The document discusses several mobile apps that can help enhance travel experiences. It describes apps such as Alaska Airlines that allow users to manage flights, Booking.com that provides accommodation bookings worldwide, and Citymapper that provides transportation arrival/departure times and route planning for major cities. Other mentioned apps include Gogobot for sharing travel plans and recommendations, Google Translate for translation assistance, Kamino for user-generated walking tours, and Utrip for building customized dream vacations. The document provides a concise overview of popular travel apps for tasks like transportation, lodging, translation, sightseeing and planning trips.

1. APPS FOR ENHANCING YOUR GETAWAYS
ALASKA AIRLINES
Android, iPhone, iPad;
alaskaair.com
We have an app for that!
Alaska Airlines makes
managing flights easy
with real-time updates
on arrivals and depar-
tures. Users are able to
book tickets, select seats
and check in to receive
mobile boarding passes.
BOOKING.COM
Android, iPhone, iPad,
Windows Phone;
booking.com/apps
More than 580,000
worldwide listings
range from hostels to
apartments to B&Bs to
luxury hotels. An easy
search function
allows users to
search by city,
landmark or hotel
name, and then
manage bookings.
Booking.com released
a new app in January,
Booking Now, which
allows users to find
quality accommodations
on short notice.
App, App and Away
Tech tools to help travelers
enjoy vacations By Tanya Friedland
It’s difficult to imagine a more appropriate use for
mobile technologies than for traveling, when you
are constantly seeking quick information on the
go. And with apps that address nearly every travel
situation—from finding where to eat or sleep to
figuring out what to do—making the most of
vacation time can be greatly enhanced. Whether a
traveler is looking to go abroad or stay stateside,
the following apps will be helpful from the plan-
ning stage through the plane trip home.
CITYMAPPER
Android, iPhone, iPad;
citymapper.com
With functions available
for major cities in the
U.S. and Europe,
Citymapper provides
real-time arrival and
departure info for various
forms of transportation,
plus route-planning and
other tools.
GOGOBOT
Android, iPhone, iPad;
gogobot.com/mobile
Gogobot allows travelers
to make and share plans
with friends, and to join
groups, called tribes.
The app generates
recommendations from
like-minded users about
where to stay and what
to see and do.
GOOGLE TRANSLATE
Android, iPhone, iPad;
translate.google.com
It may seem intuitive to
use Google Translate
while traveling, but the
app includes features
that many users forget,
including abilities to
translate spoken phrases,
handwriting, and pictures
of words taken by a
smartphone camera.
Google Maps, mean-
while, contains maps and
transit directions for
more than 15,000 cities.
KAMINO
iPhone, iPad;
gokamino.com
Explore cities on foot via
walking tours created by
other users—or create
tours yourself. The app
also has a trip-planning
feature that allows users
to save on local guide
services, read posts by
travel writers and book
accommodations.
UTRIP
Android, iPhone, iPad;
utrip.com
Utrip allows users to
build dream vacations by
entering basic data about
where they want to go,
how much they want to
spend and what their
interests are.
TOP TRAVEL APPS
Some of the most-
downloaded travel
apps on iTunes:
Foursquare foursquare.com
GasBuddy gasbuddy.com
HISTORY Here
history.com/interactives/
history-here
Kayak kayak.com/mobile
PayByPhone Parking
paybyphone.com/
mobile-apps
Skype WiFi wifi.skype.com
TripAdvisor tripadvisor.
com/apps
Viator Tours & Activities
m.viator.com/mobileapps
WhatsApp Messenger
whatsapp.com
A traveler uses
the Citymapper app.
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