when it comes to travel apps we know about the usual suspects. We know about
TripAdvisor, kayak.com, hotels.com, we know about Uber and Lyft. What happens if
I tell you it there is an app that will allow you to hire a Ford Mustang convertible
for 55 bucks a day and a hotel room for under $90! on this week Tech Tip Tuesday
I'm gonna be sharing with you five travel apps that you haven't heard of
and they're free and they're gonna save you money so let's get onto it!
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PackNow is a solution for those who don't know how to pack or who always
overpack or like me who forget things behind so once you put in some
information like the destination the date of travel I like gonna be staying
there is a business or pleasure and what kind of activities you'll be doing,
what the system does is that it creates a packing list for you
but here's way gets smart it first looks at the weather at your destination and
then based on the weather it creates a custom packing list so that you make
sure that you don't leave your umbrella behind or leave your sunscreen depending
on where you're going last thing is you can tick things off
your list as you throwing them into your bag!
when you arrive at your destination
of course you can use Uber or Lyft or one of those other services but
sometimes it's actually better to have your own vehicle especially if you've
got lots of luggage, especially if you've got children, and you want to make lots
of little trips, having your own vehicle is great and this is what Turo just
absolutely rocks. Turo is basically the air B&B but for vehicles! so this is Turo.
what you'll do is you'll enter your destination and you'll select your dates
and the time that you want to start the rental and the time that you want to end
it and it will start listing vehicles but look at these vehicles and look at
these prices I mean Ford Mustang convertible fifty five dollars a day so
click on the vehicle that you want it will give you a whole bunch
information and it will also make other suggestions for vehicles in the same
category I found that each vehicle really has
quite comprehensive with pictures and all the relevant information that you
need to know and I do lack the filters option so if I'm looking for a very
specific vehicle for example my SUV because I've got lots of luggage I can
actually select that in the filters as well now just like renting a normal car
from a normal rental agency you are covered you can just choose the kind of
coverage that you want you can even decline it because you've got your own
coverage which covers you on a third party vehicle but is it a good deal so
let's double check let's go to a rental agency for this example let's call the
Mavis and let's go look at their vehicles compare the same vehicle so the
one we've just seen on two right so here is my damn Dodge Charger at $292 per day
oh but here's my Ford Mustang convertible at $387 per day
let's see if that is indeed the price yep $514.24
for the three day rentals compared to fifty five dollars a day
so I mean that's a no-brainer it's you immediately get amazing savings on Turo!
so before every trip there is obviously certain amount of planning
that goes into it and some people like to make kind of entire books out of the
trip this is where Google Trips come in to the rescue! what you do is you put
in your destination and it will start listing curated items of things to do in
that area but here is where it gets even cooler! what happens if you just have no
idea and you just want someone to give you some ideas well you've got something
called to the Day Plan essentially over a certain period of time it will list a
certain number of sites to see for example 72 hours in LA I want to see
four sites - what can I see? it gives you some
options and it would even give you the maps to make sure that everything is
durable within your dedicated period of time now start seeing is not cheap so
definitely check out the discount section is always a good special to be
had definitely got browse through with that. I also like using the same
application in the city where I live so in Dallas I want to see what the city
has to offer what am I missing and particularly like using the day plan
especially when I got guests coming in from out of town
whenever we travel we travel. We land up in
some department store for whatever reason and we always look for
these great amazing deals but are they really great amazing deals or are we
just getting swept up in the heart because we're on vacation? well this is
where this next application comes into play it's called Flow. Flow by Amazon and
look how genius this is you take any item you scan the barcode and it
immediately tells you what the exact same item will cost on Amazon how
brilliant is that??? of course Amazon is much more than just electronics so let's
see what it does worth Gary Vee Crushing IT book? 's
the book turn it over there's the barcode and does it recognize it? - yes it does
but here is where it gets even crazier in fact it will actually read the title
of the book that's what it just did right
yeah so the same party trick works
with something like a Kleenex tissue some other household items it will
simply recognize it and give you a price comparison now of course you can write
down to make the model the number and compare it manually yourself on your
phone but why when you can just scan the barcode and get it to it for you so you
know the deal if the last day you've done absolutely everything you needed to
do but check out from the hotel is pretty early and now you just killing
time until you have to head off to the airport. Everybody's getting irritated,
and you just want to get back onto that plane and go home well this is where
this application comes into play it's called Day Use. Many people don't realize
that hotels have something called a day use rate. So it's not an overnight, but
it gives you a certain number of hours for the day where you can actually
use the room, use the shower, go to the gym, go to the pool, and basically kill
time before your plane or your next appointment. After you select your
location & the date it will start listing the hotels. first thing I like to do is
go into the filter option and choose what is the length of stay how many
hours do I want to the room for to see what kind of deals I'm gonna get on my
room and I it's pretty much the same as any regular hotels you select the room
you see what kind of items come with the offer and make your selection I'm sure
there are many many more apps I just gotta troll through those app stores and
find the real cool ones the ones that actually gonna give us value if you know
of any please let me know in the comment below I would really appreciate if you
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