Top 5 Handiest iPhone Travel Apps

For those of you who own an iPhone, it has likely become an extension of your arm. Chances are you won’t be heading to any travel destination without it. If so, here is a lot of the top 5 handiest iPhone apps to you’ll want to have with you on your holiday get-away.

eCurrency app Price: $0.99

Want to make sure you’re not getting ripped off? eCurrency provides up to date exchange rate information on over 190 currencies, with rates provided by the European Central Bank and other sources.

Next flight app Price: $2.99

I always get really nervous and paranoid before flying anywhere. Not because I think I’m going to die, more because I think I’m going to miss my plane. With the Next Flight application, if ever you do a miss a flight, or like to compulsively check flight schedules like I do can see the next available flight to catch. Just enter your origin, destination and departure date. You’ll get a list of all the available flights for the selected day from all airline carriers, plus terminal and gate info.

Lonely Planet Phrasebook app Price: $5.99

The Lonely Planet is just about every traveler’s bible, with maps, locations listings, reviews, and the most common phrases to help you get along in your globetrotting adventures. The Lonely Planet offers an Audio Phrasebook app (compatible with iPhone/iPod Touch) for $5.99 available in over 10 languages. Each guide contains approximately 600 common phrases. The app is currently available for English speakers with phrase translations in Mandarin, Cantonese, Czech, Thai, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Vietnamese. A great feature is that you can tap on the phrase and hear how it’s pronounced.

Wi-Fi Finder app Price: Free

Finding Wi-Fi is key, especially if you’re Skyping and trying to save travel coin. Wi-Fi Finder tracks over 200,000 locations in 135 countries.

Foodspotting app Price: Free

Half the pleasure in traveling is the eating. The foodspotting app is like window shopping for food but instead of reading and writing reviews of restaurants, you can share photos of specific foods you recommend and see what’s good wherever you go. You even earn recognition and real world rewards for completing certain guides. A la Twitter you can follow trusted users and see their profiles and recommendations.