If traveling is your passion, then you must be having an urge to explore India, and you must have heard that India is an extravagant country filled with some solid and beautiful places to visit. But since it's such a huge country it becomes cumbersome to plan a trip across it.
However, in the present times, several online platforms are available that help people in booking their travel and stay easily along with providing them with recommendations.
And anyway, who doesn’t like travelling? It is the planning that bothers people. Isn’t it?
Well, in that case, find this blog to your rescue. It lists the top 10 travel apps that’ll make your planning process effortless. Additionally, these apps assist you with all your travel requirements such as itinerary planning, booking, staying and etc. Further, some of these are considered to be the most renowned and the best travel booking software developments.
So, without exaggerating further, let’s take a deep dive into the best travel apps for tourism in India. The applications have been divided into categories based on the services they provide.
Recommendations - These apps provide recommendations and useful information that you need before travelling.
1.Arogya Setu:
It is a contact-tracing app that was launched by the government of India during the pandemic. This app uses contact information to trace the people, one comes in contact with and notifies if any of them are tested covid positive. Along with notifying, it also helps them get access to medical services.
The best feature of this app is that it provides information on containment zones and thus helps travellers to plan their trips accordingly.
2. Incredible India:
If you are looking for recommendations about where to travel and what place to visit, then this app has got you covered.
This app was developed by the National Informatics Centre(NIC) under the ministry of India. Just as the name suggests this app recommends a wide range of tourist places along with information about certified restaurants and hotels that one can visit in India. The interface of the app is vibrant, easy to navigate and simple to use.
If you are looking for recommendations, then this app has got you covered.
Booking - Find the apps that’ll help you book your transport, stay, and rest of the travel requirements.
3. IRCTC Rail Connect:
It is an official app launched by the government of India that helps the passengers in checking out the railways' tickets in terms of availability prices and helps in booking the same.
If you are planning to commute by train for your next journey, then IRCTC is the perfect app for you. Besides, checking and booking, the app also resolves any queries which are related to the Indian Railways.
4. Fab Hotels:
This app is focused on building a budget hospitality brand in India. It helps you find the most hygienic hotels with the best facilities within your budget. The app currently has tied up with 600+ hotels in 50+ cities in India and is expanding its operations at a fast pace.
Put this app in your favourites for the next time you book your stay.
5. Uber/Ola:
These apps provide the commuting services by the following vehicles: taxis, cabs, auto-rickshaws and now even two-wheelers.
Just put in your current location and the place you want to travel to and it’ll show options of the vehicles along with their prices and the time they’ll take to reach you.
Moreover, these apps have been designed keeping in mind the safety of the passengers and thus include the features of live location, OTP, etc.
Assistance with small travelling hassles - This category includes applications that give you a hand with the hassles of travelling such as packing, planning, etc.
6. Triplt:
Want to outsource the task of planning the itinerary? Then, the Triplt is who you want to hire. Triplt is an itinerary planning app.
All you have to do is fill in all the travel details such as budget, duration, location, etc and it will curate an itinerary plan best suitable for you. Further, this app also syncs the rest of the information into your itinerary plans such as mode of travel, hotel, and any other reservations.
7. PackPoint:
The most confusing thing to prepare for before travelling is packing. But, now we have PackPoint with us.
This app helps in preparing a packing list consisting of all the essentials one needs to carry during the trip. The best aspect is that it also provides a customized automated packing list. So, the only work left with us is to put in the information regarding our location of travel, duration, purpose, activities, etc and voila we have our packing list all prepared.
This application makes the packing part of travelling fun and effortless.
8. Google Maps:
This application now comes pre-installed on our smartphones. As the name suggests, this app provides directions along with helping us locate our specific destinations such as nearby petrol pumps, restaurants, washrooms and so on.
Further, it also helps in checking the distances along with the time it’ll take to reach a particular place.
The best thing is that it requires no details to be filled in except for what we are looking for.
9. Google Translate:
India is a multi-lingual country and thus language often acts as a barrier while interacting with people belonging to a different state. This problem especially exists when you are travelling to different parts of the country.
Google translate is an app that resolves this problem, it has especially been designed to translate notes, conversations, interactions, speech, handwriting and image texts into different Indian languages.
10. TravelSpend:
Engrossed in all the thrill and exciting experiences, we often forget to take care of our expenses and before we realize it we are way past our budget limit.
However, now there’s Travel Spend which acts as an assistant and helps keep all the travel expenses in check. Furthermore, this app also helps with ditching bills and converting currencies.
For all your budget-bound trips join hands with TravelSpend and enjoy yourself without worrying.
Conclusion:
The afore-mentioned apps are the advanced facilities that’ll make your travel convenient and comfortable, providing you with assistance on every step of your travel.
From planning to booking to packing to commuting and to staying to managing the travel. Although there are several other apps available in the market which provide similar services, however, these are the most trusted and reliable ones.
