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People who love travelling would know that it is no fun until and unless it has been planned out in advance. Most of the people before travelling make sure that they have got whatever is necessary for the journey, they stuff their suitcases with every kind of garment that might come in hand, books and maps they might need.What they don’t realize is that sometimes all this preparation even is not enough for a comfy road trip, as some serious issues may arise while travelling, other than emergencies. The iPhone applications with their new travelling applications make it easier for a traveler to keep himself organized and out of trouble. They are a must have applications, not only for the extra information but for a fun and safe trip to any place on planet.

avigation

It is necessary to prevent getting lost, even those with the perfect sense of direction may find it hard at times to navigate their way without getting lost. Apple fortunately has some excellent navigational applications; they have been described as follows so that it may be easier for you to decide over what exactly you need as some of the GPS applications maybe costly.

TomTom U.S.A

An average of 20% roads changes every year, and Tom Tom has all the updated and fresh maps, ready to navigate. Apart from showing directions, it has step by step instructions for the user. Even more, no mobile signal or data plan is need to search through the map or navigate to your destination. Hence with this hand, an iPhone, iPad and iPod touch user may find it hard to get lost.

AT&T Navigator

An iTunes store may try to trick you with the so called free of cost AT&T Navigator application, but a worthy trip for the readers is not to fall in the trap. The application maybe free technically but really it is not, the fee is charged through your AT&T wireless bill either monthly or annually. The good thing is however that you may subscribe for it for a month or so while travelling and then drop your subscription. The application has a full landscape view integration, although mobile signal is required for this application as all the maps and information are streamed in through the network. Apart from having turn-by-turn directions it also updates traffic situations and then offers alternate routes.

Food and Important Places

It always has been a mind boggling issue, where to eat and where to get the gas from in a unfamiliar town? Well, just got lucky, there are a plenty of iPhone applications that would help you through this problem.

Urbanspoon

It is an extremely fun, free of cost application. It is a part magic 8 ball and part slot machine. A simple shake and you may find a local place to eat, keep on shaking and it may comeback with something that you want to try. The reviews of the all the diners help you to make a good enough choice. The iPhone, iPod and iPad users may find it very handy.

Yelp

Yelp is a good, free application for all the travelers. Here you can search for business listings and go through all the reviews, but adding comments or editing profile information is not possible. Yelp provides with the address and the phone number of the business that you have found through it. Still, the reviews may not be that reliable, as Yelp itself did not get good reviews for their methods, as some people even say that it threaten businesses using their reviews.

Maps

Now finding a back or a restaurant for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users is very easy, this application will find the place that you need to go to, nearest to you. This exceptional application finds your location and then finds all the different locations that you need to go to. Let it be a bank or a restaurant.

Roadside America

The price for this application varies according to the plan. It is packed with easy-to-use, in-depth information and maps. If you are attracted to unique places, this is the right application for you. Roadside America lists all those good museums, statues and tourist locations that are otherwise not very commonly known.

Fun

Driving for hours may turn out to be a bit of a turn off at times, road trips should be fun, and the fun applications listed below help the kids from getting bored.

FindPlate

This simple fun game, allows you while driving, to keep track of all the different license plates that you may see through your road trip. This helps in entertaining the whole family, and at the same time increases knowledge about the geography. The goal is to spot the license plates for all of the states. When you find a plate, a simple touch leads you to a fun fact related to that state. This free app is compatible with the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.

iSpy Game

This is the children’s game that has been imagined again for the iPhone, using the geo-location and mobile snapshots. This application is inexpensive, and it gives list of all the items that you may spot during your journey; your job is to search for them. This 99cent applications can be used by iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. The pictures are real and hence easy to recognize during the trip.

Family Car Games

It is a fun game, for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users. It is a unique and exceptional application that is a resource for a hundred different types of games that may make your very long and boring family trip into fun.

Road Trip Scavenger Hunt

It is a perfect game for kids during a long road trip. As the name suggest the job is to find different items on your road trip and keep score of who finds the most. Its loaded with about 140 different things that you may spot during the trip. It states that the application is compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, still users with iOS 4 may find some issues with it as reported, hence it is better to check and make sure before downloading an application.

Driving

Sometimes we get a bit careless about driving when we go on a road trip, focusing more on the games and so. It must be an enjoyable trip, but at the same time it must be safe, and for it to be safe it is important to keep track of the gas gauge and the weather.

The Weather Channel

For iPhone, iPod touch and iPad it is a free application which keeps you updated on the weather of the place where you are travelling, to keep you informed.

Cheap Gas

As the name states it is a free application to find a gas station with cheapest gas prices while on the go, it provides you with the maps of all those cheapest gas stations as well.

Gas Buddy

This application has an added feature of providing you with the distance and directions of the cheapest gas station it has located for you along with the gas prices. It sure has more to offer.

Accommodations

There are application that may come to you rescue while trying to find the right kind of place for you to rest after a long day of travelling. Some of which are listed as follows.

HotelsByMe

This application doesn’t only find a perfect hotel for you, it also books a reservation. Being a partner with Hotels.com/Expedia it helps you view all the descriptions and reviews of the hotels that fall within your locality. Also it is free for all the iPod touch, iPad and iPhone users.

Travelocity

It is a super slick interface with all the worth having features, flight schedules, hotels, booking a reservation and keeping track of all the current reservation already booked with Travelocity. The application allows you to book a room and keeps you informed on different destinations.

Simultravel GPS

It is a worldwide hotel application with interactive maps. It not only lets you reserve a hotel room through it, but it also provides you with the map to locate it. It is an application for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users, which allows you to locate a hotel that fits in your criteria.