In our increasingly connected world, it’s easier to travel now more than ever. Gone are the days of folders with your flight and hotel confirmations printed out, organized, and color-coded. No need for paper maps, travel agents, traveler’s checks, etc. These are my favorite apps for travel (in no particular order): Best Apps For Travel Google Maps Before you leave for your destination, open Google Maps and download offline maps for the regions you will be traveling to. If you’re offline, you won’t be able to use the navigation, but you will still have detailed maps with street names. On iOS 8.3 and above, GPS still functions even while in airplane mode, so you can see exactly where you are on the map. Better than having to whip out that giant paper map in the middle of Barcelona, don’t you think? When you do have wifi or internet, the navigation works great, especially for public transportation(in most cities). Depending on the city, it will show you granular details such as what bus or train number to take, where to wait for it, what time it comes, when the next one is, and even the price. Download: iPhone / Android (pre-installed) Moovit There are some cities, for some reason, where public transport directions are not available in Google Maps. This happened to me in a suburb outside of Barcelona (understandable), but also in Vienna, Austria last summer (July 2017). We took a cab from the Vienna airport just because Google Maps indicated there was no Continue Reading