Posted at November 27, 2009

Where They’ve Been – Travel Technology Ideas

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Author: Kathryn Frengs (264 Articles)

Travelfusion's Social Media Officer, I manage all of our online marketing and presence on Twitter, Facebook, our blog and more. I love my job!

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Our regular feature that shares blog posts from around the world has been very popular with our readers. This week, we’ve found a couple of recent posts from bloggers that highlight technology as it relates to travel.  Here are a few of our favourites – enjoy!

Good iPhone Travel Apps – Nomadic Matt

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Photo credit: Gonzalo Baeza Hernández

For many of us, travel and technology go hand in hand – you can’t have one without the other. These days, with the plethora of social media sites and ways to share information instantly around the globe, people are staying more and more connected with one another.  Many travellers bring their laptops on trips in order to load photos and send emails from the road. Another useful tool for travellers is the iPhone.  Nomadic Matt’s blog post this week offers a thoughtful analysis of useful travel-related iPhone applications that will help anyone on their next trip.  With applications for currency rates, basic language information, maps and more, the iPhone is becoming a great all-in-one travel tool for many. Check out Matt’s post for some more specific recommendations.

Has the internet killed pioneering travel? – 501 Places

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Photo credit: Peter Giger

In today’s day and age when internet cafés have become as commonplace as pubs or restaurants in cities around the globe, the information online available for travellers has grown exponentially as well. Travel resources, hotel reviews and restaurant recommendations abound, and many of us now travel to new and unknown places with a battery of information readily available.  Has this taken out some of the spontaneity in travel?  Andy of 501 Places explores this in his recent post asking if the internet has somehow taken the “pioneer” spirit out of travel.  It’s a very interesting question!  What about you, when planning a trip do you research everything beforehand leaving little to chance, or do you just arrive and go from there?  I guess I do a mix of both…

On the topic of travel and technology, don’t forget to visit our “home page” at http://www.travelfusion.com to benefit from our technology whilst searching for cheap flights for your next trip!

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  • Great post. Nice pics
  • Kathryn Frengs
    Hi Klaudi, thanks for the tip!

    We'll be sure to check that one out - I'm always on the lookout for good aps!
  • Klaudi52
    I want to advice the iSayHello language courses for iPhone or iPod Touch!
    I used them while travelling across Europe and for me they have been very helpful.
    They are not a dictionary more a talking travel help, because they have all important phrases inculded and it really helps a lot to hear how to pronounce Polish, Italian or Spanish.

    you can find the of course in the AppStore or you can have a look on http://www.isayhello.mobi/en
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