Cool Tools

Check out these cool tools and resources!

The tools and apps listed here are ones we think are helpful for travelers, based on research and reviews. We haven’t personally tested every single one, and we don’t have formal partnerships with them, just sharing the love! Please always do your own due diligence before downloading or sharing personal information.

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Wanderlog (app)

Your itinerary and your map in one view

"Add the attractions you want to visit and see how to go between them on a map. Check distances and travel times between locations and attractions, schedule specific times for your visits, and optimize your route so you can make the most of your trip. See your flights and hotels for the day to keep track of what’s coming up."

"See your reservations, attachments, and confirmation emails in one place without having to search for them. Forward your reservation emails directly to Wanderlog. Prefer it automatic? Connect your Gmail to automatically scan and import your hotel, flight, and other reservation details. We organize all your bookings in one place."

Plan your itinerary, find lodging, and import reservations — all in one app!

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TripIt (app)

Itinerary creation and management tool

"TripIt can organize your travel plans no matter where you book. Simply forward your confirmation emails to plans@tripit.com and in a matter of seconds, TripIt will create a comprehensive itinerary for every trip."

Upgrade Option: "TripIt Pro will remind you when to leave, and tells you how long it should take, all the way to your gate. If your plans change, we'll show you other options."

More About TripIt Pro: Start your free 30-day trial, then it's just $49 for a year of helpful reminders, alerts, and travel perks.

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Trotter It

Digital travel journal

Trotter It is your personal digital travel journal that gives you the platform to create, document and share your beautiful travel stories.

The ‘Explorer’ tells you all the places you can visit around you, where to eat and drink, and finally, the off-map places where like-minded travelers like yourself have made a pit stop.

Experiences coming soon!

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Google Translate

Translate words, voice and images

Quickly access words and phrases from any device by saving them. Translate images by pointing your camera and instantly translate what you see. Play the translations to talk with someone who speaks a different language...And more!

No internet is not a problem. Download a language to translate without an internet connection

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Roadtrippers

Road trip planning tool (and app)

"Roadtrippers is the #1 road trip planning tool, with more than 38 million trips planned to-date covering more than 42 billion miles."

"Route from A to B and discover what you love in between. Our powerful route planner includes instant fuel cost estimation and a function to explore places within a set distance from your route."

Answer a few questions and let Roadtrippers Autopilot™ plan an itinerary for you.

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Rome2Rio

Get from A to B, anywhere!

"Find the best way to get from A to B, anywhere in the world, on your mobile, tablet or computer. Rome2Rio searches any city, town, landmark, attraction or address across the globe with thousands of multi-modal routes to easily get you from A to B."

The the app and easily compare your options: plane, train, bus, car, ferry, bike share, driving and walking directions all in one search.

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Tourlina

Find travel companions

“With the Tourlina app, you can find interesting and fun travel companions, travelling buddies and locals within a safe and trustworthy network. Woman traveling together & men traveling together.”

The Tourlina team checks each and every new user. Only verified users can chat with others.

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WhatsApp

Easy, free messaging + calls when you travel

"Simple, reliable, private messaging and calling for free available all over the world. From a group call to friends or tourmates to a quick call with mom, feel like you’re in the same room with voice and video calls."

It's secure. With end-to-end encryption on WhatsApp, your personal messages and calls are secured with a lock. Only you and the person you're talking to can read or listen to them, and no one else

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Xe Currency Converter

Currency exchange rates

Use Xe to check live foreign currency exchange rates. It also has everything you need for international money transfers. Get flexible ways to both send and receive money.

Check live foreign currency exchange rates

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PackPoint

Packing app

"PackPoint is an intelligent packing app and packing list builder for serious travelers. PackPoint will tell you what you need to pack based on length of travel, weather at your destination, and any activities planned during your trip. Punch in the city you're traveling to, the departure date, and the number of nights you'll be staying there."

PackPoint is a premium packing list organizer for serious travel pros.

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Sherpa

Visa and travel requirements

Find the latest visa and travel requirements for your trip Find out what documents and vaccinations you need to cross the border to 200+ destinations.

They can help you understand the requirements and apply for your visa in minutes.

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GlobeTips

Tip calculator and tipping guide

GlobeTips will give you precise advice on how to tip adequately in a specific situation in 240+ countries.

GlobeTips includes a lot of features such as bill scanning that simply calculates everything for you and automatically applies geo-location based advice, handy check-splitting, results up rounding, tax excluding, full tipping guide for all countries, etc.

Possibility to divide tips among number of people! Search for GlobeTips in your app store.

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Trainline

Buy rail passes

Born in 1997, Trainline is a tech company with the mission to make booking of train and bus tickets easier, reach new destinations and promote a more sustainable travel sector.

They offer affordable solutions and travel information in real time, displaying routes, prices and timetables of more than 270 train and bus companies in 45 countries.

Discover Europe with great savings and easy booking.

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Airalo (app)

Purchase, manage, and top up your eSIMs anytime, anywhere

With an Airalo eSIM (digital SIM), you can connect like a local in 200+ countries and regions worldwide. Install an eSIM and get online in minutes. No roaming fees — just easy, affordable, global connectivity.

Instead of dealing with a physical SIM card, you can purchase an eSIM, install it on your device, and instantly connect to a mobile network at your destination.

Airalo is the world’s first eSIM store that solves the pain of high roaming bills.

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Food Allergy Chef Cards

Create a food allergy card

Carrying a "chef card" that outlines the foods you must avoid is a great way to communicate your food allergies to a chef or manager at restaurants.

FARE provides an interactive PDF of chef card templates in English and a number of foreign languages to use while traveling or at ethnic food restaurants.

FARE (Food Allergy Research & Education) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization with the mission to improve the quality of life and health of those with food allergy through transformative research, education, and advocacy.

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Flush Toilet Finder & Map

App that helps locate public restrooms

"Flush Toilet Finder is the quickest, simplest way of finding a public bathroom or restroom. Simply open the app and it will display the nearest toilets to you. It's free, no in-app purchases and has over 200,000 bathrooms in its database!"

"Search through 200,000 public loos all around the world! Find which WC's have disabled access, a fee for usage or require a key!"

If you have recommendations, feel free to email us and we can add to the list!