Whether your summer travel plans have you flying across the Atlantic or on a ‘glamping’ getaway, there’s tech to help with travel prep, planning and even easing jet lag. Travel apps can help generate itineraries in a new city or plan an unforgettable roadtrip. Have your own favorites? Share them!
Generate the perfect itinerary with Wanderlog
After picking the destination of your choice, it is almost like the real works begins: creating your travel agenda. Take the job off your plate and let tech be your guide. With the Wanderlog app, simply enter your destination and dates of summer travel and let the app help with the rest. Explore suggested points of interests, read reviewer recommendations and even put things on your ‘bucket list’ agenda. The app suggests restaurants, has plenty of photos and allows you to collaborate with friends. To swap out ideas, simply drag and rearrange. Wanderlog also allows you to explore your trip to Google Maps and link to your Google account. The app is available in several languages as a bonus.
One iTunes fan writes:
“Planning has actually be fun instead of tedious because of this app. I believe this one app will eliminate the need to use five or six others…and it has a beautiful interface.”
Get it here: on iOS and Android
Make your next roadtrip unforgettable with Roadtrippers
Roadtrippers even bring more summer adventure to the open road. This #1 road trip planning app has planned over 38m roadtrips, boasts great ease of use and has over 59k ratings. Just enter your destination (Golden Gate Bridge) and let the app get you there with as many or few stops as you’d like. Want to stop to eat, visit a boutique hotel or camp along the way? Just put that into the app. Looking for roadtripping inspiration, check out some of their trip guides. The app also introduced some AI-powered trip planning features to better serve users.
One fan writes:
“Really useful with road trips and with finding things in my city I didn’t know existed. Seriously I recommend it to everyone, I love it!”
Get Roadtrippers here. Free to use for one week, $59.99/year after.
Curate one-of-a-kind experiences with Viator
Want to arrange a dining tour of Paris? How about a private guide to walk you through the Smithsonian? Use Viator to create unforgettable experiences that aren’t any tourist’s top 10 list. What is great about Viator is the ability to curate a trip specifically for your travel group’s interest. Select from wine tastings, luxury experiences and kid-friendly bus tours. There’s something for everyone on this app, sure to make your next trip unique.
Travel the eco-friendly way with GlampingHub
With over 20k sites available internationally, GlampingHub allows you to book your next nature-bound experience in a few taps. It is the AirBNB of eco-lodging. What I like about this site is the wide range of lodging you can select from: everything from rustic cabins to treehouse and domes. There’s something for everyone and at all price points – including your own private island! Filter and explore choices by proximity to a national park, pet-friendliness and other filters. Fees tend to be lower than many of the big competitors, as well.
One iOS reviewer writes:
“The variety of accommodations is pretty amazing from tents to cabins to tiny houses and everything in between in both popular and offbeat locations around the globe”
Timeshifter, the jetlag-easing app
While hopping timezones, jet lag can be an added challenge in getting you out the door. That’s where the Timeshifter app can help. The app has used over 129k surveys and found that travelers who followed the Timeshifter advice were 14x less likely to report very severe jet lag compared to travelers who didn’t follow the advice.
Timeshifter uniquely combines the only elements shown to reset the circadian clock (light-dark exposure and melatonin supplements)and helps suggests when you should see light and dark across your journey and at the destination point.
Timeshifter tells you exactly what to do and when to do it. You simply need to bring a sleep mask, dark sunglasses and melatonin (if that’s your thing). This app is so good shift workers and astronauts love using it.
