31 May 11 Useful Apps & Websites For Family Travel
Whether you’re a full-time traveling family like The Bucket List Family, or your annual family escapades are limited to a couple weeks or less, traveling as a family is a wonderful experience. It’s a chance to create amazing memories and have plenty of fun. But there can also be some challenging aspects of family travel, and any resources that can help you get organized will be a great blessing. We’ve compiled a list of eleven useful apps and websites to get you started, so sit back and enjoy the read!
Duolingo Kids
You’ve probably heard of the adult version of Duolingo, but did you know that there’s a special version specifically created for kids? Visiting a new country is incredibly exciting for young children, as kids often love to experience new activities and cultures. But wouldn’t it be great if your kiddies were versed in a few new terms ahead of your international adventure? Before setting off on your trip, you might then want to download the Duolingo Kids app.
Similar to the adult version, the app includes lots of games and interactive lessons to help children learn a new language. All of the games are easy, and it’ll be plenty of fun for them. There are vocabulary lessons, challenges, special rewards, and more. Kids will especially love unlocking the next level, receiving crowns, and meeting the animated characters.
RoadSide America
Road Trips can be a great family vacation – the chance to explore destinations closer to home, or perhaps take a camping trip (something we all know Chanel and Stevo love doing). If you’re traveling through America, check out the Roadside America app. The app provides info about all the best attractions along your chosen route. You’ll be able to find plenty of cool places to explore, including Route 66 spots, theme parks, natural wonders, museums, and architecture must-sees. Besides all this, the app offers plenty of road trip tips and inspiration as well. When you’re planning a road trip, this is definitely the app you need.
Pet Hotel Story
Whether it’s a long road trip or a flight you’re on, little kids can get pretty restless when traveling. To help keep your kids happy, download the Pet Hotel Story app. Using this app, your kids can create the a fun vacation destination for some really cute pets – the perfect past time for a traveling kiddo.
With the app, children can build lots of different hotel attractions, create and decorate beautiful hotel rooms, build fun activities such as ski slopes and yoga facilities, and even sync with friends to play together. There’s even an option to collect different animals, which makes this a really fun (and educational) app.
Bamba Airport
The Bamba Airport game is a great app to teach young children about travel. Using the app, your kids can help the animated characters on their journey through the airport. There are lots for the characters to do, from stamping their passports, and carrying their luggage, to finding their airplane seats. Some little children can be scared of flying, especially if it’s their first time. The Bamba Airport app can help kids to learn about the airport ahead of your trip, and allow them to feel more comfortable when it’s go time.
Foursquare
One of the oldest running travel apps (and for good reason). If you and your family are jetting off on a city break, the Foursquare City Guide app is just what you need. The app helps you to find the very best restaurants, plus access travel tips for your chosen city. The app can help you to find all the best-hidden gems too, so you and your family can arrive prepared and ready for a trip of a lifetime. It’s a very user-friendly app, meaning you can rate the places you visit, add your preferences, and then get personalized recommendations. To have the best foodie family travel experience possible, the Foursquare app is a super handy tool.
Park Savers
If you’ve got young children (or you’ve never grown up and still consider yourself one) you’ll probably take a trip to Disneyland at some point. Park Savers is an excellent Disney Parks Planning Site. The site offers plenty of tips and advice, to ensure you have the best trip. You can browse through useful Disney Park information, including guides, tickets, hotels, and itineraries. There’s dining information for all the different parks, including Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Epcot (in case you want to plan your family meet-up mealtimes ahead). You can also do some fun reading ahead of your trip as they have a large library of interesting articles, including Disney World Scavenger Hunt Ideas, Money Saving Guides, and more. There’s so much to see at Disney World, and you’ll want to make the most of your trip, so planning ahead is definitely the way to go.
Packing Pro
The Packing Pro app allows you to create the perfect packing list, based on your needs. You can also sync and share your list with other members of your family, if you need to, so that you don’t all end up bringing items that you only needed one of, for example. Check out the sample lists to inspire your packing, and get a head start to take some of the stress of family travel away.
Using the ‘expert list assistant’ feature, you can create automatic lists too. Simply input the destination, temperature, preferences, and people joining you. The Packing Pro app will create a packing list, telling you exactly what to bring – which can help even the most seasoned of travellers. Choose from over 800 items, including items for pets, kids, babies, and more. Whether you’re going camping or taking a city break, Packing Pro is a great app for family travel.
TripIt
When you’re traveling as a family, there are plenty of details to organize. The TripIt app can help you to keep on top of all those details, ensuring a (slightly less) stressful vacation (or even a stress-free one). Once you’ve booked a car, hotel, or flight, you can forward it to Trip IT. The app helps you to keep all your plans in one place. Using the TripIt app you can upload passport QR codes, boarding passes, documents, PDFs, and photos.
The app also offers destination guides, including up-to-date requirements and restrictions (which will of course come in extra handy when traveling during these uncertain times). Using TripIt you can also get access to safety scores, to help you to avoid unsafe neighborhoods while traveling. When you upgrade to TripIt Pro there are features to take advantage of including: extra security info, interactive terminal maps, and reports, and even real-time flight status alerts.
The Family Adventure Project
The Family Adventure Project is the perfect website for thrill-seeking families. Kirstie Pelling and her husband Stuart Wickes travel with their three kids to a range of amazing destinations. From road trips in South America, to sailing in New Zealand, you’ll find plenty of inspiration for your own family travel adventures.
A2A Expedition
Also fans of road trips in South America (and every other continent), Graeme Robert Bell, his wife Luisa, and their two kids, Keelan and Jessica (also known as A2A Expedition), are family travel adventure aficionados, Growing up in South Africa (like Chanel and Stevo) Graeme and Luisa were always drawn to an adventurous life, and after deciding in 2010 that their family was going to tour Africa in their trusty Land Rover, Mafuta, that trip quickly brought their overlanding addiction to light. In the last decade they’ve travelled 250,000km through 67 countries on 6 continents, and are a great resource for inspiration. You can also check out their full collection of family adventure books in the HFFH shop.
Globetotting
The Globetotting blog follows two moms, Victoria Westmacott and Katja Gaskell. Their articles and stories will inspire you to travel to adventurous destinations along with your kids. From Guatemala to Vietnam, here you’ll find itinerary suggestions, hotel reviews, travel tips, and so much more. With so many beautiful stories and articles, you’ll find plenty of inspiration for your family travel adventures.
Do you have a family travel resource that you didn’t see in our list? Let us know in the comments.
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