Tuesday, 17 March 2015
9 travel apps tools must for girls
Let's trawl through the app-world and pick a girl's best travel companions
Hey girl, look around. You are 'apped'. In the app app world, one day a geek said, Let there be an app. Lo! Apps were created. Apps for everything. To hail a taxi. To find a lover. To get loans. To read books. To shop. To find a restaurant. To wake you up. To count your sleep hours. Apps for daddys. New moms. Students. Losers. Toppers. Farmers. Rocket scientists. Not one app. Not two. Android users can pick from 1.3 million apps; Apple app store has more than 1.2 million apps. Whoa! That's more than the gods we can count amidst the feathery clouds.
But wait, you girl, before you dump the geek app-god for not having been bitten, like you, by a travel bug. That geek knows all you'll need during travel. Not just packing the nude lingerie for the white linen pants, he can even remind you the exact date when you'd need the tampon. He can save you from a bad hair day with his frizz-meter. Makes sure you need no morning-after pills. And well, well, since you cannot pee on the wall, there's an app which tells you where the next John is (John, not the dude, but the poo-place, silly girl). Let's trawl through the app-world and pick a girl's best travel companions.
But what if in another country in another time zone you bump into a handsome fella and sparks fly into the sky. A fling, a date, a dance, a romp, all that jazz about holiday romance is perfectly legit, but before that spark turns into a fiery passion, get on to the myPill app. It tells you when your next birth control pill is due. Different time zones can spell doom. You'd rather pop the pill than have the stork come knocking when you return home from travel.
37 Injections!
All is not about vanity. Some apps know all that you need to do before stepping into a country. Like Healix Travel Vacations. This app tells you the vaccinations you need to visit a particular country. Free advice is good. How else would you know that you need 37 injections to visit Mali.
Predicts your cycle
So, you like oaring through rough waters. The swish of the waves and the tumble in a rapid. You get to the river and suddenly you realise it is that time of the month. Argh, you left the tampon in the camping tent. If you had the Period Tracker app, you'd know when the red will flow. Press a button on the start of your period.The app logs the dates, calculates the average and predicts the next menstrual cycle.
Bladder control
You are travelling. Your hair is lustrous. The tampon knows its when. The pill is popped. But where would you run when the bladder is full? You are not a man. You cannot pee on the wall. Or randomly irrigate a shrub. Sigh. The downside of a girl's life.Your bladder is about to leak and you do not know how to ask for John in the local language. Try SitorSquat app that has a location database of over 100,000 toilets around the world. You can search by city, postcode, or geolocation. Each toilet comes with cleanliness rating, an indication whether it's a sitter or a squatter, and a note if the toilet is currently closed.
Warning: When you get to the app, you will have to verify your age. Confirm you are potty trained!
Avoid Jetlag
You look at the itinerary and a long haul flight across various time zones stare. You are excited about the trip but the jet lag is a big dread. People will tell you all kinds of stories of beating jet lag. Do not listen to them. Trust JetLag Genie which will tell you how to alter your sleeping habits before a trip. Just punch in your travel dates, destination and usual sleeping times and the genie will come back with personalised alarm clocks to ease the jet lag.
Sun protection
SPF30. SPF15. You do not know what to pack for that trip to the beach or sunny country. The sun can be harsh and tans can be ugly. Sunscreen app detects the UVI rating of the location and sets a countdown timer to alert you when it is time to slather the sunscreen again. All you have to do is input your skin type and SPF of your location, the app will do the rest of the sun-filtering.
Cash counter
It happens to all travellers.
Running out of cash when the cabbie won't accept a credit card? Or, you love the dress in a flea market and the seller says no-no to card. All you yearn for is an ATM machine. Perhaps, there is one around the corner. How would you know? There's PinPin ATM Finder that will help you find one. Over 220 countries are listed. So, this app might find an ATM for you at the end of the world as well!
Wi-Fi alert
Regular guys have nomophobia (fear of no mobile). Travellers have wi-fiphobia (no Wi-fi). With data roaming charges laughably high, you need to find a Wi-fi hot spot. Fire up the Wi-fi Finder app and it will lead you to the nearest source of wireless internet. Think of it, the offline mode means you can download maps before you go.
Hair's the way to go
You are scared of a bad hair day. You hate that frizz in a selfie. You have packed the bandana, cap, hat, umbrella in the travel bag. But they may not be enough. Hair has a mind of its own. And if your hair is nappy, you girl, will never be happy. So, download Haircaster which checks local weather conditions including wind, rain, temperature, humidity and tells you how it will impact your hair. Warnings include Stay Home and Frizz Alert.
App-App World
AAparking: Shows maps of nearby car parks XE Currency: For currency conversion Tipulator: Tells you to pay or not to pay a tip and how much to pay Perfect World Clock: Provides easy access to the time in hundreds of cities TravelSafe Pro: Database of emergency service numbers for just about every country. There's also embassy details should passports go missing HopStop: Public transport information covering 68 (and counting) of the world's biggest, busiest metropolitan hubs.
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