Favorite Travel Apps for 2016
Since travel apps seem to come and go faster than fashion trends, I decided it is time to update my list of favorite apps I use when traveling. I still recommend these from last year, but here are some of my new favorite travel apps that landed on my phone this year. Hopefully, you will love them as much as I do.
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Favorite Travel Apps for 2016
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Little Peanut on the Go
This app is great for communicating with caregivers when you are traveling or planning for a sitter. Little Peanut on the Go allows you to plan for packing, sharing schedules, and providing emergency contact information. My husband and myself have used it on several occasions to share our children’s schedules when I am away from home. I create a plan with the schedule and share it with him via the app so he can see where everyone needs to be at any given time. Little Peanut on the Go also has the ability to build packing lists and to-do lists. All it takes is a one-time in-app purchase to have the convenience of sharing information with any caregiver of your choice.
Rome2rio
Rome2rio is a trip planner that helps you discover how to get anywhere. You enter any town, address or landmark as your destination and Rome2rio dsiplays flight, train, bus, ferry and driving options with estimated travel times and fares. It’s fun to just play around and dream some days about all the travel adventures you can have or even use it to plan your next vacation.
Yelp
trivago
The trivago app is the world’s largest hotel search engine. The app compares over 900,000 deals from more than 250 booking sites daily to find the lowest rates, even at the last minute. Easy to use, some of the deals I have found are real bargains. I like how you can see reviews from all the different search engines together in one place, so you know if the hotel is a good choice. One of the newer apps I’m using, but definitely enjoying.
Waze

When you want to stay in touch overseas and don’t want to pay exorbitant fees, download WhatsApp, put your phone on airplane mode, and do all your communicating over WiFi. WhatsApp allows for phone calls and texting via WiFi, with relatively clear calls and quick texts. We’ve used in Europe and Mexico and would highly recommend.
Duolingo

As soon as we know we are traveling to a foreign country, we start teaching ourselves and our children some key phrases for our travels. Duolingo is the one app we’ve found where the kids don’t complain about learning the language. They love playing the games! The app offers free Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, and Dutch with more in the pipeline. Definitely a worthwhile app to have before and during a trip abroad.
City Maps 2Go
Skyscanner
Tripcase
*All of these apps are available on both the iOS and Android operating systems.
Do you have any favorite travel apps you would recommend?
Great roundup! I’d never heard about the Peanut one but will get that for next time I’m traveling without my kids. Also, I love Waze, Duolingo and Yelp!
Thanks so much for including Little Peanut on the Go! I’m so happy to hear you’re enjoying the app and that it’s helping you with your travels, with and without your kids!
I love this list! I just downloaded CityMaps2Go for our upcoming spring break trip to Durham, NC and Washington, DC. And I typed up trip itineraries last week in Excel for that trip and an anniversary trip to Italy this year. But I’m going to try using Tripcase for those too. Thanks for sharing this great information!
You’re welcome. I think apps can be so helpful! Safe travels!
Definitely look into the Peanut on the Go app. I’ve enjoyed using it instead of writing out all the notes!
I’ve heard good things about WhatsApp – I may need to have my daughter get that for her trip to Europe in June. Such great resources here, Kirsten. I used City Maps 2Go last summer, probably at your suggestion!
Awesome roundup! I’ve used WhatsApp before and thought it was great but definitely want to download TripCase before my upcoming Holland adventure. Thanks for sharing and stopping in from SITS Sharefest today 🙂
These apps are fantastic! We travel a fair bit as a family and I’m sure that some of these will come in handy. Found your post on SITS Sharefest
Charlotte, where are you going in Holland? It’s such a marvelous place to visit!
Ooooh I like that Rome2Rio app! And I looooove WhatsApp. I use it all the time, especially overseas!
I still swear by TripIt, too 😉 LOL!
Thanks Nicole. Happy they will be helpful!
Sweet roundup, Kirsten! Spring and summer travel seasons are coming up, so I can definitely see myself using Waze (which I love) more and asking my kids to spend time on Duolingo. Cool ideas!
The one travel app I constantly use when I travel (both business and pleasure, and alone and with my kids) is HelloTel App. It’s a social network for travelers, where you can “check in” to a hotel and then discover other users around you. It’s a great app to connect with other travelers and to meet interesting people, as well as get tips for family friendly activities. I hope you check it out, because I love using it.
Thanks for the suggestion. I will have to check it out!
Wow, downloading now!