Comments on: 8 essential travel planning apps to take abroad

By: Hudson

Hudson — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 22:10:22 +0000

Last year, while standing in line in an airport, waiting to check in for a flight to Bali, I witnessed the woman in front of me trying to check in an overweight suitcase. The airline advised her that her case was 7kg over her allowed limit. She had a choice of either removing some of her contents and disposing of it, or pay the excess of $140 AU. I felt sorry for the woman as she reluctantly paid the excess fee.

While I was waiting, I thought there should be an app out there to help avoid this sort of situation!

That's what led me to develop "Weight To Travel" - an app that helps people avoid excess baggage costs. It's an easy to use app. You can also use it when you are shopping, while on holiday. When you purchase anything, simply add your purchases to your Weight to Travel trip and the weight of your case adjusts to your new purchases.

I hope it helps a lot of people avoid the airline's high excess baggage costs.

By: tim.tornstrom

tim.tornstrom — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:46:01 +0000

Another app worth mentioning is NetStash. It lets you download web pages for reading later when you’re in airplane-mode.

It works really well and is a great alternative to buying news papers, magazines or the often overpriced or non-existent onboard WiFi.

It doesn’t only give you the front page of the site, it also saves all articles that links from that page. You get hours of reading and entertainment in no time.

Take a look, it can be found in the iTunes App Store.

By: amanz

amanz — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:41:24 +0000

WorldMate is my #1 travel app and omitting it is adsorb!

By: shopgirl2012

shopgirl2012 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 03:26:29 +0000

Another fabulous app when traveling around the world is Simply Declare for iOS. I found it before we traveled to Mexico and it was great for easy currency conversion and keeping track of what I bought that I would have to declare to the border. It was simply, precise and with real time currency I knew where I was in my duty-free allowance.

By: elias anderson

elias anderson — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:05:41 +0000

Thanks for this awesome list of apps! I love TripIt and Packing Pro are both necessities for me; I can’t even tell you the number of phone chargers I’ve lost. I’m really looking forward to trying out Viber, and while I hope I won’t need Find-ER, I think it is a great one to have. My absolute favorite app for travelling though, is this remote access app I got through my job at Dish. It allows me to watch live and recorded TV off my home receiver no matter where in the world I am, as long as I can get a 3G connection. It’s perfect for killing time at the gate. Thanks again for the heads up on all these great apps!

By: bradleyacker

bradleyacker — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 01:47:53 +0000

I highly recommend TripList for packing/todo and Kayak for international flight search, invaluable tools.

By: Jeremy Johnson

Jeremy Johnson — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 00:16:51 +0000

If you're going to be traveling over seas for long periods of time, I'd suggest getting a phone that is GSM compatible with a pre-paid plan so you can avoid ridiculous roaming rates by just picking up a montly pre-paid card in whatever new country you're staying in.

One of the biggest reasons that I'll be buying an unlock iPhone 5 when it comes out :)