These are the apps you need for the summer holidays

Look in an old travel guide how to get to a specific beach, find out where the nearby restaurants or hotels, or asking which are the fashionable venues in a specific area is something from the last century. Not because it is unnecessary, but because now it can be done in a much more comfortable, faster and updated way from the mobile For this there is a good collection of applications available that help us plan and develop vacations without too much trouble, or can even save them with just a couple of screen taps.That is why we have prepared a list with the most useful tools when it comes to traveling, looking for accommodation or nearby establishments, creating plans or even find the best beaches for this summer All of them free and designed for the main mobile platforms.

Waze

This is one of the most useful apps on the road. It has already proven its worth by making use of collaborative consumption, where each user offers information for the good of the rest. This translates into having alerts in real time about withholdings at certain points in the but also to find out if there is a point control (mobile) and where it is, or if there is danger due to an accident on the road, and even price informationios of the different gas stations All seasoned with a very social, allowing you to interact with other users or wazers to know your location and destination, or even sharing the route and approximate arrival time information with family and friends, preventing them from having to wait for us any longer than necessary.Also with warnings for speed cameras, if the maximum speed allowed is exceeded. A tool available for free at Google Play, App Store and Windows Phone Store

My Cloud

Those users who need to plan a getaway from scratch have the My cloud application to start take ideas A portal that compiles all kinds of charming places, either for their hotels or by the environments in which they are found. In any case, this application brings with it recommendations from other users, as well as guides to know what to visit in different places and trips, also offering searchhotel and travel seekers in the same place.A good corner to find inspiration. The app is available at Google Play and App Store

GoEuro

Travel can be somewhat complicated to organize. Many companies among which compare prices, different methods of transport and, generally, consultation pages are too tedious and slow Therefore the best option is to use a automated comparatorGoEuro fills this need by inserting a origin, destination, and dates of trip to be able to search for buses, as well as trains and flights that cover that route. A comfortable option, although perhaps not the most effective (it has a large number of transport companies to consult, but not all), where consult prices, schedules and routes. All this in the same application, neatly organized by tabs. And not only that, it also offers the purchase and management of tickets, thus being able to forget about using the services of some companies that leave much to be desired. The app is available on both Google Play and App Store forfree

Booking

One of the most comfortable and widespread applications to find cheap accommodation could not be missing from this list. And it is that in Booking it is easy to find hostels and hotels of all kinds in a couple of screen touches, knowing that it is possible to filter by prices and find the most tempting offers to spend the night. All this with a wide variety of establishments around the world.It also allows to manage the entire reservation process from the application itself. It can be downloaded from Google Play and App Store

Airbnb

Many traveling users already know the virtues of Airbnb A service where other people rent their own houses or rooms for tourists or visitors Something that allows you to find more competitive prices when spending the night, in addition to offering places where hotels do not arrive. A whole philosophy that has all the comforts in this application to be able to offer your own home or look for accommodation in any specific place Options that allow you to close deals through the application , in a comfortable way and making all the details of the stay clear.The Airbnb service has applications on Google Play and App Store

There is no doubt that knowing how to get to destinations is a key point in summer vacations. Of course, for this, those destinations have to be on the map, and two of the most complete maps in the mobile world are Google Maps and HERE Maps, by Nokia Both tools work in much the same way, providing up-to-date information of addresses, establishments and places, in addition to offering GPS navigation to know how to get there in your own vehicle. In other words, knowing at which exit from a roundabout to take or which direction to take at the next junction.

As an extra point we must mention the possibility of HERE Maps of downloading portions of maps. In this way, and without having access to an Internet connection or needing to spend rate data, it is possible tosearch for addresses and be guided step by step Something really useful in travel abroad A function which will also be available on Google Maps soon, which also reports in real time on traffic density

Google Maps is available at Google Play andApp Store, while Here Maps can be downloaded from Google Play, App Store and Windows Phone Store.

Yelp

After coming to less than Foursquare, the geolocation social network Most useful for discovering new places and nearby establishments, Yelp has been the one that has picked up the recommendations to find out where to eat, dine, have a drink or visit a charming place. It's true that Foursquare has many more locations outside of the range of catering establishments, but Yelpis more alive now, with more users recommending and offering reviews of places worth going to and knowing what to order A good option to search a place to recharge your batteries in an environment where there are no friends to ask about a good bar or restaurant. All this with detailed information to reserve, know the price range and, above all, your locationYelp has apps for Android, iOS and Windows PhoneFree can be found atGoogle Play, App Store and Windows Phone Store.

iPlaya

One of the places most chosen by vacationers are the beaches A place to enjoy the time and the sea, as long as the weather and waves allow it To try to finalize all the details it is also possible to use the application iPlaya, which collects information from the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) of these places . All this updated, indicating the temperature, the state of the skies, the UV index and including the water temperatureIn addition, it has statistical data (not always entirely reliable) on the swell Of course , this application only collects information from beaches on the Spanish coast, although it may be useful for the most cautious users. It is available on Google Play and App Store on form free

Google translator

It is, without a doubt, the definitive translation tool. An extremely useful application for travellers who are going to visit foreign without mastering the language of the destination place. And this application has been growing in functionalities, not only offering translations of what is written, but allowing to take photographs of texts that the user is not able to reproduce by hand to know their meaning.Thus, now it is also possible to focus with the camera of the terminal and see on the screen, in real time and against the original background of a message in another language, the translation of a printed text It also highlights its simultaneous translation mode, offering the possibility of carrying out a conversation with another person who does not speak the same language without having to pause each sentence. And it is that it is translating time automatically between two different languages Of course, it is necessary to have a good Internet connection in the latter case, being able to download language packs to use offline in the other functions. The Google Translate app is available for both Android and iOS via Google Play and App Storetotally free

Google Photos

Today if you don't post your vacation photos on regular social networks like Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, looks like you haven't been on vacation. However, there are always many other images that remain in the reel or gallery of the terminal Photos and videos that remain for each user, couple, group of friends or family, and that do not have to be given visibility, but you do have to save them to create a nice album of memories The current best option is Google Photos as it allows you to create an automatic backupof all the photos taken with the mobile during the holidays. All this with no space limit and no cost This means being able to take all kinds of photos to have a record in the cloud or Internet privately, without fear of losing or breaking the terminal (more than one has had an accident in the pool or on the beach).Thus, from any other device, with the same Google account, it is possible to retrieve the imagesIt also has the possibility to share complete albums easily through a link , plus other additions like automatically create videos, animations, and collages with these photo collections.

It also acts as an excellent gallery, being able to find photos according to the pepeople that appear in them , by food, by animals or even when searching landscapes, beaches or other elements. The app is available from Google Play and App Store