7 Best Travel Apps I Use DAILY! | Essential for Travel in 2024 📲
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- 📱 2 ESSENTIAL APPS for travelers that I use all the time, at home and abroad:
** NordVPN - protect your online activity for a few bucks a month: go.nordvpn.net/aff_c?offer_id...
** 1Password to create secure passwords, auto-fill login info, encrypt/store ID copies, and more! www.anrdoezrs.net/click-10071...
👉🏻 This video is a collection of the best must-have travel apps for 2024. This Travel apps guide will set you up with a core collection of amazing apps for travel. I'll show you how I personally use them, with tips and tricks that will make your phone SO useful abroad!
💻 Here's what I cover and my personal Must Download Travel Apps to Prepare for Travel 2024:
00:00 - Introduction - Best Travel Apps
00:39 - Google Maps (WAY more than a map!)
04:00 - Google Translate
05:36 - Duolingo
06:53 - XE (Currency Conversion App)
07:39 - WhatsApp
09:48 - Nord VPN
11:37 - 1Password (Password Manager)
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📱 2 ESSENTIAL APPS for travelers that I use all the time, at home and abroad:
** NordVPN - protect your online activity for a few bucks a month: go.nordvpn.net/aff_c?offer_id=427&aff_id=31324&source=CZcams
** 1Password to create secure passwords, auto-fill login info, encrypt/store ID copies, and more! www.anrdoezrs.net/click-100713654-14464697
Another great use for Google Maps is when you're on a bus, like when I was in Portugal. You can't always understand the announced next stops and sometimes the digital display at the front of the bus isn't working. You can use maps to put in your destination and follow the route on your phone, so you know when to get off. 😊
Totally! I do this too.
I totally do this. Also good for when using Uber/Grab, to know you are going the right direction, etc.
Sometimes works on trains, too.
@@MarleyM414 Great idea!
@@TheWanderingWife Me too!
Once again, l learned things l didn't realize l needed to know and/or didn't know existed. Please keep at it, you are really a gift to those of us who love to travel! Thank you! And, be safe! 😊
Woohoo! Thanks! Which one was most interesting/surprising to you?
Thanks for another great video! A few years ago, we did a fabulous Monastery stay in Italy where we spoke no Italian and the nuns spoke no English. Imagine our surprise when one of the nuns whipped out the Google Translate app and saved the day! Such a lovely stay… 🤗
Ha - that's awesome! Google Translate is how I communicated with my landlord in Vietnam a few years ago. Lifesaver!
TrainPal's customer assistance will also help you with that. No worries!
Valuable content! Thank you Nora!
Thanks Patricia!
Such helpful information. Love your videos, thank you!
You are so welcome!
Thank you!! All great tips. Really like your information and your channel!
Thank YOU!
Great tips, Nora. Thank you. Knew about most, but not all.
Thanks Kim! Glad I had a trick or two up my sleeve for ya.
Great video. Thanks
Glad you liked it!
This was such a wonderful episode! Such fabulous information ! Thank you!
Woohoo! You're very welcome, Bronwyn.
THANKS, Nora!! These are so helpful! ❤ PS 💪🏻 nice bicep 😉
Ha ha! Thanks ;-)
Great video!
Thanks!
Very helpful. Yes, please more vids on the apps you use. Thank you.
Will do! Thanks :-)
Great content! Would have loved the lists functions on a very recent trip, but now I know for future trips. Would love to see you do more detailed videos on the apps and how to actually use and set up. I know it seems basic but sometimes navigating around within an app to figure out how to use it is not intuitive. This would be so helpful. I just subscribed to your channel so hoping I’ll see you doing some of the more in-depth videos. Happy travels!
Thanks Robin! More apps videos to come.
I just found TrainPal has train ticket promotions and train card sales. Really good.
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your support! You made my day 😍
Thank you for this. We already use a few, but will use others from your list.
Great! Which ones are new to you?
Watching from Manila, thanks for the travel tips, Nora, they're very informative 😊
Awesome - thanks!
Really great and greatly helpful, even for your videos - and that is a high bar indeed. Thanks a million.
Ha - thanks Bill!
Thanks. You, you, you are amazing, amazing, amazing
Thank you too!
Helpful for global travel. But for us road trip warriors here in the U.S., I always download the state(s) DOT road conditions app(s) to my phone, especially if I'm traveling in areas where dicey weather (snow, ice, etc.) can shutdown highways. You can get road conditions, closures, and chain requirements in near-real time. Also, having a good weather app is a must, too.
Ooh - great suggestions! Do you also use RoadTrippers? I played around with it; seems super handy.
I'm from in the midwest where construction will often shutdown the entire freeway and I've never thought to do this! Thank you so much.
@@NoraDunnI've never heard of roadtrippers I guess I'll have to look that one up to
@@NoZenith Awesome!
Also, many states you can call 511 on your cell phone for State Road updates and local weather that is affecting drive time. Sometimes it's a recording, and other times, it's real-life person.
Great ideas!
Thanks Cindy!
Luv this!!!!
Thanks Holly!
My girlfriend and I are taking a 25-day cruise in October in Greece and Italy. This information will be invaluable! I'm trying my best to research prior to leaving so thank you for this video and others you make.
Awesome! Have a terrific trip!
This couldn't have come at a better time. Leaving for Europe on Tuesday for three weeks. Thank you for posting this.
Terrific! I hope this makes your trip even easier and more fun!
Gréât informations.thank u
You are welcome!
This is a great video! I use most of these apps already, but I learned a few new tricks and tips that are going to be handy on my next trip! Thanks Nora!
Fantastic! Glad you learned a few new tricks!
Hola Nora great video, will use a couple of these ideas for my trip to Spain and France in 2 weeks.. gracias por la información.. saludos de Toronto
De nada, Monica! Have a fantastic trip!
Thank you so much, Nora!!! It sounds like a lot of these apps are handy if you are traveling in the US too. Especially the VPN.
Oh yes - 100%!
Great tips! I Now understand how to use Google Translate a little better. It's super important for me to understand how to tell people in another language that I'm allergic to shellfish. I also downloaded the money conversion app and have set up a few countries that I plan on visiting next year. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Fantastic - I'm so glad you got some new apps and tips from my video! Yay!
That lists feature in Google Maps is particularly helpful for group travel and reunions!
Ooh - absolutely! Great call. Everybody can collaborate on the lists!
Another great use for Google Maps is when you're on a bus, like when I was in Portugal. You can't always understand the announced next stops and sometimes the digital display at the front of the bus isn't working. You can use maps to put in your destination and follow the route on your phone, so you know when to get off.
I have done the same!
We were on a cruise to Antarctica this past January. I was floored we could video call with my kids back home to share the scenery from the balcony of our cabin in real-time. FROM ANTARCTICA. WhatsApp is awesome. Also the de facto means of communication in Argentina.
Great video… need to do more with Google lists. Thanks for the reminder. Heading to Japan in a week and have so much to see.
Indeed how did we ever manage before????
Right?? I mean, we traveled, and I think we traveled well. But I wouldn't want to be without at least some of this technology now.
Great tips Nora. I also love how when I use Google Maps for walking through a city that my watch also buzzes when I should turn - so I can tuck my phone away and not have to search for street names either.
Great point! It's better not to be glued to our phones while navigating; it's a sure sign we're not from around those parts - ha ha
How do we not know you?!?! So glad we found your channel. This is such a good video and covers so many of the things we get asked all the time. Thanks millions - and obviously, we’re new subs!
Tee hee - nice to meet you, and thanks! Looks like you're on some pretty amazing adventures in Norway - enjoy!
@@NoraDunn loving Norway!! We were there for the month of July. We’ve now been in the UK for 2 months. Thanks for checking us out.
@@welltravelledlife Cool! Enjoy your continued travels, and keep those videos coming!
Oooo…thanks for the lists tip.
Pleasure! Enjoy :-)
Just found your page on my first trip to Europe to watch rugby world cup.Very helpful and well detailed info that was much needed😊.Vinaka 🇫🇯
Thanks Vinaka!
1:04 I also recently discovered the enhancements made recently to integrate with apple watch. I get haptic feedback at my wrist warning me about upcoming turns, etc.
True! I don't tend to use the watch for maps stuff, but it can be handy.
I found your video very helpful
Thanks!
Thank you for sharing. I need to get on that VPN. Leaving for Munich in 2 weeks!
Oh yes! VPN is a must!!
Yes, I love Google Translate. I am an American and live in Poland. All of the Google translate features are useful for me to survive in a foreign country.
Nice!
I am so glad I found you. We leave for Spain in three days!
Woohoo! Happy Travels!
I think I've said it before Nora. You are a bona fide genius , lol. Thanks for the info.
Ha ha.....thank you so much, Grant!!!
Already had all of these. Glad to know I'm doing things right according to a pro.
Whoohoo! Do you also use the lists feature on Google Maps?
Hands down the best travel app video I’ve ever seen
Woohoo! Thanks Ruth!
going to use your vpn advice right now !!!
Woohoo! Thanks :-)
Thank you for all your wonderful and so helpful videos! Enjoy Madeira. From a Portuguese 🇵🇹 living in Montreal, Canada 🇨🇦
Woohoo - thanks Maria!
@@NoraDunn 🤗
It’s so wonderful that you replied.
Obrigada!
I visited your country in April on a missions trip…I fell in love with it!
I find the apps Tripit and Tripcase helpful. One can forward booking confirmation emails to them, and they automatically add the booking to trips. Based on this info they send alerts when it is time to leave for the airport or about delays and gate changes. They typically notify my of gate changes before these show up on the airport monitors.
I love TripIt! Never used Tripcase.
Thanks for doing all the legwork on the apps. How daunting it would be if I wanted to research for a trip abroad. I tried duolingo for Spanish and had to quit using it. They spoke the sentences so fast that I could 't make out the individual words. Which is how we all speak actually.
Yeah, I think it's important to have a basic knowledge of the language before going in with Duolingo, otherwise it can be overwhelming.
I recommend Lingo Deer. I wasn't learning Spanish, but I started my language on Duo Lingo and it was too fast and difficult. I can't intuit the meaning if the word order in sentences is different, but they don't expressly tell me. Lingo Deer was much more customizable to my learning style.
@@flaggov6949 ooh - thanks for the tip!
Hey, I’m heading to Bucharest this Fall. Would you be willing to share your Google maps list of restaurants and places to go? Thx for all the tips!
I'll tell you the top things I did here:
1) Therme - biggest spa in Europe I believe. You can easily spend a full day here. EPIC. And super reasonably priced.
2) Caru' cu Bere - very traditional restaurant.
3) B4 Market - in a different part of town, upscale brunch place. Recommended to me less because of the food, and more because it's in the Floreasca neighbourhood which has its own vibe.
Thank you so much!@@NoraDunn
Very helpful. Thank you.
I’m curious, though. How much storage memory does your phone have to have room for all those apps?
These apps don't take up much room. My current phone is bigger, but I've used them all on a 32GB phone. It's photos, videos, podcasts, etc that eat up storage space.
Excellent job. One piece of feedback that you might not be aware of, in some of your videos the background music is super LOUD and unpleasant.
All of my new videos have no background music, but I can't do anything about videos that have already been published. Thanks for your patience, and I appreciate your feedback.
Hello, Nora. Getting ready to sign up for NordVPN. Do you recommend selecting a dedicated IP?
Hey Kim! I've never set up a dedicated IP.
Such good app suggestions. I think the only one we don't use is the password one, but that's because we have Iphones and it has a password keeper built in. We'll be waiting for the follow up with some of the others you mentioned at the end. Finding doctors internationally is an app we'd like!
Ooh - for finding doctors internationally, check out the Air Doctor app!
@@NoraDunn a bazillion thanks!
@@welltravelledlife A bazillion welcomes! ;-)
Hi Nora, Going to Bulgaria & Romania in ten days . You mentioned a G-Maps list. Anything you can share here? Thanks.
I don't have a list I can share, but for Bucharest I recommend visiting Therme; it's Europe's larges spa and it's incredible! So many saunas, mineral pools, steam rooms, hot pools, Europe's largest botanical garden, restaurants, even a waterpark! It's an experience, worth a full day pass. Super affordable too.
❤❤
Over 30 years ago, way before the first cell phones came out, let alone smart phones, I was in eastern Slovakia in the Tatras mountains, and due to misunderstandings on my part I missed my train that evening to Budapest, where I had booked a hotel for the night. Without my trusty Thomas Cook Railway Guide, which was effectively the European rail travel "app" of its time, I might still be there (which wouldn't necessarily be such a bad thing as it's quite beautiful there).
Ok, I exaggerate, more than a little, but it listed literally every regularly schedule train route in Europe at the time, seasonally updated, and with it, and the few German and Slovakian words I knew as absolutely no one spoke English there, I was able to find another train later that evening, to Bratislava, where I stayed the night (at the Hotel Sputnik!), then took a morning train to Budapest. So, unless you have command of the local languages, these apps are essential.
I agree - prior to smartphones, travel guides were immeasurably useful! Hotels, restaurants, maps, tours, travel tips, and (like you say) transportation schedules - all in one (handy, heavy-like-a-brick) book!
Using Android phones are a huge plus. You can do more with it.
Interesting!
How do you keep track and/or remember what each app is used for?
I have a lot more apps than just these ones! I guess once I find an app that's useful, I keep using it. And this episode is about the apps I use all the time.
Love to hear more about apps and how you use them to be efficient
Will do! I've got a few more specific themed videos about apps in mind to create.
Hello from Kingston ontario!
Madeira!... What a wonderful place, how long are you staying there? I am actually looking to buy a house there. Just waiting to see if the prices come down if the world economy takes a hit this next year.
Enjoy your stay! (good tips btw)
P. S. I found a little hidden gem of a restaurant when I was there (they didn't even have a menu, they just asked what you wanted and would cook you something.) great meal a very reasonable. It was called Cantinho do Chefe if I remember correctly!
Wow - that sounds like a really cool restaurant! Is is in Funchal?
I have already left Madeira, but I expect to return at some point. Real estate prices are exploding there; even in the last year they've increased by orders of magnitude.
@@NoraDunn ya it is. It is up about 2/3 toward the v1 highway from downtown. I stumbled on it wandering around (I was a few blocks from my air B&B) so I decided to pop in for a drink. They didn't speak much English, but they tried very hard. They asked me if I wanted to eat and I said I would look at the menu. Then she goes we don't have one, we just make to order. (I told them they really should have a menu, but I guess they know everyone! (got to love hanging with the locals!) Anyhoo, she goes into the kitchen and her husband the cook comes out with his hands full. A cut of beef, some pork, and these massive shrimps! I picked the shrimps and he made me a huge meal for half one would pay in the tourist areas. I enjoyed it so much I came back for breakfast which was also good. They were so friendly and eager to please that I tell others to at least try it. I even added them to google maps (they didn't know about it), as for the place itself, it's nothing special, there are two restaurants/bars next to each other and this couple had just bought out the one shop. Now I wouldn't call it a fancy restaurant, but if one wants to hang with the locals (especially if a game is on) its a wonderful place that will fill you up and not be hard on the wallet. (also got free drinks for adding them to google maps!... WIN! Lol) as per the house prices... Sadly I am all too familiar with that... That is why I am hoping for a little recession to bring them back to reality... Madeira might just have the best year round climate on the planet. Enjoy your travels! maps.app.goo.gl/zLF6jhHTZGMvEo8S9
*Last part was in reguards to the house prices.
@@jamesswan7695 What a great story! That is so fantastic - and a testament to walking into local places and just seeing what happens. What a great experience - and for them as well, if you (literally) put them on the map!
Would you be willing to share your Bucharest list from Google Maps? I'm going to Bucharest in February and would really appreciate suggestions from a local!
I actually deleted my list by accident, but I have a few suggestions:
1) Therme - GO! Get the full day pass. It's amazing. Make sure you go into the saunas/steam rooms when they are doing special treatments (there's a schedule outside each one) - very special.
2) Caru' cu bere - beautiful restaurant. Touristy, but has authentic local cuisine (I went on a Friday night and there were dancers performing which was also fun)
@@NoraDunn Awesome! Thank you so much!!
What great advice for my future travels...thanks for increasing my "must" To Do List😂
I forgot to add, I'll share this with the cruise Facebook group as I'm sure others will find it helpful as well!
You're the best! Thanks :-)
Oh good idea! I will as well.
Nora, I say bully for me. I already use the websites/apps you mention in this video. I watch a lot of CZcams travel channels and yours is one that I enjoy immensely. I appreciate that you are real and your information is practical and rational. Let’s go to Albania together.
Bully for you indeed! Glad you're using all these apps already - yay! Do you use the lists feature too?
The lists feature was new to me - that’s why I value your videos - and I intend to use it.
@@philshallat9043 Woohoo! Enjoy :-)
So I have to be careful, use VPN on public networks, create different passwords for different apps, sites.... and than store all of my information -all passwords, ID, credit cards information etc. in 1 app?
It's the best solution I've found. Please share if you have a better one!
I use WhatsApp to keep in contact with my family back home in England
Absolutely! WhatsApp is so useful for long-distance communication!
I prefer Lingo Deer to Duo Lingo. It has a link for each section where you can read the rules it's teaching. So you you can immerse yourself, but you can also have things spelled out if you're not getting it. The language I was learning uses different characters, I could choose if I needed the extra help of phonetic English characters or not (I felt like it was a crutch). There are listening and speaking conversations, review lists, and a lot of other things. It was a much better experience for me.
Thanks for the tip! I'll have to check it out.
Doesn’t NordVPN also has NordPass?
Yes. Admittedly I haven't tried NordPass, but if NordVPN is any indication, I'm sure it's great. I'm a big fan of 1Password.
@@NoraDunn I’m using both and can’t tell which one is better.
@@9OClockRant Interesting! Any specific pros/cons of either you wish to share?
@@NoraDunn I think both of them are very well put together apps. They are not the first I’ve used and I’m just ended with these two. The only complaint I have against NordPass is how I have to put in the Master-password with the browser plugin and seems to be unable to do so with biometrics.
@@NoraDunn there is something else I want to talk about is the comparison between Google Maps and Apple Maps. I did end up uninstalling Google Maps out of security and privacy concerns. Each of the maps does something better than the other. I find the Apple Maps navigation notifications are a lot better. Instead of telling me to turn which way how far apart, it will tell me based on reference to number of intersections or lights. Of course for those not using Apple products what I said is meaningless.
Ok, but the thumbnail,, supposedly you're dead shocked ?? Not happy..
Uff ... thumbnails
You interpret it is dead shocked, I say pleasantly surprised. Especially when you read the text that goes with it - that's not text that says "not happy"
I'm sorry my expression didn't meet your standards LOL
Thanks!
No, thank YOU Kim! I so appreciate your support.
Thanks. You, you, you are amazing, amazing, amazing
Thank you too!