Features needed in a Travel App

We were impressed with all the travel related apps that have been developed. However, I wondered if only just one of these app’s could have all of the features. Out of the several purposes that these travel apps serve, we have narrowed down 5 categories of apps that are a must during your travels.

1. A language guide app- It’s a great tool if you are traveling internationally and want to communicate with the locals. There are certain places in the world that do not accept any other language other than their own; people won’t even answer questions properly if you talk to them in English. For such places, one of these language guide apps can be a life saver.

2. Expense report apps- Unless you are Donald trump, or someone who owns a private plane & gets complimentary hotel stays, keeping track of your expenses in the in your own currency is an important part of responsible traveling.

3. Packing list apps- This is another very important app. Now you won’t forget to put that insect repellent

4. Wi-Fi Finder & Skype- This is probably the most important app during international traveling. Imagine how cheap and amazing it would be to find a perfect wi-fi spot and upload that important presentation for your collaboration team, or make a call to your family with Skype, without any pocket wrenching international calling plans or millions of coins for phones.

5. Apps that tell you about local joints – These apps tell you where you can find local, non touristy joints in a city. Examples of such apps are Where and Urban Spoon. We believe that these are more important than City Tour apps since most cities have their own awesome tours with guides of their own.

6. Apps that give status of your flight- Do we even need to explain why this is a must have app category?

Sources:
http://www.geeksugar.com/home?page=3#post_4524721
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/09/07/travel/0907-IPHONE_index.html

Let’s flesh out something here. What if we were to give you an iPhone app that can be your personal travel assistant? Helps you make traveling lists, remind you of when to pick up clothes from the dry cleaners before the travel date, keeps track of your airplane arrangements, finds you hotels, reserves cars, tours trips for you and in the end, gives you a choice in which spas to treat yourself to.
Plan your vacation according to a theme- the app will be able to pull out information according to the theme and find options according to that. E.g., art- then it will find you museums and all art related venues in the area.