Going on vacation is wonderful. Whether you go for a walk through the forests in Eastern Europe, or discover our own country: you always run into the same problems, because where do you eat? What should I bring? Fortunately, in 2021 we have a smartphone that makes life (partly) a lot easier. This way you can focus on relaxing and dreaming away during your holiday! Wherever you go, these handy travel apps travel with you and they’re smarter than ever!
The best travel app(s) for in your pocket!
1. Happy Cow
Finding a good, tasty place to eat can be quite difficult, let alone if you are a vegan, vegetarian or lactose- and gluten-free. Where should you go then? With the travel app HappyCow you will not run into these kinds of problems. You just need to enter your location and tick your diet preferences. Based on this, the app provides restaurants, cafes, B&B and even vegan clothing stores where you can go for everything you might need on the go. The travel app is especially useful for finding restaurants.
Since the launch of HappyCow in 1999, the platform has grown at a rapid pace. Especially in the last few years, it has become more and more popular, as more and more people choose to eat more consciously. There are currently 50,000 restaurants and cafes in 175 countries on the app.
2. Fair Trip
Looking for a unique travel experience? The FairTrip travel app helps you on your way. By using the app, you can find places that are trying to make a positive impact on the environment and the local economy.
On the map in the app you can choose one of the 3,000 places you would like to go to, each place special in its own way. On the app you will find restaurants, bars, experiences, hotels and much more.
3. NS international
Do you also suffer from flight shame ? Or would you rather take a city trip by train? Then the NS-International app is the ideal app for travelling. You travel by train with very low CO2 emissions, can sit comfortably and you arrive in the middle of the city!
Have you ever heard of the NS interrail tickets? An interrail ticket is a roaming card with which you can travel through Europe carefree. You pay a fixed amount. This way you know exactly how much you have lost in advance! There are two variants for sale:
- The Interrail Global Pass: allows you to travel across multiple countries in Europe
- The Interrail One Country Pass: suitable for travel through one country in Europe.
The interrail tickets are only for sale to people living in Europe.
4. PackPoint
Are you always afraid that you will forget something? With the handy app from PackPoint, you don’t have to worry about this anymore. How does it work? You enter your destination, how long you will stay there, what you are going to do and voila! The travel app presents a packing list based on the weather and the information you entered previously.
5. Forest
The phone is of course a necessity for the holidays, especially now that you have all these handy travel apps installed. It can also, from personal experience, be wonderful to put the phone down for a while and completely relax while reading a book. With the Forest app, you get points and plant virtual trees by putting your phone away for more than half an hour. Disconnect from online life for a while and focus on all the beauty that can be seen in the place you are in!
