Traveling is expensive enough—save your money for the actual trip by downloading these helpful and little-known travel apps that are all free.
From personalized audio tours to currency converters to international-texting messengers, these apps have you covered at home and abroad.
Find. Eat. Drink.
Want to eat at the best spots in town while you're on vacation? Don't mess around with online reviews from average Joes.
Instead, download the Find. Eat. Drink. app, which sources recommendations from industry insiders—the chefs, sommeliers, bartenders, and bakers who work with food and drink for a living.
Going to be out of cell-phone range? Download one of the PDF guides for the city you're traveling to and you'll get all the info without any of the roaming charges.
Free for Apple
Want to stay in touch with international friends?
Download the WhatsApp messenger and you can text all your buddies for free—no matter where they live or whether or not they have the same phone you do.
The app uses your Internet data plan (rather than your SMS plan) to send text messages, so you won't have to pay international-texting or overage fees.
Free for Apple, Android, BlackBerry, Nokia, Symbian, and Windows
iDotto
When in Rome, put down the map and put in your headphones.
The iDotto app is an audio guide that follows you around the city and gives you a personalized guided tour (fully customizable to your interests).
It's currently only available for Rome, but there are plans to expand to more cities soon. If you are going to Rome, this app has more than 25 hours of audio information for you to listen to.
Free for Apple
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