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When traveling, smartphones are as common as passports nowadays. To match said technology with today's travel requirements, a number of apps are available to help make time away from home as easy and seamless as possible whether it be blending in with locals, organising your trip or translating a menu. Here are a few of our teams favourite travel apps.
Will Gerrard Recruitment Consultant
Available in App Store and Google Play - British Airways
The app includes other features such as, allowing you to check into your flight a few hours before boarding, being able yo view flight numbers, departure times and flight statuses. The app also supports Apple Wallet so your boarding pass can be stored there for easy access even offline.
“It’s a very easy app to use, the pages aren’t clogged up which makes it easier to navigate through the app. I appreciate the thought they’ve put into making a good UX and UI. I’m able to have my boarding pass on hand, saving me a lot of time when I check into the airport”.
Other Notable Apps
Revolut - Online banking app with no physical branches. Let’s you withdraw abroad in over 150 countries with interbank rates. Offers travel insurance for less than £1 a day.
First Class Apps
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Available in App Store and Google Play - Skyscanner
Joe McDonough Recruitment Consultant
“It’s hard finding an app that compares prices of all airlines and tells you when the cheapest time to fly is. I can spend less money on travel and more on enjoying myself.”
Skyscanner provides cheap flights, hotels, trains and car hire all in one app. Included is a colour coded calendar that includes colours that very from green, amber and red to assist you in attaining cheap flight tickets. The app also allows you to search what months are the cheapest, it does however, include a feature to help you find last minute deals for those of you known to be spontaneous.
Waze
The live and interactive navigational app where users update the map as they are on their journeys with all sort of alerts, aiding all users with their journeys.