The organizational side of a holiday can often be so stressful or daunting that it takes away from the enjoyment of traveling. But with a few nifty mobile apps, much of this stress can be instantly eradicated. Here are some of the best travel apps for before, during and after a vacation that will guarantee you won’t forget to pack that extra pair of socks, help you find the cheapest flight, or even help ward off the post-travel blues.
安排假日行程總是讓人倍感壓力、望而生畏,以至于奪走了旅行的樂趣。但在一些新潮實用的手機軟件的幫助下,大部分壓力就立刻被一掃而光了。下面我們就來介紹幾款最受歡迎的旅行應用軟件,不論行前、度假中、抑或是歸來后,有了它們,你就不會忘記多備一雙襪子,還可以輕而易舉地訂到最廉價的機票,甚至還有助于預防“游后抑郁癥”。
Get ready
行前準備
Kayak
應用名稱:Kayak
Platforms: iOS, Android, Windows
運行平臺:iOS、安卓和Windows操作系統
Price: Free
價格:免費
Kayak takes away the research associated with traveling by providing a one-stop-shop for all your hotel, flight, transportation and organization needs. It not only consolidates hundreds of travel sites into one, but it also scours the best current deals for you to compare, and even offers a flight tracker and itinerary management.
Kayak提供包括酒店、航班、交通和旅行社在內的一站式服務,讓你成功擺脫行前調研環節。Kayak不僅將數百家旅行網站匯聚旗下,還提供時下熱門的旅行優惠套餐供你選擇比較;甚至還提供航班動態和旅游管理等服務。
Packing Pro
應用名稱:旅行待辦事項任務和行李單助手
Platform: iOS
運行平臺:iOS操作系統
Price: 18 yuan
價格:18元
Packing Pro is a must have for the modern day traveler — particularly for those who have a habit of packing at the very last minute, thereby inevitably forgetting something vital. All you need to do is tell it where you’re going and how long for and it will create an all-inclusive list of the things you should take. It categorizes the items into various groups and lists them in order of importance.
旅行待辦事項任務和行李單助手是現代驢友的必備軟件,特別是對于那些習慣拖到最后時刻才打包行李的人,這些人總會落下一些重要物品。你只需要在軟件中輸入旅行目的地和旅行時長,它就會按照重要程度分門別類地列出一份詳盡的旅行必需品名單。
It even creates suggestions for other family members and it works as a perfect checklist while traveling to ensure you don`t lose anything along the way.
它甚至還能夠為你的家人提供建議。它就是一份完美的旅行清單,確保你在途中中不再丟三落四。
Be informed
搜羅訊息
AroundMe
應用名稱:AroundMe(周邊信息查詢軟件)
Platforms: iOS, Android, Windows
運行平臺:iOS、安卓、Windows操作系統
Price: Free
價格:免費
AroundMe detects your location and will show you any nearby points of interest within a certainradius. Feeling peckish? Simply click on the restaurants function and it will show you all your nearby options. You can even book a hotel or find the movie schedule of a nearby theater.
AroundMe會提供定位服務,然后顯示出在你周邊的景點信息。感到饑腸轆轆?只需點擊餐飲功能,就能找到你周圍的所有飯店。你甚至還能用它來預訂酒店或了解附近影院的放映時間表。
As the world’s most used local search application and with more than 10 different languages, including Chinese, this app must be doing something right.
作為全球使用最廣的本地搜索應用軟件,AroundMe推出了包括漢語在內的十種語言版本。這個應用做的事情無疑是正確的。
TripAdvisor
應用名稱:TripAdvisor
Platforms: iOS, Android, Windows, and Lumia
運行平臺:iOS、安卓、Windows操作系統以及諾基亞Lumia系列
Cost: Free
價格:免費
It’s all well and good to find nearby places of interest, but that’s quite useless if the place you visit is beyond your budget, closed down or has some other unadvertised shortcomings.
能夠搜尋附近景點信息的軟件當然是不錯的選擇,但如果景點花費超出預算,關門大吉或是私下具有哪些不足之處,那么這種軟件也就變得毫無用處了。
This is where TripAdvisor comes in. The TripAdvisor app was downloaded on average 25 times a minute in 2012. The app features hundreds of millions of trusted, unbiased reviews from real travelers detailing their experiences of particular places.
這時候你應該考慮用TripAdvisor。2012年,該軟件平均每分鐘被下載25次。該應用的特點來自無數驢友真實可信的評論,其中詳細記錄著他們各自的旅行經歷。
With map-based browsing, a ‘near me now’ function, saved searches and plenty of photos, after traveling with the app you’ll wonder how you ever traveled without it.
該應用配置了地圖瀏覽和“當前離我最近”功能,還有搜尋記錄以及大量美圖,帶上該軟件去旅行,你會有種相見恨晚的感覺。
Manage memories
整理旅行記憶
Trip Journal
應用名稱:旅行日記
Platforms: iOS, Android
運行平臺:iOS、安卓操作系統
Price: 25 yuan
價格:25元
Rather than having to lug around a heavy paper journal that you cut and glue memorabilia in to, Trip Journal allows you to keep your travel memories in order amid all the chaos and excitement. The app was awarded No 1 Travel Application by Google and in 2011 was a finalist in the travel category of the Best App Ever awards. The savvy app allows you to document your holiday experiences and share them with friends and family through social media. You can track and record your travel routes, photos, videos, blog entries, and even statistics such as distance, time and geography traveled.
與其帶著厚重的紙質日記,然后剪貼上備忘錄,不如下載這款旅行日記軟件,它能夠讓你在混亂與興奮中井井有條地記錄旅行點滴。該應用曾被谷歌評選為“旅行神器”,并成功入圍2011年旅行類最佳應用程序獎。有了這款智能應用程序,你就可以將旅行經歷記錄下來,通過社交網絡與家人朋友分享。你可以追蹤并記錄旅行路線、拍攝照片及視頻、撰寫博文、獲得旅行距離、時間和地形等數據。
【辭海拾貝】
consolidate 堅固,強化 scour 擦拭,擦亮
itinerary 旅行計劃 detect 偵測,發覺
radius 半徑范圍 peckish 肚子餓的
unbiased 沒有偏見的 lug 拖拉
memorabilia 大事記 savvy 精明,機智