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11/21/11
Tripped Up
5 Key Travel Apps for the Holidays
Holiday travel: chances are you’re partaking. So we’ve assembled a dream team of travel apps to ensure your every need is taken care of. Naturally, baby back ribs make an appearance...
NO HOLDS
The End of Being on Hold
Nothing’s better than being on hold with an airline. And by nothing, we actually mean every single
thing. This app lets you choose whatever helpline you need, then calls you back automatically when
someone’s on the line. Our apologies if you actually like the Muzak version of “Winter Wonderland.”
- 411:
- FastCustomer, skip the hold music on iPhone and Android here
EASY RIDER
An Army of Drivers at Your Command
We don’t know why you’re going to Rio for Christmas. We don’t care. We just won’t rest until we’re
sure you’re going to make your flight. With this thing, you’ll book a car right when you need it, then
track it. (It’s good in more than 100 countries.) It’s a wonderful life.
- 411:
- GroundLink, get picked up here
ON THE MAP
700 Maps. No Folding Required.
The holidays are taking you to some far-flung spots (plenty of thanks to give in Honolulu). You’ll need
maps. This has ones for more than 700 cities, and you can look at them when Google Maps stubbornly refuses
to work. (Maybe your stand-up paddleboard tour will have cell phone reception next year.)
- 411:
- 700 City Maps, be the master of everywhere here
THE TERMINAL
Dinner, Delivered to Your Gate
You’re in the security line at O’Hare (or JFK, or St. Paul). Your shoes: nestled securely in the bin,
next to your dignity. At that moment, you’ll use this and order up dinner—which will be waiting for you
at the gate. (Yes, Chili’s Too is an option. No comment.)
- 411:
- B4 You Board, bring the airport bar to you here
UNDERNEATH IT ALL
The Subways. All of Them.
It happens. You’re running late for the Parisian eggnog Olympics. You need the fastest subway route from
de Gaulle to Richelieu-Drouot. To the rescue: this app, which is basically an atlas of the world’s public
transit systems for your iPad. And yes, it works in the subway.
- 411:
- AllSubway HD, find your way around via iPad here
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