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Planning a fall trip? There’s an app for that!

If you’re planning a road trip this fall, to Leavenworth or elsewhere in Washington State, and if you have an iPhone, Android or other smart phone or mobile device, you’ll want some apps to make your road trip safer and more fun.
We use iPhones and an iPad so the following apps are from the iTunes Store. Some of these or similar apps may be available for Android or other mobile device.

Road Safety:
•Washington State Dept. of Transportation (WSDOT) Free
•AAA Roadside Free

Trip planning:
•AAA TripTik Mobile Free
•TripDoc-Travel Planner and Organizer $2.99
•Co-pilot Live $9.99 for iPhone app (we use it on the iPad.) Our favorite navigation tool. It takes some learning to get around in. So far it has all we need. You can upgrade to HD for iPhone or for iPad and pay for premium subscriptions. $4.99-$29.99. This app is a battery sucker. We plug a power adapter into the lighter adapter plug in the car.

Road-Trip Games:
•Road-Trip Bingo $0.99
•I Spy $0.99

Now that you’re in Leavenworth:
•Pension Anna-Where to eat and what to do. And if you’re staying at Pension Anna complementary use of an iPhone is part of their hospitality service.
•Yelp Free. Need to find services locally? Yelp lists local businesses.
•UrbanSpoon Free. Find local restaurants, read reviews.
•foursquare Free. Meet up with locals, get tips and hints. Share your recommendations with future travelers.

Share your trip:
•Instagram Free. Shoot and share: who, what, where
•Hipstamatic $1.99. Shoot and share cool photos with friends and on social media.
•Postagram Postcards Free app. $0.99 in-app purchase per postcard sent.

How about you? What are your favorite apps for your iPhone, iPad or other smart phones? Looking for great places to practice your iPhonography and play with some of those great photo apps? Check the last blog entry for inspiration and places to do some shutter snapping.

This entry was posted on Thursday, September 1st, 2011 at 3:24 pm and is filed under And . . . etc., road trip. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

One Response to “Planning a fall trip? There’s an app for that!”

  1. Mick Dougherty says:
    October 4, 2011 at 8:46 pm

    I have an app recommendation for traveling.
    It is called INRIX Traffic.
    Free download – check it out and I am sure you will want to add it to this page on your wonderful website.
    My wife and I are huge fans of Leavenworth as well.
    We love going in December for the Christmas lighting and to enjoy the snow, the shops and the people.