Apps on the road if you have access to internet

Plan and make bookings. Organize notes. Waste less time at airports. Want to speak Urdu? Translate thoughts into grammatically correct foreign speech. Calculate your cash conversions correctly. Steer away serenely from traffic jams. Track loyalty rewards. Submit expense reports. Before you run out of juice find Wi-Fi. If you’re too juiced…. find your way, easily, back to your parked car to sleep it off. These 10 apps can do this all and for free.

Kayak

Start planning with Kayak.com, before you even leave home. Search for, compare, coordinate and book flights, hotels and car rentals too. Kayak links to TripAdvisor to screen and provide information about hotels using real travelers’ ratings and reviews. Manage your trip itinerary while traveling to keep organized with confirmation numbers, and find out about last minute changes. Kayak.com/Explore also helps you search and plan your after-work time giving various options for different budgets.

Compatibility: Universal IOS app (iphone, iPad, etc.), Windows Phone, Nokia's Android

TripAdvisor

TripAdvisor City Guides apps, which covers 50 cities and provides downloadable data, TripAdvisor has the ability to provide a true mobile-first experience that has both a lot of features and is snappy, he said. That has translated into a lot more engagement. Users of the City Guides app click through 50 pages on average per session, compared to about 30 for the main app. The City Guides app uses a lot of dedicated mobile features such as guided tours, a nearby business finder and a Point Me There tool that acts like a walking turn-by-turn navigation service.

Compatibility: IOS compatible, Android, web browsers, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, and more

Agoda

Agoda.com, Asia’s global hotel booking site and part of Nasdaq-listed Priceline Group (Nasdaq: PCLN), is going mobile, allowing travelers to book the latest hotel deals on their iPhone.Singapore (PRWEB) July 13, 2011 Agoda.com, Asia’s global hotel booking site and part of Nasdaq-listed Priceline Group (Nasdaq: PCLN), is going mobile, allowing travelers to book the latest hotel deals on their …

Compatibility: IOS compatible, Android, web browsers, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, and more

Evernote

An excellent app for before, during, and after your travels, Record, save—and organize—your thoughts. Clip and copy from the web. Capture and store images. Include word documents and excel spreadsheets. Keep special e-mails handy, and send special notes. Make, save and synchronize your plans, as you keep current on all your devices including computer, phones and websites.

Compatibility: IOS compatible, Android, web browsers, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, and more

Gate Guru

Before and after the security check-in, waste no more time in the airport. Flight tracking notification alerts you about the crowds or unexpected delays. Prevent unnecessary problems due to gate-location confusion. No need to miss a flight (or a meal) because you can’t find your next departure gate or nearby tasty edibles. Get better gifts on the go with the gateguru’s help. Find your favorite kind of layover lounge with reviews from fellow travelers.

Compatibility: IOS and Android (not yet live for Windows, but expected in May.)

FlightView

Real-time flight information you can act on. FlightView's full-featured flight tracking apps for leading smart phones as well as free flight tracking mobile site put real-time flight status and airport status right where you need it - in the palm of your hand.

FlightView brings together information that air travelers and their friends, family, and colleagues need – flight schedules, real-time flight and airport status, and weather conditions – and displays it in easy-to-navigate apps. Along with detailed flight information, see a flight tracker map with the flight path, the aircraft's position, and radar weather. For pre-departure flights, if your plane is not at the end of the jetway, view its previous flight to see its current location. Save one or more flights as a trip for future reference and receive alerts concerning flight status changes, flight delays, flight cancellations and gate assignment changes. FlightView's apps are integrated with your devices' calendars to simplify schedule planning, as well as integrated with social networks, email and text messaging for updating your friends about your flights. Finally, view detailed airport delay information at the most trafficked airports across North America.

Wherever life takes you, count on FlightView to help you travel smarter.

Compatibility: iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad

Google Translate

Amazingly versatile and instantaneous, TranslateGoogle currently works with 57 languages, from Afrikaans to Yiddish. Really helpful for on-the-go spontaneity, it offers an immediacy 2nd best to a human translator. All you have to do is think it, and type it. See the translation, and hear the phrase in the desired language. In addition, a newer Google Translator Toolkit actually uses human translators aided by technologies like Google Translate to translate entire documents!

Compatibility: iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad

XE Currency

The Ex.com app calculates and makes conversions for you instantly using up to 180+ worldwide currencies. You can also access live foreign exchange rates, up-to-date currency news as well as historical rates. Get e-mails or follow economic indicators calendar. You can create and track comparison charts, and get help to calculate prices even in remote areas. Get free e-mail updates with currency rates and news headlines including several central bank interest rates.

Compatibility: iPad, iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone

Waze

Driving can be treacherous—especially if you’re traveling in uncharted territory. Obstacles can be avoided with this dynamic navigational map system. Constantly updated in real time using drivers’ GPS points, WAZE can automatically alert you to bumper to bumper traffic jams, fender-benders and detours—even police traps. This application was suggested by our reader, Natalie Lawrence, and is “driven” and activated by participating drivers who generate reports and send in photos.

Compatibility: iPhone, Android, Blackberry, and Nokia

Award Wallet

Track and monitor your loyalty and reward programs. You can store your passwords, balances, and account numbers connected to your frequent flyer miles, hotel and car-rental and credit card loyalty points—even free coffee card awards. Awardwallet can help you to earn more—with your ID numbers conveniently handy—and you will be more likely to take advantage of your rewards because you can be notified before expiration dates.

Compatibility: Android and iPhone

Concur

Recommended by CommandPower who says, “My expenses are done before I’m back in the office,” Concur organizes and tracks, saves and submits travel expenses. Employers and employees can use it on-the-go. Helps prevent forgetfulness, and sloth. Submit expense reports online or click from a mobile phone. And get your reimbursements more quickly. T&E, office supplies, cash and credit card charges can all be reimbursed directly to bank accounts. Integrates with TripIt for Business for free, too.

Compatibility: iPhone, iPad, Android, and Blackberry Cost: Free 30-day subscription then starts at $8 per month

J Wire

You won’t get stuck out on a limb—isolated and unconnected, nor get caught on deadline running out of juice. With Jiwire, you can quickly access hot Wi-Fi spots in remote areas—located in more than 140 countries worldwide. You can download a list, call or get directions, and you can be connected automatically. You can add it to your favorites list, and you can easily share it through Twitter or Facebook.

Compatibility: Wi-Fi-enabled devices including Macs, iPhones and PC laptops, Android, or virtually any other smartphone

ICarPark

Forget where you parked the car? Mark and save your spot securely with this personal parking valet. Note the level and the row. Stores details on up to five different vehicles, with exact display of distance and positions, measured in meters and yards. Keep track of time if a meter is ticking. And with a click, iCarPark will get you walking directions from your current position, back to your car—or bicycle. Lost no more.

Compatibility: iPhones