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Travel Tools Apps enhance your vacation experience

Our Travel Tools page was designed to bring you the latest Apps and software to enhance your family vacation plans and experiences. Hopefully, these tools will greatly improve your trip and are helpful on all your trips and destinations!

Menu of the Travel Tools on this page:

  1. #1 WiFi Finder – Free Internet Connectivity Tool
  2. Google Translate – for 103+ languages
  3. Google Drive – Store your pic/ files in the cloud
  4. XE Currency – Trusted currency converter
  5. TripAdvisor: Best fun things to do
  6. Mobile Flight Tracker App
  7. The Weather Channel
  8. World Clock App
  9. Passports
    1. Mobile Passport
    2. U.S. Passport
    3. U.S. Visa
    4. U.S. CDC
    5. U.S. Times
    6. U.S. Gov

#1 WiFi Finder – Free Internet Connectivity Tool

If You are looking for a fantastic Wi-Fi hotspot and avoid roaming charges, then we’ve got the perfect app for you! Especially when you are traveling, because you will be outside of your cell phone coverage area. It has been said that WiFi Map has over 2M access points all over the world. So, don’t pay roaming fees every time you travel aboard. This tool has an iOS app and an Android App where users Save Time and Money! This tool helps:

  1. Always Connected – with WiFi Map
  2. Save Money – with Free WiFi
  3. Secure Connectivity – Worldwide
  4. Change the World – with WiFi Map

Google Translate – for 103+ languages

Google has a free service that instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages. For example, it can translate between English and over 103 other languages! You can also help improve Google Translate for the languages you speak 🙂 Translate words and phrases, or check if a translation is correct.


Google Drive – Store your files in the cloud

Google has created a safe place for all your files. You can choose from Personal or Business plans. With Personal you get to store, share, and access your files from any device. And get this: Your first 15 GB of storage are free. The Business plan comes with Drive Enterprise, businesses only pay for the storage employees use. It comes with Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides — and works seamlessly with Microsoft Office. Anyway, think of how you can share files and folders too. You can quickly invite others to view, download, and collaborate on all the files you want, and best of all, no email attachment needed!


XE Currency – Trusted currency converter

This is one of the World’s Trusted Currency Authority. You will have access to Live market rates, plus view their money transfer rates. All figures are live mid-market rates, which are not available to consumers and are for informational purposes only. Here are some of the option you can choose:

  1. XE Live Exchange Rates
  2. XE International Money Transfers
  3. XE Currency Data API
  4. XE Rate Alerts
  5. XE Market Analysis
  6. XE Currency Tools
  7. XE Currency Apps
  8. Currency Profiles

TripAdvisor: Best fun things to do

The best way to take advantage of this amazing tool is to sign up and give your current location. It will right away come up with “Recommended for you” options, “Cheap Eats” and all types of eateries, it even has ” Travel Safety Tips” for you, in addition to “Featured destinations”. Unlock the best of Tripadvisor by:

  1. Save your favorite travel ideas and see them on a map
  2. Get price alerts and deals so you can travel your way
  3. Ask questions and get answers from travelers like you

Mobile Flight Tracker App

Download FlightAware’s free mobile app for your iPhone, iPad, and Android too. It will provide you with a comprehensive flight tracking that’s right at your fingertips.

Track all airline flights, including:

  1. Flight Status
  2. Gate/terminal information and changes
  3. Delays and cancellations
  4. Airborne Weather
  5. Find Flight Connections & Status

View airport Activity

  1. Arrivals and Departures
  2. Check for Delays
  3. Local Time & Weather

Receive Flight Notifications

  1. Estimated departure time
  2. Delays/ changes in departure/ arrival time
  3. Departure and arrival notices
  4. Airport delays
  5. Gate/ terminal information and changes
  6. Receive flight notifications via push, text, or email

The Weather Channel

The Weather Channel is an IBM Business product that searches your city or zip code to provide you with the most updated weather forecast. You can not only track the weather of your chosen location on an hourly basis, but you also can view it Daily, Weekly, and Monthly. This site has so many weather-related links, all under the hamburger button. For example, Weather, Radar, Video & Photos, Health & Activities, Sever Alerts, and check this: they have a TV that you can Watch Live! Lastly, click on the “More Forecasts” option and view:

  1. Allergy Tracker
  2. Boat & Beach
  3. Cold & Flu
  4. Ski Forcast
  5. Farming
  6. Fishing

World Clock App

It’s more than just a World Clock and it’s for iPhone & iPad. Here’s the Android version! And, it can be synchronized to your favorite world clock cities across all your iOS devices using iCloud. Plus, it’s a Time Zone Converter! Select time, date, locations – find out corresponding local times at the touch of a button. And get this: it takes into account all daylight saving time switches worldwide! This app has too many options to list :0)


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