What we most probably use is Google Maps: roaming or wi-fi permitting it’s difficult to do without online maps. Then there are the apps to find accommodation and those with reviews written by users, useful for not going blind in places we have never been before.
But there are quite a few apps that can make our relationship with the world less complicated, so here are some that I recommend you try.

Google Trips

It does not fit into the #badonelli style of the most complete improvisation when moving, but if instead you are the type of person who prepares for each trip by drawing each itinerary in detail, Google Trips allows you to do it without the hassle of having to print everything: the app collects all travel information from Gmail and organizes it automatically. It also offers half-day or one-day itineraries and, above all, it works completely offline, so you don’t have to worry about arriving in a new country and having to find a wifi hotspot before you can find out where you are going.

Sidekix

Sidekix is a route planner helps you find your way to somewhere based on your interests and preferences. Are you looking for a street cafe or pharmacy? Do you prefer the cultural route to the fast one? Sidekix is ​​full of suggestions taken by local people (so-called “local”) and currently operates in around 100 cities, but new ones are added every week.

Geosure

How safe is the place where we are? Geosure is an app for “personal security”, which based on the position, provides you with a security score that reflects health risks, possible political problems, environmental threats, food risks and even information on the possibility of theft and aggression that occurred in the area. All useful information … even if not peremptory.

Cool Cousin

As the title suggests, it’s a bit like having a cool cousin in cities like Barcelona, ​​New York, Paris, Tel Aviv … Cool Cousin offers a series of tips on what to do and what to see by experienced residents (and a little hipster) off the beaten track in more than 60 destinations: their suggestions are not what you would find in a tour guide, but if you are looking for new trendy places in emerging neighborhoods, you will like them.

Tunnel Bear

If you want to play streaming movies outside your home country, but above all to keep your Internet connection safe while you are abroad – and you should do it if you connect to many random wifi spots – then you will need to use a VPN (virtual private network ). The VPNs hide our IP address and location and act as a “tunnel” in another country, bypassing censorship as well. There are many apps to choose from, but TunnelBear is particularly easy to use, and has a free version if you don’t use a lot of data, or simply want to test it before becoming premium.

Rome2Rio

When traveling globally, route planning can be a bit more complicated than just taking a train or plane. Do you need to understand how to get from A to B, when A and B are on different continents?Rome2Rio is the right app. With information on the route of over 4,800 transport operators in over 158 countries, it instantly shows you flights, trains, buses, ferries and driving options with estimated travel times and rates.

Hopper

Another application that uses big data and predictive algorithms in air transport. The strength of Hopper (nothing to do with the great American realist painter) is the use of a huge database of airline prices and historical trends to predict when prices to a destination will probably be lower, when it’s likely to change, and the best time to buy a ticket. Just choose the date or destination and the app will advise you if it is worth buying them now or waiting, showing you the dates when it is cheaper to fly, and estimating price changes. Low cost in short but with a bit more intelligence.

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