If youre planning a Florida vacation and you have a smart phone, save yourself some of the most common travel frustrations and fill your phone with helpful apps!
From keeping you up-to-date on flights to finding gas stations or a close clean restroom, travel apps can make your Florida vacation much more enjoyable by removing a lot of the frustration and guess work involved with travel.
To help make your Florida vacation as enjoyable as possible, weve sifted through the thousands of travel apps out there, testing them until we had a list of favorites. Now our results are ready for you to use when youre on your florida vacation. The bonus? Most of them are free!
Florida vacation guide to best mobile apps for traveling
Gas Buddy. Using GPS to track your location, this app will search for nearby gas stations while keeping you updated on prices. If youre taking an Android, BlackBerry or iPhone/iPad on your Florida vacation, download this FREE app.
Urbanspoon. Unsure about which restaurant to choose on your Florida vacation? The FREE Urbanspoon app breaks down restaurant choices by neighborhood, cuisine, and price, or simply shake it for a recommendation! Available on Android, iPhone/iPad, Blackberry, Kindle Fire.
SitOrSquat. While on your Florida vacation, should you require a public toilet in a hurry, find a place to go among more than 100,000 listings. It will tell you about hours, changing-table availability, and includes photos and reviews as well. This FREE app is available on iPhone/iPad, Blackberry.
TripIt. This travel app will mean no rifling through itineraries and papers on your Florida vacation. TripIt syncs with your e-mail account pulling flight info, loyalty-program numbers, hotel and dinner reservations together, creating a master itinerary for your Florida vacation. This FREE app works with Android, iPhone/iPad, Blackberry and Windows 7.
GateGuru. Dont go on your Florida vacation without this FREE app with information on 98 U.S. airports and international hubs helping you find food, services and shops in a hurry. Need a coffee on the run while trying to get to your Florida vacation? Download this app to your Android or iPhone/iPad and find the nearest joe.
The Weather Channel Max. Tune into this app before you get out of bed while on Florida vacation to find out whether it will be a beach day or a shopping day. The 15-minute forecast gives you detailed info for the next 6 hours, just so you know how much sunscreen to slather on your body! This $3.99 app is available for iPhone/iPad.
Goby. This FREE app is perfect if you didnt put much planning into your Florida vacation. Look for venues and activities nearby, from family fun and adventure to arts and culture. This app which allows you to manually select interests or sync the app with Facebook and have it pull info from your preferences, will become your personal Florida vacation guide. Available on Android, iPhone/iPad.