Meet up with locals and travellers to experience more.
Many travellers or holidaymakers when overseas will take the opportunity to form new relationships and friendships with people they meet whilst away. This is often due to the loss of responsibilities and pressures which are usually associated with our lives at home. Travelling or holidaying abroad makes us open to newer things, which can also include forming friendships and relationships.
Many travellers, weekend breakers or holidaymakers may struggle with finding someone to meet for a beer or a tour of the city on their own. Luckily there are many apps now on the market that brings together travellers and locals in order to provide the authentic travelling experience. We have picked out a selection of the best apps on the market right now to help you meet up with other travellers and locals.
Meeting travellers and locals through apps!
When travelling abroad meeting people is easy. Now it is even easier with the latest technology and smartphone apps. These apps can help speed up the meeting process which in return has led to many moments of romance and friendships. Here is our selection;
Ventoura – This applications allows fellow solo travellers to match up with other solo travellers and locals in order to spice up their journey. Users have experienced hidden gems of the cities they have explored, made friendships and occasionally had their moments of romance after meeting through Ventoura.
Ventoura worked for me last trip to Europe. It’s free and full of locals with wisdom and tips to impart. Got me off the beaten track and away from the cliche tourist hot spots at least.
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Miss Travel – The sugar daddy site for people looking for a vacation. This app, although a little strange, has gone from strength to strength. Users are to fill out their profiles like any other social media profile. They are then to proclaim where or not they would like to be paid for, would like to pay for someone else or if they are interested in 50/50 payments. This app is geared towards the weekend business trip away.
Tourbar – This app combines the simplicity of tinder as well as the ethos behind the Ventoura app. It brings travellers together with a single swipe allowing for travellers or locals to hook up for a coffee or a beer easily, which has in the past resulted in romance!
Using apps for the language barrier
So you’ve secured your date, problem is you cannot speak a word of the local tongue! Here to help again is our technological friends with a collection of the best translations apps and devices brought to you from translation company Morningside Translations.
iTranslate iMessage App – When both parties have the iTranslate Messenger app it allows for all messengers to be instantly translated to the language of choice making conversation seamless and easy to flow through.
WayGo – When travelling Asia there is really no other translation app that you need. Simply point your phone at any Chinese, Japanese or Korean text and the app will thrash out all the hard work for you.
Triplingo – This app is the swiss army knife of all translation apps as it aims to offer you everything you need to go travelling with. The app contains a phrasebook and instant voice recorder as well as emergency information and currency rates for the local area.
The ili – The ili is a wearable device which allows for real-time voice translations in multiple languages. Due to be launched in early 2017 this device doesn’t require your phone to work, it acts alone in a quick and efficient manner helping to breakdown the language barrier in the process.
