What websites and apps do you use to plan travel?

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Where do you get inspiration? How do you aggregate information? What do you use while you're traveling?

Dayyan Smith · Accepted Answer

All of your important information in one place! And I really like the suggestions for things to look at or visit.

Sophie Match · Answer

Only Eightydays!

Kevin Joling · Answer

DESTIGOGO tells you where to go within a certain budget. v2 is coming soon :)

Vasili Melekh · Answer

Eightydays.me, go ahead!

Sergey F · Answer

The most amazing thing about Eightydays that it suggests trips that other vice I would not even imagine, and for stunningly low budget

Andreas B.Pedersen · Answer

Routes is a travel app where travelers can explore cities through thousands of itineraries in over 100 cities - made by locals and travelers. Try it out on: http://get.routes.guide/

Katya MeetnGreetMe · Answer

On MeetnGreetMe, you will find a local concierge aka personal assistant to provide you with any assistance you need. for instance, advice the best area to live, accompany to the conference, find contacts, organize an event, arrange anything and anywhere. It is available in 300 cities around the world and saves your time and nerves.

Emile-Victor Portenart · Answer

Destigogo is definitely one of the few product I use when I'm looking for a random destination to go!

Skylar Taylor · Answer

Great for tracking flight prices and knowing the best time to book your trip.

Eunju Jang · Answer

Using Zenkit makes it easy to organize and to plan the things I have to see, eat, do, and visit! Very simple to create and rearrange plans, you can also share them with your travelling partners

Raghavan · Answer

Expedia has a smooth ticket booking experience however kayak has a cool UX to search. So, I use Kayak to search and book tickets through  Expedia..

Alex · Answer

I have found flights through Momondo that have been cheaper than listings on Google Flights. I always use Momondo when booking flights.

Itai Sagi · Answer

Allows you to find great travel options quickly

Danqing Liu · Answer

Shopping while traveling in Europe can save a lot, and this calculator is the best in class, containing all the needed information in an intuitive, user-friendly UI.

Danqing Wang · Answer

I find this calculator really helpful when shopping in store!

Taimoor Hussain · Answer

Tells you the cheapest flight. really helps save money

Lim Chee Aun · Answer

I use Foursquare to find for top/trendy places to visit and save them into a "to-go" list that I can check out while travelling.

Eugene Turner · Answer

Still the best choice for finding great spots almost anywhere in the world. Add in their great list features, Trip Tips for asking for recommendations, and the ability to draw a search area on a map, and you’re on to a sure winner.

Etienne Pieterse · Answer

I was surprised about the way it makes really cheap multi-destination trips!

Rob Diaz · Answer

Rome2Rio became one of the best tools on my latest trips.

It tells you how to go from point A to point B. Really useful specially in Europe!

Anastasia Krylova · Answer

I agree, we use Rome2Rio a lot in Europe

Pam Currie · Answer

Best thing Skyscanner brought to travel was 'Flexible? Search Everywhere' I had wanted this feature forever and nobody did it: search for flights based on price/don't mind where you go. Many of my holidays have been decided this way! And they are Scottish, which is great.

Liz Rogers · Answer

I used MeetnGreetMe once during my trip to Rome and it was The Best Experience Ever

Dayyan Smith · Answer

It is listed here as hotel search, but I use it mostly for booking flights. I have consistently found the cheapest flights with Momondo.

Brad Wolff · Answer

Essential

Pam Currie · Answer

Great places. Anywhere. Magic!

Anastasia Krylova · Answer

I prefer AirBnb over hotels, as I feel that my host/flatowner takes care of me...not my money

Brad Wolff · Answer

The way I ensure I pack all of the right items and clothes

Krish Dholakiya · Answer

Really intuitive way to compare flights.

Kevin Lou · Answer

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this one!  It offers enormous amounts of useful info, and the website is beautiful. 🙌

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This app displays flight status and other info, such as scheduled and estimated departure and arrival time along with airport time tables, airport weather, aircraft types and their age, etc.
The main advantage of this app is accuracy of the info it provides.
Although this app might not be helpful if you're making plans for your travel still at home from scratch, it will certainly be of a great assistance while traveling.

Shawn Low · Answer

Smart travel journal with curated recommendations across several major cities (Singapore, NYC, London, Paris) etc.

Juan Ageitos · Answer

Super helpful when visiting far corners of the world. You can even have a conversation with the locals and they'll love your effort to communicate. You can download languages for offline use.

John Ababseh · Answer

Messenger bot that finds the cheapest flights for you!

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No one suggested Couchsurfing! For me, it's one of the best travel app. You can meet awesome people from all over the world and you can discover their culture. I use it all the time when travelling and it's magic. You should give it a try :)

Josh Huff · Answer

I love using uZoom to explore cities before I visit!

Rajath Dasanakodige · Answer

Hopper for Hotels. You can track hotel rates, know when to book. They also have an AI prediction that lets you book at a much lower price than Expedia or Hotels.com

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We use this to keep track of the itinerary of our trips.

Caleb Thompson · Answer

I love TripIt! It's a great travel itinerary app. I've used it for a large number of my travels, and it's done me well. It's especially good when planning trips with multiple people. And if you get the Tripit Pro (30-day free trial should last you through whatever travel plans you have), you can receive live updates and more. And if you're a 'traveler' on a trip that is created by someone who has TripIt Pro, you also get the benefits of Pro. The live flight updates have truly saved my ass multiple times. And as you travel, it gives you a nice overview of how much you've traveled.

Michael Simon · Answer

Easy to forward confirmation emails and knows to combine everything into one trip.

ItaiSagi · Answer

Just enter your budget & go :)

Bart van Poll · Answer

I like to hang out where the locals hang out & hate tourist highlights.

Bart van Poll · Answer

To find hidden gems by handpicked locals - always up to date - 100% offline.

Aleh Tsikhanau · Answer

Multi-city trips in one click

Simon Martsul · Answer

Nice tool! Definitely worth trying!

Haljas Patapovic · Answer

these guys do really great job for travelers

HaKr · Answer

VisaList helps you quickly check visa-free countries to travel to. For countries where a visa is required, it has a document checklist with the visa application.

Mãriå Mc Colgan · Answer

I use this to determine where accommodation is located and the surrounding areas.  To also get feedback from previous visits (predominately to look at the negative comments and how long ago their stay was to make a judgment on wither things might have improved and also if the business responded as this can show positive customer experience). I have also used this to book accommodation through and to plan the experiences/activities to do whilst there, based on feedback.  I then play it forward to future guests and leave feedback of my own.

Liza Deikun · Answer

It's important to have a resourceful and trustworthy local behind your back while you travel.

Alexandra Davines · Answer

Reaaally helpful when you travel for business purpose! Saves tons of time and energy!

Hanna Zhyhar · Answer

I used MeetnGreetMe services twice. Everything was fun and carefree. This app gives an opportunity of not just being a tourist but knowing the country and the city from the inside thanks to the locals. Highly recommend.

Jeremy Horne · Answer

Inspires me to start thinking about 'what to do', not just 'where to go'.  And I love that they're personal, localised experiences.

David Alexander · Answer

Easy and simple. It makes it easier to plan your trip, like which Museums, Restaurants or Theaters to see. Also there is a great team working behind the scenes to make the Zenkit even better everyday.

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You can organize all the Information you need while planing a trip, such as Sightseeings spots, Hotels, Restaurants, etc. With zenkit is very simple to categorize and tag all the info you have. It's also easy to just drag and drop, so you can easily rearrange your schedule accordingly.

Blysse Grace · Answer

There are a variety of websites and apps designed to take the stress out of traveling and make sure that planning your next trip helps you to create an unique booking business with Appkodes Airfinch

Shamit Khemka · Answer

TripAdvisor is a very popular web platform and shows hotel and restaurant reviews, accommodation bookings and other travel-related information. It also includes interactive travel forums.

Shamit Khemka · Answer

TripAdvisor is a very popular web platform and shows hotel and restaurant reviews, accommodation bookings and other travel-related information. It also includes interactive travel forums.

Lisheng Chang · Answer

Explore city guides curated by experts.

Peter Dox · Answer

you can schedule you travel plane by using this tool. it show you current time of world & you can compare your time with other city time.

Nano 47 · Answer

This is my fav one, It was so helpful during my last trip.

Luke Arnold · Answer

We've just launched Planspace - a location based calendar which maps out your travel itinerary, lets you share plans with friends and then easily find your way around in new and unfamiliar locaitons. We'd love to hear what you think! 😄

Brad Wolff · Answer

Unbelievable app for keeping track of bookmarks, finding new attractions, and discovering restaurants. Obsessed though so much room to grow.

Marcelo Risoli · Answer

I love it how it pulls information out of your reservation emails and then creates trips, plus offline download makes it an amazing tour guide when you don't have data roaming

Ali R. Tariq · Answer

Used this on my last trips to Italy and Spain. Loved it. I think the app would be good enough just with the Walking Tours it can produce. That feature alone is worth the price of admission. Which is ... free. 😜

Stephen Robinson · Answer

Love Google Trips. It's so handy, especially love that you can download everything.

Augusto Carmo · Answer

offline listing, pricing, useful information

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Cant travel without it! So usefull when you are somewhere new.

Augusto Carmo · Answer

Offline maps, save my favorite places (I use as places to see) syncs favorites with Google Trips

Catherine Baldwin · Answer

Skyscanner helps me to plan travel. I personally recommend it.

Digrammer · Answer

It won't send you spam with hotels and stuff, just notifications you really need.

Oscar Brunn · Answer

Love kayak as well. Expedia CS is just great. I was in a tricky situation once and was able to reach tech support by phone immediately. So rare nowadays.

Yuval Haimovits · Answer

Great new way to get travel recommendation by real people

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Curated list of locals that give detailed itinerary.

Nishchal Dua · Answer

Take planning away and focus on the people you travel with. Community is what it's all about :)

Alex Restuccia · Answer

Great for creating an itinerary and sharing with others.

N T · Answer

The best tool to figure out what area to actually stay when you get to a city.

Alexandra Malis · Answer

The best offline maps.

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Traveling around Asia and Africa this past year and Hopper has been a godsend, with ticket prices. My last round trip ticket from EWR to Chiang Mai via BKK cost just under $650. Got a similar price from Singapore to South Africa. Typically prices are 200- thousands more.

Andreea Nastase · Answer

I like using Google Flights to explore cheap air travel options if I haven't decided on a particular destination, and to explore the cheapest day to fly to a destination on a particular month with the calendar functionality. I find it excels at those two things, plus all the usual price monitoring features that we've come to expect of ticket sites.

I also like that it's a much more user-friendly version of the original ITA Matrix system, aka "the magic cheap flights site no one has ever heard of", which now powers both Kayak and Google Flights search!

Marcelo Risoli · Answer

Google Flights is amazing, its like ITA Matrix with speed, even if I don't book it directly through them most of the time I am often checking different variations of flights from it because it is blazing fast.

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Similar to other flight ticket search engine but with added TRACKING feature that allows you to get a notification for when you particular flight is at the cheapest or priciest and act accordingly!

Brad Wolff · Answer

Great place to find the cheapest place to get away to in a given moment

Brad Wolff · Answer

Last minute hotels

Shamit Khemka · Answer

I mostly use this to book vacation stays.

Pavan Sethi · Answer

A lot of the time I'll plan a trip based on where I can get a cool or unique Airbnb.  It seems like they've made updates on their site that focuses on actual accommodations rather than just where they are.