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Best Travel Apps for European Trips

Whether you’re travelling abroad on holiday or business, trying to get home after a long trip or picking up a loved one from the airport, there are always things which can go wrong and transform your pleasant journey into a mobile (or frustratingly static for that matter) nightmare. Fortunately, we live in the technological age and as such, and as far as possible, there’s an app for that…or rather, quite a few apps for that. The following are five of the best travel apps for European trips.

 

XE Currency

A fantastic currency conversion app. Highly accurate, with live currency rates and a review grade average of 4.3 stars…from more than five million downloads to date. It’s completely free and available on iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows Phones.  There is a pro-version available, however the free version is more than adequate for most.

 

Tipulator

As many a traveller will have discovered, traversing the mysterious world of tips can be a tricky one, where too generous a tip can cause offence in some places, and the same generosity would be considered stingy in others, it can all get terribly confusing, especially for those less mathematically savvy than some, and this can cause some embarrassment. But fortunately, your phone or tablet device can now do it for you. This app is very simple to use, basically a percentage calculator. Available on all devices, and absolutely free.

 

Onavo

Something everyone can relate to, travelling or otherwise, is the general obscenity of data roaming charges. Normally this can be circumvented by simply not using it, but what if you are travelling abroad and you need to download an e-mail attachment for work, or get online to complete a financial transfer and there’s no Wi-Fi? With Onavo installed on your phone, the amount of data required to accomplish your online goals is severely reduced, from posting on Facebook to downloading large files…and it’s completely free, making it one of the best travel apps for Europe, or indeed anywhere. Available on iPhone and Android.

 

Hostelworld

This is a great app for those who don’t fancy shelling out for a room at a luxury hotel, or for those who just enjoy the camaraderie of fellow travellers. Hostelworld has a geo-tagged directory of more than 25,000 budget hotels and other accommodation, linked to over 3.5 million user reviews, thereby considerably reducing your chances of winding up somewhere likely to put a dampener on one’s vacation experience. Free on iPhone and Android.

 

Essential travel apps for European Trips

 

ATM Locator / ATM Finder (By Positive Infinity)

This is a very useful app, most people will have at some point on holiday found themselves in a part of town they don’t recognise and discovered a worrying lack of cash in their wallet for a taxi back to familiar ground…no longer an issue with the ATM Locator. Using GPS it finds the nearest cash machine to your location. It will provide a list or a map depending on your preference and includes voice search and map search as well. Available for free on all devices.

 

These are just five of the best travel apps for European trips, there are many more out there, but these five can only add to your vacationing experience.