusion, it can be noted that when planning a trip, the Mygola service can be used to find cheap public transport routes.
Your route
Another Russian-language service. The service attracted me with its simplicity. Nothing superfluous, easy interface, everything is simple and clear, come in and plan. Of course, like all of the above, he also has flaws. But let's start with the pluses, the first of which is a large base of attractions from all countries and cities of the world. Easily add objects to your route. The service is also tied to Panaramio and you can conveniently view photos of objects. From each point, you can go to Google maps, you can get directions, but then there will be a service in which this will be a little more convenient.
A route immediately sneaks between points, transport can always be changed. You can also easily change the order of sightseeing.
At the end you get this kind of route
As you can see, the route can be saved in pdf and printed if desired. The stages themselves look pretty boring.
I would add the time of the flights, they can, in principle, be written in notes, but nevertheless they are not displayed in the pdf, and links to the map for each point, preferably on Google. But on the other hand, there is information about these places, in a completely cooked form.
Well, the service is quite excellent, but it lacks something, if it could add a little of the first and second, then it could turn out to be a better travel planning service. Of course, the application is still missing. So guys developers, I hope you finish this service in the future.
gogobot
Initially, I learned about it as an application. The first thing that caught my eye was that he posts all your actions on facebook, but this is disabled in the account settings. The service is in English and has a large database of attractions that you can easily add to your trip. Bulk add only from the table view, from the map you have to go to the page of the object. But in the application it does not cause much discomfort. There are selections of restaurants and hotels that can be booked.
There are interest clubs in which thematic places are selected.
The travel plan looks quite simple, like a pdf file, but nevertheless contains all the necessary information about the objects, with links to the page of these places in Gogobot.
Here is a view of the PDF file that can be minimally customized
The undoubted advantage is the presence of an application (for iPhone and Android), where you can see the travel plan and use navigation for each object.
Decent service, unfortunately not in the native language. Another iPad app would be great.
Well, in the end
Tripomatic
The web service is not particularly striking in design, but the application is quite good (again, the ipad was bypassed), moreover, with support for the Russian language.
It is quite convenient to add places to the trip plan, between them the route and approximate travel time immediately creep in, which will give an understanding of the time spent on the road, but unfortunately not about its cost. He also automatically builds the route of the day so (well, at least he tries) not to make detours around the city, but to visit all places along the way with the least amount of time. On the website you can book a hotel, purchase and viewing takes place on Booking.com. You can add transportation, for example, between railway stations, unfortunately the time is not displayed, there is no search for ticket prices either. But here it doesn't matter.
I also liked that at the end of the compilation, you get a schedule of your trip. Shows how many of the main attractions you missed.
Export to pdf is good, with all links to google maps. On click immediately paves the route. The ruler of the day is not very clear, but you can figure it out.
The application is very good too. With some nice features. For example, the object page shows the distance to it and a rotating compass that shows the direction of movement. Also, many attractions show the opening hours and the price of the entrance ticket. For some reason, the screenshots from iTunes show a translator, but I did not see it in the program itself.
In addition, the Tripomatic application has a paid, but very useful for a tourist, offline maps function. For 129 rubles. you can buy a map of the country, for 449 - Asia and Australia, and for 549 rubles. you can download maps of all countries that are on Tripomatic (358 places). In general, the application has a place to be in the traveler's smartphone.
In conclusion, I will say that there are quite a lot of services for compiling and planning a trip, in my opinion these are the most prominent ones. There are also many social travel networks where you can also get a lot of useful information, but they do not have such functions as planning.
Travel apps, which will help the tourist to book tickets, choose seats on the plane, buy profitable tours, see the sights and find the right points on the map. Any month of the year is suitable for traveling to a new country, and mobile applications for tourists will come in handy.
Travelata
Travelata- a new mobile travel application from the hypermarket of tours. Not a single travel agency will offer you last-minute tours for 5000-10000 rubles, but they really are. Such tours are found and booked online! While you go to the travel agency, someone will book your tour online. In the application for tourists, search for 120 tour operators, you can find really low prices, cheaper than buying air tickets. There are filters by price, number of stars, food, etc. All documents are processed online, you receive notifications by mail. With the Travelata application, you do not have to overpay for the services of travel agents.
Level Travel
Level.Travel is one application instead of 100 travel agents. Here you can find profitable tours, in the search they are always shown first. There are tours with an "instant confirmation" option, which means that they will be booked immediately. You can choose the budget, the star rating of the hotel, the type of food, even the distance from the sea. Also Level.Travel has introduced a system of bonuses, with which it is even more profitable to travel. For each purchase you get points with which you can pay for tours in the future. For the first booked tour you get 2% points, for the next 1% of the tour cost.
Branded travellink cards
Another new travel app. Offline maps, which indicate attractions, hotels, cafes, stops, ATMs. Maps work completely offline, Internet is not needed! They plot a route, show sights nearby, exchange rates and interesting places.
Aviasales
Aviasales includes top useful travel apps. The beauty of the app for tourists is that it can help you find and buy tickets for air travel at the lowest price. The application is multifunctional and contains a lot of useful information. Tickets from over 700 airlines are available for purchase in one app. Regular, charters, low-cost airlines - everything is here. It was also Aviasales that was the first to introduce the function of choosing air tickets without luggage. The mobile application for tourists can be downloaded from the App Store, Google Play and Windows Phone. Installation links:
Hotellook
Hotellok is the best app for travel and tourism. With it, you can choose and book a hotel anywhere in the world. The application for tourists allows you to compare prices for rooms on different sites. There are many filters and a handy hotel map. Moreover, you can book a room not only on well-known sites, but even with tour operators who sell pre-purchased hotel rooms.
Tripinsurance
Tripinsurance is a new application for tourists who care about their health. Here you can view your insurance for traveling abroad and buy it at a discount, get a doctor's consultation online, call the insurance for free through the application, write to chat or email.
BlaBlaCar
BlaBlaCar is a useful travel app that every traveler needs, especially those on a budget. It offers services to find fellow travelers anywhere. Allows travelers to reach their destination at a small price, as well as save on gasoline for drivers.
TouristEye
Convenient mobile travel app TouristEye. This service specializes in travel planning. This is your personal guide to any city and country in the world. You no longer need to book someone's hiking trips, but you can choose what you want to see yourself, plan the time and all the details.
Couchsurfing
Couchsurfing is another sensational mobile application for tourists, the essence of which is to find free accommodation for the traveler. Ranked among the world's top travel apps. You just need to register and fill out the required form. But it is worth considering that each tourist has his own rating, which affects whether you will be invited to their place or not.
WikiRoutes
WikiRoutes is one of the best travel apps. This is an online guide to transport around the world. Very convenient for traveling around Russia. All route options are indicated on the map, stops, fares. You can be absolutely sure of the honesty of this application, because the users themselves edit this directory. The prospect of getting lost in an unfamiliar city does not threaten the owners of such a mobile travel application.
CoPilot GPS
CoPilot GPS is an offline application for tourist drivers that plots the best routes for a trip. The useful travel app is well-optimized and supports real-time road quality information.
MAPS.ME
Maps Me— mobile application for travel, detailed and fast maps of the whole world. Absolutely everything - from a giant city to a small inconspicuous village. And most importantly, the application provides all this information offline. For the map to work, you need to download this area to your phone, and that's it. The location is determined by satellite. The map lays routes without the Internet. You can mark your interesting places.
HERE
HERE is another useful travel app that gets you directions. Allows the user to choose the best route. Suitable for any type of transport.
Free wifi finder
Free wifi finder is one of the top travel apps. With this application, everything is extremely simple and clear: it searches for the nearest wi-fi distribution points, which allows the traveler not to waste Internet traffic.
Google translate
Google translate- the famous best application for traveling around the world from the famous American corporation. It translates anything from any language to any language. Useful for travelers in overcoming the language barrier in any country.
SeatGuru
SeatGuru is a mobile travel application with which you can find out information regarding your aircraft: flight status and its number. Also in the application is available a map of the cabin, which marked the most comfortable seats.
GateGuru
GateGuru- this mobile travel application shows all the information regarding the airport. It will allow you not to get lost and shows places where you can spend time while waiting for a flight.
Redigo
Redigo is another useful travel app, offline travel guide and guide with maps for all countries available for download.
TripAdvisor City Guides
Tripadvisor is a series of mobile guides where users leave all the information: from choosing the best tickets to recommending a hotel. It is most useful if you are visiting a place for the first time and do not want to get lost or make the wrong choice.
food spotting
food spotting is a social mobile travel application that specializes in the selection and search of places to eat. Cafes, bars, restaurants - reviews of any institution in one application.
XE Currency
XE Currency– a mobile travel application monitors changes in the currency exchange and provides them to the user. Very convenient for people who keep their savings in other currencies. The application is able to work offline, as it saves all the information during the last access to the Internet.
Pin Drop
Pin Drop is a compass app that shows you the way to any bar in the world. You can mark your favorite places in it. So if you don't know where you want to spend the evening - just take a look at the map
flight radar
Many people know the computer version of this program. But there is also a mobile application flight radar for travel, able to track the flight route of any civil aircraft. The owner of this application is able to check his coordinates right during the flight.
trip it
trip it- an indispensable assistant for those who travel for a long time. The application for tourists allows you to plan a vacation or any other trip. The data is saved and at the right time the application will ask you to confirm your hotel or flight booking.
Now you know about the best mobile applications for tourists. All these travel apps will make your life and holidays in another country much easier. So do not postpone such adventures on the back burner. The world is too big and beautiful to waste time in one place. And if you have long consoled yourself with excuses that organizing a trip costs a lot of work, then everything is easier than you think! Travel and explore.
Today’s travelers are incredibly lucky, because now it’s much easier than it was once for our parents who went on the road - mobile applications come to the rescue that will help in almost any issue - they will find tickets, wi-fi, transfer everything, select a museum and a restaurant, save scanned documents.
During the trips, we have accumulated a lot of information on this topic and we decided to collect it into one big list of travel assistant apps.
Travel preparation apps
- PackPoint
It will help you get ready for a trip by making a list of things based on the number of days, distance and type of vacation.
- trip it
A travel planning application with which you can make a list of all the tasks and stages, both in preparation and during the trip.
- uPackingList
Another app that helps with fundraisers.
- Evernote
Electronic notepad, convenient for planning. Notes can be collected in any convenient form (photos, links, articles) and tagged by topic.
- Packing (+ TO DO)
Paid (75 rubles) application for iOs, which helps to get ready for the trip based on the goals, duration of the trip, as well as the weather in the host country.
- TravelSafe
An application that contains emergency phone numbers from any country in the world and can function without an internet connection. The cost of the application is 75 rubles.
- My eVault
An application that keeps copies of all documents required for a trip.
- XE Currency
Simple and convenient currency converter.
Off-line maps
- Maps.me
Detailed maps with points of interest. Downloaded maps of the country or city you need will work without an Internet connection. But it is very important (we came across this ourselves) to periodically check them for updates and download new versions, because if you have not updated the map of a country, then the route will not be built along it.
- City Maps 2Go
An application with maps that can function offline. Here you can create your own reviews, mark your favorite places and read the recommendations of other travelers. The app is currently only available in English.
- OsmAnd
Another detailed maps, with the ability to work without the Internet. The application has several modes - motorist, pedestrian and cyclist. The free version has a limit on the number of downloadable maps - 10 pcs.
Flight search apps
- AviaSales
- SkyscAnner
Such popular sites for choosing air tickets that they do not need a detailed description. Working with them is extremely simple and convenient - specify the date and destination you need in the search, and the program itself selects flight options for various airlines.
- AnyWayAnyDay (AWAD)
Another free and handy application that scans and provides data for more than 800 airlines.
- Kayak
An application that will help you not only choose and book tickets, but also select a hotel or car for rent.
- Momondo
An efficient and high-quality search engine for cheap tickets. By the way, we use it most of the time.
- SeatGuru
An app from the makers of TripAdvisor that helps you book seats with tickets you've already purchased.
Travel Accommodation Applications
- Airbnb
Provides offers for renting apartments or villas from individuals.
- Booking
Helps to choose and book hotels, apartments, villas.
- Couchsurfing
An app that helps you find free accommodation.
- Expedia
An application for searching and booking hotels and air tickets, cars and even entertainment. It functions in many languages, but, unfortunately, Russian is not among them.
- hotels.com
Free application with a database of more than 200,000 hotels around the world.
Airport assistant apps
- Lounge Buddy
He will tell you what to do at the airport, what entertainment it has and where to find a recreation area.
- FlightHero
An application with a board of departures / arrivals, airport maps, as well as information about traffic jams near airports and about the flight (aircraft location, altitude, speed, etc.). It has the largest information base on flights and airports among all similar AppStore applications.
- GateGuru
Contains information about shops, cafes and restaurants in more than 180 airports. Available in English only.
Guide apps
- TouristEye
A planner that helps you plan your route by including sights, parks, cafes, restaurants. Help with the choice and reservation of hotels. You can create your route based on the experience of other users. Available in English and Spanish.
- triposo
It will help generate your itinerary and give information about places of interest. Can work offline. Available in English.
- Wikitude
The application is synchronized with the phone's camera and when it is pointed at a building or object, it provides information on it based on data from other sites (Wikipedia, TripAdvisor, Yelp). Available in several European languages, but there is no Russian version.
- Redigo
An application that has all the necessary information: information about the country, maps with attractions, a phrase book. Can work without the Internet, available in Russian.
- Afisha-Mir
A multifunctional application that can be not only an off-line guide, but also allows you to keep a travel diary, share photos and tips with other users. It works somewhat differently than other applications: you first prepare your individual route on the mir.travel website, and then download it to your phone.
- Tagwhat
An unusual travel guide application in which information about places of interest is contained in the form of small articles and stories sorted by tags (topics). Available in English.
- MapMyRide
An application that will help you build a cycling route.
- tripadvisor
A mega-popular application that contains information about attractions, hotels, restaurants, entertainment complexes, as well as reviews and ratings of those who have already been there.
- City Guides by National Geographic
Another guide from the world famous geographical magazine. Available in English
- friendly cities
Guide to major cities of the world, which tells about the sights and events: exhibitions, festivals. The application is paid (299 rubles), and its uniqueness compared to free ones is that local residents talk about cities - they often give recommendations that you will not find in other guidebooks. Available in Russian.
- world explorer
The program finds and tells all about the sights that are located from you within a radius of 900 km, sorting them by distance. Available in Russian.
- TopTripTip
Detailed guide to Russia. It contains descriptions of sights, natural objects, audio guides with ready-made routes. The application can work offline.
Logistics
- SixT
An application with which you can rent a car of any category.
- ParkMe Parking
An application that will help you find parking in an unfamiliar city, will give information about the cost of parking and will keep track of the time after you park your car. Available in English and Portuguese.
- Railteam Mobile
A program to help you plan your train journey through Europe. Available in English, German, French and Dutch.
- Metroshka
A handy application with maps of the world's largest subways. It is enough to point the camera at the street where you are standing and the application will tell you which is the nearest station and lay a route to it. Contains information about the metro of Moscow, St. Petersburg, London, Paris, Berlin, Munich, Kyiv, Minsk, Washington, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles (the list is updated periodically)
Metro24
- Moovit
Application with information about public transport routes in 800 cities around the world. The program builds the best route for you, warns you when a stop is approaching, and updates information about delays and cancellations in real time.
A similar app for Android is offi
Applications for finding restaurants and cafes
- food spotting
Helps you find the nearest restaurant that has the food you want at the moment. Available in English, Spanish and Japanese.
- LocalEats
The application has a good selection of local, non-touristic restaurants. Cost - 75 rubles, available in English.
- Yelp
Another place to look for a place where you can eat tasty and inexpensive. This application provides information on non-chain original restaurants and cafes.
Translation apps
- Word lenses
A translator app that syncs with your phone's camera and translates the text you point it at. The program works offline.
- Google translate
The most popular and extensive translator, which, however, requires the Internet.
- iHiT LITE
Translator with voice acting that can work offline.
Apps to find wi-fi
- WiFi Map
Helps you find the nearest wi-fi points and tells you their password. An extended version of "Pro" is available (cost 379 rubles)
- Free wifi finder
Another wi-fi search engine that works in 104 countries around the world. Shows in which nearest institution there is free Internet and builds a route to it on the map.
If you have any additions to the list, please share them in the comments!
According to the calendar, summer is in full swing, but the weather is still frankly not pampering us with warmth. If you are tired of rains, winds and cloudy skies, then it's time to gather in sunny lands. Even if urgently, and quite unexpectedly for himself. Last summer, we were looking for apps to help us buy the cheapest tickets to travel. And now, in order to save not only money, but also time, we offer you a selection of applications with which you can purchase ready-made cheap tours to all over the world.
Hot tours
It seemed like a long way to go. By searching for "hot tours" App Store gives a list of applications with the same name. In fact, the essence of the programs, of course, is similar, but the level of service quality and trust in resources is different.
For example, "Hot tours" from Solncetur.ru quite often receive laudatory reviews in reviews. The application works on the principle of an aggregator, choosing the cheapest offers in the tourism sector. Moreover, "cheap" in this case is not synonymous with "budget" rest. That is, you can look for both a simple hotel without food, and a 5-star service, just the offers themselves from Hot Tours will be cheaper than analogues from other tour operators.
When asked how this is possible in principle, the developers answer that the secret of the application is in combining automatic and manual search. The user sets the travel parameters, and then, in parallel with the aggregator, more than 100 specialists from the Solncetur tour operator begin to work.
By the way, you can look for vouchers with departure from 30 cities of Russia. Despite the name "Hot Tours", the application also offers early booking options, as well as the ability to subscribe to updates on offers in a specific direction or even order a tour package. For this, the application has a special feedback section.
In the application, you can specify not only the main parameters of the trip, but also additional wishes. For example, the possibility of accommodation in a room with a pet.
In the event that the currently available offers do not suit you, in the "notifications" section you can create your own "voucher" with the necessary parameters. When a suitable option is found, the user will receive a push notification.
In theory, everything sounds very sweet. But here in the reviews of App Store users, complaints come across every other time that the prices for package tours in the application quite often do not correspond to reality. True, we are mainly talking about offers of a week or even a month ago. However, if you do decide to try the app, keep that in mind.
Other hot tours
Another option "Hot tours", judging by the reviews in the App Store, causes more trust among the audience.
Actually, in the description of the application, the developers emphasize that information about the cost and availability of vouchers is always 100% up-to-date.
The application searches the bases of more than 60 operators, including Biblioglobus, Pegas, Anex, Coral, Sunmar, Tez tour, Intourist, TUI.
You can book the tour you like and go straight to checkout. In addition, free consultations of specialists of the tourism industry on resorts and travel conditions are provided.
Hot deals are updated every hour.
Fly.ru
This application is a mobile version of the Sletat.ru portal. The service works with more than 130 Russian tour operators. In real time, you can find a tour by the parameters of interest, including travel dates, tour cost, hotel stars and type of food.
In the application, you can also find hotel reviews from real tourists, see photos, maps of the area. If you prefer to make the final decision offline, then the application will tell you the nearest travel agency where you can come and book a ticket.
The developers guarantee the reliability of information about the cost of the tour due to the special function of checking the price at the time of the user's request. There is no chance to buy into outdated prices.
The Sletat.ru database contains more than 80 thousand hotels with descriptions, photos, full information about services and reviews.
Separately, it is worth canceling the intuitive interface that does not require knowledge of the English language or special skills.
Even a user who has never previously worked with mobile applications will be able to understand the program. Recommended for the older generation.
Aloha, pirates!
This is how users of the popular travel app Pirates.ru greet each other. The Pirates.ru Internet resource has existed since the end of 2012. And at the end of last year, the guys developed a mobile application.
Since the release, the application has undergone several updates, the main bugs and errors of the first version of the program for iOS have been eliminated.
Pirates also give the user the opportunity to subscribe to a tour search, and you can select notifications both under the heading Tickets / Tours / Hotels, or simply by the region of departure.
There is another option for choosing a trip - monitor all the latest updates and navigate by price. This method is more suitable for those whose vacation is not tied to the family, vacation schedules, etc.
You can search on your own, or you can order a selection and receive push notifications.
What is important, Pirates.travel resources (Piratesru.com & Holidaypirates.ru) are not travel agencies, the sites themselves do not sell services, and therefore you can be sure that they are not engaged.
Here is a review, for example, the application received from National Geographic: “Your own travel agency” is, in fact, the motto of the Pirates. They have collected all the special offers from airlines, hotels and travel agencies under one roof ... The service is good both when you are looking for something specific, and when you have a weekend or vacation, but no ideas.”
In addition to the direct search for tours, Pirates have a blog about recreation and travel. There you can find tips on applying for a visa, about the mistakes of tour operators that you can save on, about bonus miles programs from airlines, and more.
In general, an excellent service to help a novice traveler.
By the way, a lot of tours in the application come across from the leveltravel website. The site has also long established itself as an excellent search engine for cheap travel deals, but has not yet acquired its own application. "Pirates" partially eliminate this omission.
Leveltravel is praised in reviews for quality customer support. Employees of the company advise in detail on tours, if necessary, help with visas, provide round-the-clock customer support on all issues of his trip, whether it is a change in price, recreation conditions, flight delays, etc. Notifications can be received by email and SMS.
Couchsurfing
As an alternative to an organized holiday, you can also take the risk and organize your trip entirely on your own.
In essence, Couchsurfing is a kind of social network for travelers from all over the world. The bottom line is that people find each other according to their interests, write off and offer visitors to stay with local residents: get to know the culture, sights, traditions, etc.
The application has a convenient search by region and other important parameters. The results contain a lot of useful information about the participants: the language spoken by the person, interests, education, hobbies, life position, favorite films, books, music, etc. You can also view lists of other people's friends, leave and receive recommendations, comments and reviews about the guest or host. All this makes it possible to get to know a person quite well even before starting a correspondence.
Interestingly, with the help of the application you can become both a traveler and a host if you want to make new friends and show them your hometown.
The application will be especially useful for those who would like to practice their English, since it is on it that the communication in the program takes place.
I think it is not necessary to explain that Couchsurfing is a rather specific type of recreation, it is rather a lifestyle. It can be recommended to those for whom living conditions are not important, and most importantly - to spend time and make new acquaintances as much as possible on a budget and with benefit.
There are currently more than 12 million travel enthusiasts in the Couchsurfing database in more than 230,000 cities around the world.
Haven't packed your bags yet?
Then here is a bonus application for you, which can facilitate and significantly speed up the process of collecting for vacation. iReady Trip is a virtual suitcase in which you can put all the necessary things in advance in the form of a list, and then pack real bags.
The app comes with lists of over 250 items by default. Very convenient division into categories of recreation.
You can create lists for the beach, business trip, traveling with a child, hiking, etc.
The smart program itself can suggest the required number of things, depending on the duration of the trip. The dilemma of how many pairs of socks to take for a 5-day trip is no longer relevant 🙂 .
Conveniently, you can create several lists, and then simply edit them for the future, based on the experience of the trip.
In general, have a great holiday and a bright summer!