If you're a travel-junkie, you should have these 5 apps
What's the story
In this time and age, your smartphone basically sorts your life out. Right from traveling to work, getting lunch delivered, and watching your favorite show, an intangible mobile app is all you need to get things done.
And fortunately, all of this applies to traveling too.
So, save yourself the hassle and the hotchpotch. Here, we list 5 apps to simplify your travel plans.
IRCTC Connect
This one is a no-brainer: IRCTC
After all, one cannot simply afford to miss the biggest travel company in the country.
The IRCTC Connect app comes with a better UI when compared to the website, and is also faster and more convenient.
One can easily book, cancel, and manage their bookings over the app.
The 10+ million strong app on PlayStore has an average rating of 4.2 out of 5.
Ola/Uber
These handy taxi-service providers will surely ease your trip
If comfortably reaching your destination city is the most important part of your travel, inter-city traveling would surely come second.
And to show you around the new city/town, comes the two biggest online taxi-booking services in India- the American import 'Uber', and the home-grown start-up 'Ola'.
'Ola', rated 4.1 stars on PlayStore has more than 50 million downloads, and Uber has 100million+.
Cleartrip
Your one-stop-meets-all app for all your travel-related needs
Cleartrip is the go-nowhere-else app for meeting all your travel needs, ranging from flight and train tickets, hotel bookings, and other travel-related reservations.
The app, available on all major mobile OS platforms, also provides facilities like local currency translator, and accepts payments from international payment cards.
On PlayStore alone, the 13MB large app enjoys as many as 10 million download hits.
OYO
A trusted, standardized way of booking hotels: OYO
What is the single biggest hassle about traveling? Yes, you guessed that right- it's finding a nice place to stay within budget.
OYO, with its budget hotel accommodation, solves this problem as its rooms are available throughout India.
It promises to offer a certain set of basic amenities in all of its rooms viz. AC, TV, cleaning, Wi-Fi, complimentary breakfast, and neat washrooms.
Glympse
Because there should be zero compromise with safety while traveling
Glympse, as claimed by them, is a fast and safe way to share your location using GPS with friends and family.
In a new place, where you have limited knowledge of locations and directions, the app can do wonders to help you share you location with other people.
The Webby-awarded app has, on PlayStore alone, been downloaded more than 5 million times.