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Want to book a yoga class in a foreign city? There’s an app for that. Looking for vegan, GF noms nearby? Yep, there’s an app for that too. Or want to know the best strategies for avoiding jet lag once you arrive at your holiday destination? Yep, there’s even an app for that - Me & My Travel Bugs

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The 5 Best Smartphone Travel Apps You May Not Know About (But Should)

Traveling without a smartphone seems almost unthinkable. Imagine: There was once a time when embarking on a road trip required a paper map, booking a hotel room meant you actually had to call the concierge, and word of mouth was pretty much all you had to rely on to find a great restaurant in a new city. Thankfully, in a day and age where smartphones are incorporated into most aspects of our lives, we don’t have to worry about doing any of this the old fashioned way. All of the tools we need to plan a memorable trip are literally in the palm of our hands.

You’re likely familiar with popular travel smartphone applications designed to help you book a flight or find a place to sleep…

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 The 5 Best Smartphone Travel Apps You May Not Know About (But Should)

Traveling without a smartphone seems almost unthinkable. Imagine: There was once a time when embarking on a road trip required a paper map, booking a hotel room meant you actually had to call the concierge, and word of mouth was pretty much all you had to rely on to find a great restaurant in a new city. Thankfully, in a day and age where smartphones are incorporated into most aspects of our lives, we don’t have to worry about doing any of this the old fashioned way. All of the tools we need to plan a memorable trip are literally in the palm of our hands.

8 Health and Fitness Apps Perfect for Travelers

If you’re trying to get in shape, especially while traveling, apps can be extremely helpful. When you’re on the road and not keeping a normal schedule, apps can provide workout routines, track your progress and, most of all, keep you accountable. From a personal trainer in your back pocket to intuitive calorie counters, these are eight of the best health and fitness apps you can download today.

8 Travel Apps To Make Your Next Trip Less Stressful

We know how stressful travel can be: Flight delays, lodging mishaps, language barriers can easily turn what was meant to be a relaxing trip into one big headache. But of course, there's an app for every travel annoyance, and equipping your smartphone before a big trip can make each step of your travels a whole lot less stressful.

10 Essential Apps For Healthy Travelers

As a super savvy traveler, you’ll probably have all the obvious travel apps littering your smartphone screen. But you might not be so well acquainted with a few of the healthier options out there. What I refer to as my essential apps for healthy travelers. Want to book a yoga class in a foreign city? There’s an app for that. Looking for vegan, GF noms nearby? Yep, there’s an app for that too. Or want to know the best strategies for avoiding jet lag once you arrive at your holiday destination? Yep, there’s even an app for that.

The 4 Best Apps for Combating Jet Lag

Jet lag can be one of the fastest killers of a great vacation. When you only have a few days in a new country, you don’t want to waste precious time sleeping. It isn’t always easy to recover when you’re jumping time zones. The fatigue, disorientation, and even nausea associated with jet lag can put a serious damper on your time away. Luckily, there’s an app for that. In fact, there’s more than one. Here are four apps to help you combat jet lag––or even skip it completely.

The Best iPhone Travel Apps to Download Before Travelling Abroad

On your travels, your iPhone can be your friend, philosopher, and guide. All you need is a couple of apps to plan your travel and to help you out when you’re abroad. Using awesome iPhone apps you’ll be able to get cheap flight tickets, book cheap accomodation, keep track of your itenerary and luggage, transalte any language on the fly and track your travel budget across multiple currencies.

Timeshifter

Jet lag is history. Developed by world-renowned scientists. Based on the latest sleep and circadian neuroscience. Used by astronauts and elite athletes. With Timeshifter, you can create your own personalized jet lag plans and arrive at your best.

Uplift

Based on 30 years of science, the Uplift app resyncs your body clock with a customized solution that takes about 5 minutes when you arrive in a new time zone.

Can I Eat This?

Montezuma’s revenge, Delhi belly, or travelers’ diarrhea—whatever you call it, an illness from unclean food or water can ruin your international trip. Help prevent travelers’ diarrhea and other illnesses by using CDC’s Can I Eat This? app. Select the country you’re in and answer a few simple questions about what you’re thinking about eating or drinking, and Can I Eat This? will tell you whether it’s likely to be safe.

HealthTap

Today, we've remained true to our mission even as we've evolved beyond just offering answers to providing a complete patient navigation system that guides consumers to the right care. It's been an incredible journey so far, and we've only just begun!

iFirstAid

"Nice basic informative app that tells users what to do if the situation happens. Can be a great app for young people or anybody who is unfamilar with First Aid techniques. Allows them to learn from and use on fly in case something happens."

Jet Lag Rooster

Reduce jet lag so you can enjoy your trip.

mPassport

mPassport connects you to quality care across the globe

My Travel Health

This App is based on content licensed from Mayo Clinic and helps travelers safeguard their health before, during and after travel. This App is developed by experienced travel medicine consultants from Mayo Clinic focusing on your health during travel and provides tips for preventing and handling illnesses while traveling.

Sanctifly

The app that aggregates all the healthy alternatives when travelling, including access to airport hotel gym, pool and spa facilities without having to book a room.

Sleep Cycle

A bio-alarm clock that analyzes your sleep patterns and wakes you when you are in the lightest sleep phase.

TravWell

CDC’s TravWell app helps you plan for safe and healthy international travel. Build a trip to get destination-specific vaccine recommendations, a checklist of what you need to do to prepare for travel, and a customizable healthy travel packing list. The app also lets you store travel documents, keep a record of your medications and immunizations, and set reminders to get vaccine booster doses or take medicines while you’re traveling.

VegOut

Every vegetarian knows that eating out can be a difficult task. VegOut makes this task easier by providing you with the world's largest international listing of vegan, vegetarian and vegetarian-friendly restaurants at your finger tips.

WhatsApp

Simple. Personal. Real Time Messaging. Text with friends around the globe without fear of racking up exorbitant overseas charges using the $0.99 lifesaver, WhatsApp. The messaging system is a great way to share videos and photos of your trip -- with no international charges.

Airbnb

Founded in August of 2008 and based in San Francisco, California, Airbnb is a trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book unique accommodations around the world — online or from a mobile phone.

Breather

Find beautiful, practical spaces that you can reserve on the go.

Foursquare

Foursquare makes apps that help people keep up and meet up with friends, and discover great places. Swarm is for people who want the fastest and easiest way to connect with their friends. The Foursquare app is for explorers who want to know about the best spots, and to share what they’ve found with others. Whether you're setting off on a trip around the world, coordinating a night out with friends, or trying to pick out the best dish at your local restaurant, Foursquare is the perfect companion.

GasBuddy

-Find the cheapest gas on the go — for free! -Locate gas stations near you and see their current gas prices. -For every gas price reported, you’ll earn points towards our prize give-away. -GasBuddy is a community of users working together to update gas prices.

Google Earth

Fly around the planet with a swipe of your finger with Google Earth for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Explore distant lands or reacquaint yourself with your childhood home. Search for cities, places, and businesses. Browse layers including roads, borders, places, photos and more. Visit the Earth Gallery to find exciting maps such as real-time

Google Translate

Translate words and phrases between more than 60 languages using Google Translate for iOS. For most languages, you can speak your phrases and hear the corresponding translations.

Haze

An amazing weather app with fluid animations and an audiovisual interface that is both beautifully simple, yet powerfully addictive.

Hipmunk

The fastest, easiest way to plan travel.

Hotel Tonight

Hotels give us last-minute deals on their unsold rooms, with discounts up to 70% You book the deals easily and securely on your smartphone

KAYAK

The #1 Mobile Travel App Compare hundreds of travel sites in seconds on your Smartphone or Tablet. Find the right flight, the perfect hotel, and even manage your itinerary or track your flight status.

Ness

The first personal search engine based on your unique tastes, preferences and personality. See why you'll love finding restaurants with Ness.

OpenTable

OpenTable is the only app that helps you make reservations at over 20,000 restaurants in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Explore great restaurants, find available tables, and earn reward points for every reservation.

Outbreaks Near Me

With HealthMap's Outbreaks Near Me application, you have all of HealthMap's latest real-time disease outbreak information at your fingertips. Open the app and see all current outbreaks in your neighborhood, including news about H1N1 influenza ("swine flu").

Spinlister

We're a peer-to-peer bike, ski, snowboard, SUP, and surfboard rental platform.

TrackMyTour

TrackMyTour lets you create an online map of your journey for family and friends to follow along. Thousands of travellers have already used TrackMyTour to chronicle and share their vacations, business trips, bike tours, hikes, road trips, and boat cruises.

TripAdvisor

Plan the perfect trip to the world's top cities. Get this free mobile city guide with the restaurants, attractions, hotels and reviews you love from TripAdvisor, stored in the app – no data roaming charges!

TripIt

All of your travel plans on-the-go! Access reservations, maps, and more on your favorite device.

Trivago

As the world’s largest hotel search, trivago compares over 900,000 deals from more than 250 booking sites daily on our mission to be and remain the travellers’ first and independent source for finding the ideal hotel at the lowest rates.

Yelp

Heading out? Bring Yelp with you! Find the best businesses around you, save money by discovering nearby deals, and share your experiences with Tips, Check-ins, and Photos.

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