When you’re a mover in the business world, travel is an absolute necessity. If you’re a frequent flier you need to adopt as many smart strategies for simplifying your trip as you can. Business travel doesn’t have to be difficult or complicated. Here are some tips, tech and gadgets that can make all the difference in the world.
Watch The Weather :
You’re travelling to Beijing and need to know what the temperature is; you have an outdoor conference in Paris and need to know if it’s going to rain, how can you get up-to-the-minute weather reports at the touch of a button? What you need is weather for Android smartphones. It will provide you will a regularly updated 7-day forecast, temperature and humidity readings, sunrise and sunset times, as well as severe weather alerts so you will always know what to pack and what to wear wherever you are in the world.
Organise Your Itinerary :
With TripIt you can forward the emails from airlines, hotels, car rental companies and bus companies to the app and it will organize all your details into one single itinerary. You can view the information on your phone or computer. It also makes it easy to share your trip information with your friends and loved ones.
Get The Lay of The Airport :
If you only have a short time between flight and you need to grab a bite to eat, get the latest edition of the newspaper or withdraw from the ATM, Voxox is the companion you need. It will show you the layout of most U.S. and Canadian airports and give you a gate-by-gate list of shops, services, and restaurants.
Yelp :
If you are new in town and you are in the mood for an Italian meal, the best espresso or you want a nice cold beer, you can use Yelp to search for products and services by name or topic. It’s packed with reviews to help you find the best of whatever city you’re in. It’s a great place to start when you’re in a new area.
Voxox :
If you want to save money on business calls when you’re roaming, check out Voxox. This cloud phone mobile app is a complete portable business phone system. You can use it for business and personal calls wherever you have a Wi-Fi connection. Features include free business text messages throughout the U.S. and Canada with a monthly plan, conference calling, call recording, call flip and eavesdropping. You can make calls to international destinations at low rates and call quality is excellent.
LetsLunch :
This app helps you meet fellow professionals who specialize in your industry while you’re on your lunch or coffee break or while you’re waiting for a flight at the airport. It’s a great app for networking n your limited free time.
Start simplifying your business travel straight away with these useful mobile apps. You’ll soon wonder how you ever managed without them.
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