13 of the Best Travel Apps of 2012
Summary
As with many apps, Airbnb took its jolly old time to shuffle beyond its iOS confines, but the private accommodation booking service finally landed on Android back in January. The premise behind Tripomatic for iOS is pretty simple – you enter your destination, how long you plan to stay for and the app plots out attractions and things to do on a map. This neat Web app does social seating as a SaaS service for airlines and travel websites, giving individuals the ability to see who else is on the chosen flight. Trains running through the London Underground can be hot, smelly, empty, entertaining and have funny drivers who brighten a journey with a joke here and there, but this doesn’t show up on a regular TfL update. Once you sign up through Facebook, optionally adding Twitter, Foursquare and Tripit, the service will automatically detect when you and your friends are traveling away from home and create personalized infographics of their journey.