| Traveling nationwide for business and making all | | | | much I am spending in dollars, which can get |
| the flight, hotel and other arrangements myself, I | | | | confusing especially when I'm traveling to more |
| needed help organizing my weekly schedule. I | | | | than one country on a specific trip. The Lonely |
| recently read a review explaining the travel apps | | | | Planet Mobile Phrasebooks on the other hand, |
| that the Apple App Store offered, so I decided to | | | | gives me the ability to translate words and |
| check them out. I was pleasantly surprised to see | | | | phrases from English to another language. I am |
| over twenty different travel apps that could | | | | able to say hello in French, Spanish, and German |
| assist me with all my travel plans including where | | | | or Japanese easily just by tapping. There are over |
| to eat, sleep, and even communicate in another | | | | 350,000 translations and it also has a |
| language if I needed to. | | | | multi-language slang dictionary. |
| Airplane travel can be a challenge even when the | | | | Usually I entertain when I travel and that's where |
| weather is not an issue, but as some app reviews | | | | the LocalEats app plays an important role. This |
| mentioned the TravelTracker app gives me one | | | | app touches upon restaurants in almost all of the |
| touch access to the status of all my flights. All I | | | | cities I visit. It lists their location and how to |
| have to do is enter my itinerary and this travel | | | | contact them. One of the best iPhone apps to |
| app does the rest. TravelTracker adds times and | | | | use for entertaining is the Zagat To Go '09 which |
| dates for each flight, creates a packing list, helps | | | | gives the names, location and Zagat rating for the |
| me organize it and tracks my travel expenses. | | | | top restaurants in most cities. It explains the |
| Weather information and delays are posted, and | | | | menu and the type of cuisine they serve. This |
| other options are suggested. | | | | app also lists the wine selections by vineyard and |
| The Maps app keeps addresses for hotels, stores | | | | comments about each restaurant's service, |
| and restaurants that I frequent, as well as listing | | | | ambiance and price category. Another app that |
| local points of interest. It gives me a satellite view | | | | helps me keep track of my expenses is the |
| of any area just by tapping a location on my | | | | Tipulator which actually figures the appropriate |
| iPhone. There is a GPS system available to take | | | | service tip in any part of the world. This app |
| me step by step to any destination in any city I | | | | saves me time and money especially when I am |
| visit. | | | | out of the country. |
| When my business takes me out of the country | | | | My business trips have gotten easier thanks to |
| two important travel apps to have are: the | | | | advent of iPhone apps. They introduced me to a |
| Currency app and the Lonely Planet Mobile | | | | new world of travel applications which have saved |
| Phrasebooks. The Currency app gives me the | | | | me both time and money. iPhone travel apps |
| exchange rate for the dollar in over ninety | | | | have certainly made it easier to go from point A |
| different currencies. I can convert a dollar into lire, | | | | to point B in a more relaxed state of mind and I |
| pounds, or yen just by tapping the screen. This | | | | appreciate and thank the developers for that. |
| currency app allows me to keep track of how | | | | |