Apart from preparing physically and mentally, one of the preparations for a vacation is knowing and having a travel app. Especially for me as an independent solo traveler, I have to know many travel apps as my guide. There are various traveling apps that you can download for free, including applications for managing budgets, compiling itineraries, booking hotels, and buying tourist tickets.
Not only that, but you can also use applications to book public transportation such as trains, planes, and even ships and control expenses while traveling. This traveling application certainly makes your vacation plans easier.
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The 15 Best Travel Apps For Solo Traveler
Here are the travel apps a traveler must know to help simplify your vacation plans.
1. Hotel and Airplane App
Another travel app you must install on your smartphone is the hotel and flight booking application. You can choose Indonesian-owned applications such as Traveloka, Tiket.com, Reddoorz, and others. Or use broader applications such as Agoda, AirBnB, and others. Some travel apps can only book hotels and transportation tickets, and some even provide all services.
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2. App In The Air - Flight Schedule
The first travel app you must have is App In The Air. This application will help you remember the departure schedule of the plane you are about to board and provide flight schedules in real-time. In addition, this flight schedule reminder application will provide information about the terminal and at what gate the plane you are traveling on will depart.
The App In The Air application will direct you to find the position of the gate and terminal like a map. This application is a must-have for travelers who are forgetful and have disoriented directions, like me.
3. Klook - Discounts
If you are a traveler, this travel app with various discounts is a must-have on your phone. This application has many promos for airline tickets, restaurants, events, and more, which are now getting crowded in Indonesia. We can even become content creators in this Klook app. We can also submit our travels, and they will offer cooperation through this application.
4. TripAdvisor - Ratings and Reviews
This travel app is really useful for me. Several times abroad, I searched for hotel reviews using TripAdvisor. So far, this is a useful and trustworthy application for providing reviews of hotels worldwide. In addition, this app, which has a community, can also provide information about reviews and ratings of places to eat.
5. Wego, Skyscanner - Cheap Airline Tickets
Wego and Skyscanner are two travel apps that provide information about airline tickets from the cheapest to the most expensive. This travel app helps you find the cheapest prices from various airlines. Especially for Wego, there are also options regarding cheap hotels.
6. Easy Currency - Foreign Currency Rates
This is a pretty important app for me. This travel app helps you find out the currency exchange rate in the destination country, especially in countries that we rarely visit and do not commonly use US Dollars. This travel app can change the exchange rate into 180 currencies worldwide. In addition to Easy Currency, there are other currency applications, such as XE Currency or Currency Converter.
7. Trabee Pocker - Travel Expenses
Trabee Pocker one of the best travel apps that useful for those who can't control their spending. This app will help you control your expenses while traveling. Trabee Pocker can be used in various currencies. This financial app will provide detailed information in the form of informative graphs about your various expenses while traveling, including accommodation expenses, transportation, meals, and others.
8. Transportation App
If you travel within Indonesia, you can download Gojek, Grab, or Maxim to travel to hotels or tourist attractions. You can also use modern transportation in Jakarta, which already has an application for ticket purchase, like for MRT, LRT, and KRL. Uber is an online transportation service you must install while traveling abroad. The Uber application can be used in many countries, making travel smoother and easier.
9. Maps - Online Map
The next travel app is Google Maps. This road travel app is very familiar in various countries as a road guide. This online map application will help direct you to your destination, including tourist attractions or culinary places, hotels, and others. The good thing is that Google Maps can be used without the internet by downloading a map of the place you are going to visit.
Apart from this application, there are many other direct applications that you can use when traveling. For example, there is Waze, Polaris GPS, and MAPS.ME. All of these online map apps have their own advantages and disadvantages. Waze's forte is knowing the rat race, while Polari GPS and MAPS. ME are the winners for remote areas.
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10. Circa - Time Zone
One of my must-have travel apps is Circa. It's really helpful for me to know the time in real-time. Since the time zone in each country is different, the Circa app helps to provide accurate, real-time local time zone information.
So, go on vacation but still have an online appointment with office people, family, or friends. You can use this Circa application to see the time accurately in Indonesia and our destination country. There will be no more miscommunication about time.
11. Packpoint - List of Items
The next travel apps that I must have is Packpoint. If this is your first time traveling, and you are still confused about what items to bring, relax. Now comes the Packpoint travel app, which will help you choose what items to bring when visiting tourist destinations.
This application will suggest several items that must be brought according to the duration of the trip, weather conditions, and the kind of tours you will do there, there are guaranteed to be no more missed items.
12. Save Travel - Security App
This travel app is a special application for Indonesian citizens traveling abroad. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued this application as a form of protection for Indonesian citizens traveling abroad. This application can be used not only for traveling but also for those who study or work abroad and for Muslims who perform the Hajj or Umrah.
13. Accuweather - Weather
This travel app provides information about the weather around the tourist destination you are visiting. The method is very easy, enter the vacation location in the Accuweather application, and then this application will display the weather up to the temperature in that place.
The presence of this application is very helpful, as it allows you to prepare many things. Starting from the time to leave for the tourist location and going to the clothes to wear there. This will help with what type of clothes you must bring. If the temperature is cold, you must bring warm clothes, and vice versa.
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14. Trover - Photo Sharing
Trover is a special travel app for sharing vacation photos. It's just like Instagram or other social media, except it's specifically for travelers. You can see various reviews of tourist attractions, perfect for those whose hobbies are traveling and photography. This Trover application also has reviews of recommended culinary places.
15. Winnie - Kids Traveling App
This travel app is perfect for traveling with kids. It provides information on tourist attractions, hotels, restaurants, and fun activities for kids. The app can also connect with other travelers to exchange information during the trip, so all travelers can exchange information about travel experiences.
Those 15 recommended best travel apps must be on your smartphone when traveling. They are suitable for solo travelers, especially women. The above travel applications will be very helpful for people from leaving home to returning home. Which one of the travel apps have you ever used for traveling? Please comment below.
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