{"id":679,"date":"2026-03-19T14:37:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/?p=679"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:37:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:37:06","slug":"essential-travel-apps-everyone-needs-on-their-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/?p=679","title":{"rendered":"Essential Travel Apps Everyone Needs On Their Phone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There\u2019s no shortage of travel apps cluttering up the Android and Apple marketplaces these days \u2014 and that\u2019s a problem, as most of them are terrible. Sorting out useless ones from those worth installing is not the most fun you\u2019ll ever have with your smartphone, but no one wants to pay for a worthless app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve got a trip coming up, rather than wasting a week of your life downloading useless junk, start with these 10\u00a0great travel apps instead:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. LoungeBuddy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve spent enough of my life waiting around in airports to know that it basically sucks. I usually fly on budget airlines with long layovers and terrible connections, so dirty seats, expensive Wi-Fi, and bad food are a depressingly regular part of my life. The only places that offer any respite are the lounges \u2014\u00a0but without a membership or business-class tickets, I\u2019m not inclined to wander around and ask random lounge staff if they\u2019d like to let me in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LoungeBuddy<\/u><\/a> takes the pain out of the process. After entering your credit card, airline status, and lounge memberships, the app tells you which lounges you can access at any given airport. Even for people like me who don\u2019t have any of those things, the app still lets you know about any free lounges or ones you can purchase a day pass for. It\u2019s slick, easy to use, and free!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get it for\u00a0iOS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Hostelworld<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Hostelworld app has does all the usual things you\u2019d expect an accommodation booking app to do \u2014\u00a0searches, descriptions, filters \u2014\u00a0and looks particularly good while doing so. The full-screen interactive map makes it easy to work out whether the hostel you like is anywhere near where you want to be, while those all-important reviews are only a tap away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There\u2019s no shortage of travel apps cluttering up the Android and Apple marketplaces these days \u2014\u00a0and that\u2019s a problem, as most of them are terrible. Sorting out useless ones from those worth installing is not the most fun you\u2019ll ever have with your smartphone, but no one wants to pay for a worthless app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech","category-travel-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":682,"href":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679\/revisions\/682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}