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iPad as a useful travelling companion

U3A NORTH GOLD COAST 8 & 15 SEP 2017

PREPARED BY CHRISTINE & ROBERT

IPAD AS A USEFUL TRAVELLING COMPANION

PURPOSE OF TODAY’S CLASS

▸ Show you what type of APPs are available for Travel

▸ Many of the same type to choose from, try before you go..

www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/best-travel-apps/


TODAY’S AGENDA

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▸ Australia.GOV.AU

▸ And there’s more…..

▸ Use to book accommodation

▸ Check weather

▸ Use maps

▸ Language translator

▸ Keep in touch with family & friends

▸ Security tips & keep information safe

▸ Music library

GET YOUR DATA THROUGH WI-FI AND MOBILE DATA

SKYSCANNER

BOOKING AND GETTING AROUND

▸ Flights, hotels, rental cars —

Skyscanner has got you

covered. The app searches for

the most affordable and best

options via its travel partners.

▸ You can see the cheapest dates

to fly through a month view

calendar, and you can also

get alerts when prices change


KAYAK


▸ Kayak searches across various

travel sites for rental cars,

hotels, and flights. Kayak often

has exclusive deals you won’t

find on other sites, and you can

set price alerts and use Price

Forecast to see whether you

should buy now or wait.

▸ Kayak also acts as a trip

planner, offering up important

details at a glance like your

hotel confirmation number or

gate number.


HOPPER


▸ you can look at the cheapest

dates to fly via a month-view

calendar, but Hopper prides

itself on telling you when to buy

your tickets via push

notifications.

▸ The company claims it can save

you up to 40 percent on your

next flight, and that’s all done by

analyzing and tracking billions of

flights.

▸ The user interface is simple,

and Hopper says you can book

a flight in 60 seconds or less. www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/best-travel-apps/

AIRBNB


▸ The app undercuts hotels by

offering far cheaper prices, and

a more authentic experience by

staying with a local, or their

home.

▸ The app recently added a new

feature called Trips, which offers

Experiences to choose from

during your stay — these are

curated events you can partake

in with local guides.


HOTEL TONIGHT


▸ Airbnb fall through? Flight get

delayed at your layover? You

never know what will happen

with your booking, and Hotel

Tonight is a reliable service that

thrives on last minute deals.

▸ The company says its partnered

hotels offer it discounts on

empty rooms, and you’ll be able

to book one in under 10

seconds.

▸ You also get 24/7 customer

service from the Hotel Tonight

team, in case something goes

awry. www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/best-travel-apps/

UBER


▸ Active in about 77 countries and 527

cities, Uber is the global king of ride-

sharing apps.

▸ The app pioneered on-demand

services, and it can be particularly

handy when you’re abroad.

▸ You can quickly request a car directly

within the app after perusing an

assortment of differing vehicle rates

and fare quotes.

▸ Afterward, you can connect with your

personal driver, track the approaching

car’s location, and securely pay your

fair using a credit card.

GOOGLE MAPS


▸ Google Maps is widely-regarded as

one of the best navigation apps

around.

▸ You’ll find it fairly reliable in offering

up local public transportation options

in many countries, and you can also

download specific areas for offline

use.

▸ You can also use Maps to look at

when places like museums or

restaurants close, and as of a recent

update, you can check to see how

busy a place is in real time. www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/best-travel-apps/

CITYMAPPER


▸ With a growing list of countries under

its belt, Citymapper is one of the best

tools to find and utilize public

transportation.

▸ It connects with a few ride-sharing

services, offers the fastest way to

arrive at your destination, and best of

all, you can check out subway and

train times offline for a number of

cities.

▸ You can subscribe to specific train or

bus lines, and the app can even alert

you when you need to get off —

handy when you’re riding for the first

time in a new country.. www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/best-travel-apps/

PACKPOINT

PREPARATION AND FINDING PLACES

▸ Making a checklist of everything you

need to pack can be useful, but what

if one’s already made for you?

▸ PackPoint looks at the weather

forecast for the dates and location of

your trip.

▸ It will also ask you to select activities

you may participate in during your

trip, like a meeting for business, a

swim at a pool, or a fancy dinner.

▸ It will then offer up a list of items you

should pack based on these

activities, along with general items

you’d need on any trip. www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/best-travel-apps/

XE CURRENCY


▸ While it’s not the prettiest app, XE

Currency is one of the more robust

currency converter apps available for

both iOS and Android.

▸ It’s constantly being updated and

offers live exchange rates

▸ What’s neat is that it can store the

most recent rates so you can access

them if your device is offline.


MOBILE PASSPORT


▸ Traveling to the U.S.? Mobile Passport

is officially authorized by the U.S.

Customs and Border Protection, and it

lets you skip the regular line to enter the

country.

▸ These lines can get long, so all you

need to do skip them is download this

app and add your passport information

— you can do this quickly by scanning it

with your phone’s camera.

▸ Mobile Passport is accepted at 20

airports in the U.S.

GOOGLE TRIPS


▸ Google’s relatively-new Trips app can pull

reservations from your email — it can add

hotel bookings, car rental details, and more.

▸ In doing so, it creates an underlying

framework for your trip without you having to

do much. Once it’s set up, you can browse

through the app to look at curated day trips,

suggested and popular places to visit or eat

at, and you can plan your whole day.

▸ Trips lets you store this data offline as well,

so you can access at your itinerary and

important information at any time.

TRIPADVISOR


▸ TripAdvisor is a catch-all app when it comes

to travel. You can quickly peruse millions of

reviews, opinions, videos, and photos

pertaining to just about anything related to

your trip — bars, restaurants, hotels, airlines,

and more.

▸ You can use TripAdvisor’s Near Me function

to find well-reviewed places close by,

▸ but the best feature the app has to offer is

the number of countries it supports — it’s

just everywhere, making it a necessary

guide for every traveller.

YELP


▸ Yelp has officially become the Yellow Pages

of restaurant and bars, and its use extends

not just in the U.S., but all around the world.

▸ Its most powerful feature is the sheer

number of reviews housed in the app — it’s

an excellent resource for when you’re

looking to hit some of the best spots in the

country you’re visiting.

▸ Yelp also offers hours of operation, a phone

number for listings, and sometimes even a

menu, so you can be as prepared as

possible before heading out.

GOOGLE TRANSLATE

LANGUAGE AND DAY-TO-DAY APPS

▸ The app provides translations, now more

conversational thanks to machine learning,

between 103 different languages, allowing

you to listen to translations out loud and

translate dictation and your own handwriting

on-screen.

▸ You can star your favourite words or phrases

for offline access, or view dictionary results

for a single word or phrase. Translate also

lets you leave a persistent notification so you

can translate quickly in any other app.

DUOLINGO


▸ If you’ve booked your trip months ahead of

time, try tackling the country’s language in

Duolingo.

▸ It offers beginner level courses, but it’s

also a great tool for those looking to brush

up on a language.

▸ You can also chat with bots in select

languages, and this can particularly be

helpful when you’re trying to learn the

phrases you’re likely to use the most

abroad.

▸ You can take placement tests to move up

levels to tougher sections.

MEMRISE


▸ Memrise has more languages than

Duolingo, and the app also uses

mnemonics to help you memorize

words and phrases.

▸ The company says the app adapts to

your learning style over time, and best

of all there’s a pro version that lets you

unlock even more features, such as an

offline mode.

CIRCA


▸ If you’re travelling through multiple

countries in a short period, it can be a

little tricky to keep track of the time.

▸ Circa is a beautiful and simple

timezone tracker that lets you check

what time it is where you are, and

where you’re heading.

▸ You can also add your home time, in

case you want to keep in touch with

people back home. The app will show

times that overlap where both parties

should be awake.

WHATSAPP


▸ WhatsApp has more than a billion

users, and it’s highly likely you’ll run

into someone abroad that uses the

service.

▸ Chances are they don’t use SMS,

unlike the States. Having the app

installed before heading on your trip

can be useful in case you make new

friends and need a quick way to chat

with them.

▸ It’s also an easy way to keep in touch

with people back home. You’ll still need

a data connection or Wi-Fi to be able to

send messages.

EXPENSIFY


▸ On a business trip? Expensify will solve

all your expense-related problems.

Create a report and start adding every

receipt — you can do this manually, or

use your phone’s camera to scan the

receipt and have the app fill information

in.

▸ Once your trip is complete, all you

need to do is email the full report to

your supervisor — they’ll see every

receipt, and a quick breakdown of how

much you need to be reimbursed.

HOTSPOT SHIELD FREE PRIVACY & SECURITY VPN PROXY


▸ In your travels, you may find that certain

countries block select websites, like Facebook

and Google.

▸ One way to get around them is to use a VPN,

or a virtual private network, to securely access

those blocked sites. Hotspot Shield doesn’t

require you to log in, and has a wide coverage

that includes 17 countries.

▸ Your information is completely private, and

connecting to a VPN is dead simple — it just

requires a single tap.

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MONITORING THE HOME


LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR


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TV & NETFLIX, ENTERTAINMENT ON THE PLANE


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TRAVEL: PACK, ACCOMMODATION

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KEEP IN TOUCH WITH FAMILY & FRIENDS


Users can send messages and exchange photos,

videos, stickers, audio, and files, as well as react to

other users' messages and interact with bots. The

service also supports voice and video calling.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_over_IP

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotelephony


MOVIES, MAGAZINES AND BOOKS ON THE GO

MUSIC LIBRARY

GAMES



SUMMARY

▸ So many apps to download to enjoy on your iPad while

travelling

▸ Keep iPad secure with at least 6-digit passcode

▸ Upload important document to iCloud notes so you could

access them on any computer or device

▸ Lock your important notes in iCloud

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