No one knows the importance of a good phone app better than the business traveler. These road warriors cross the skies and burn up the roads bringing in business and keeping customers happy throughout the year. Considering the number of miles that they cover on a given day, week, month or year, it’s easy to understand why a good app can truly make the difference between a trip that runs smoothly and one that leaves you feeling that you’ll never catch up.
The problem though is which app to choose. A mere six months ago, Android boasted 1.3 million apps in its app store and Apple had slightly fewer with 1.2 million apps. One thing that the business traveler does not have is an abundance of time for trial and error so we’ve ranked our top apps for business travel. Our favorite is the Overland Chauffeured Services app that allows you to hire for services and manage accounts. It’s available for: Google Play and Apple.
Features of the Overland Chauffeured Services app
- Maintain frequently traveled locations
- Receive a rate quote
- Book or change a reservation
- View current, completed and future reservations
- See chauffeur location up to 60 minutes prior to pick-up time
Other Great Apps for Executive Business Travel
TripIt – This app allows you to bundle all of your travel itineraries into a calendar format, organizing your flight schedules, hotel bookings, and meeting information into one handy location. Information is loaded by simply forwarding all confirmation emails to the TripIt account and the application does the rest.
Available for: Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Blackberry
Cost – Basic: free, Pro: $49/year
GateGuru – An app that summarizes flight itineraries into one interface. This allows you to see any changes to the flight schedule and can tally stats on the amount of time spent in airports and on planes.
Available for: Android, iOS, Windows Phone
Cost – free
WeatherPro – In addition to Weatherbug and the Weather Channel, there’s also WeatherPro, an app that shows an overview of the weather you’ll experience in all of your travel locations.
Available for: Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Blackberry
Cost – $0.99
iTranslate – International travelers rejoice, now there’s an app for those awkward moments when you’re not sure what to say next. iTranslate is capable of translating more than eighty languages.
Available for: Android, iOS, Windows Phone, OSX
Cost – free
Hotel Tonight – Ever find yourself stuck in a location without a hotel booking? Hotel Tonight sells last-minute hotel inventory so you can book a hotel even on the same day of travel.
Available for: Android, iOS
Cost – free
Mynd Calendar – If you feel like you could use the help of a personal assistant, the Mynd Calendar app is for you. This app acts like an advanced calendar app and is capable of managing the day-to-day aspects of business travel such as notifying multiple people when a meeting will be delayed because of travel or weather.
Available for: iOS
Cost – free
Onavo – Feel like your data plan is out of control when you travel? Onavo is an app that tracks where you use date and analyzes data use.
Available for: Android, iOS
Cost – free
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