eTourism Insight

Most travel apps are about helping you choose a destination (e.g. magazine apps), find your way around the destination (e.g. destination apps), or share your experiences (e.g. postcard apps).  Today I’m highlighting a new category – well, new to me – what I suppose I could call the culture app.  Specifically, during my recent trip [...]

Travel apps- solving problems you never knew you had. Plus, everyone loves free! So now I present to you, whether you are a travel tech junkie or a fanny-pack newbie looking to be prepared, 7 free must have travel apps for your Windows Phone. Most are also available on Android and IPhone. XE Currency There [...]

On my recent trip to Italy, I made a new acquaintance – Gogobot! I was actually familiar with the Gogobot brand before, but when it comes to travel-orientated social networks, I tend to just hang out with my Twitter crowd – creature comforts, you know. But what really got my attention wasn’t necessarily the Gogobot’s [...]

(Most) Airports suck. Yes, I said it.  With a handful of notable exceptions, most airports really do suck.  The air is stale, the hospitality has been beaten out of the experience, the food is full of fat and sugar, the Wifi isn’t free…. ok, I could go on, but you hear me. So what do [...]

Pulse, an app for your Android/iPhone/iPad, is like the technology era’s version of the paper boy. Pulse constantly streams all the news you care about straight to your Apple or Android powered device. Today we are concerned about much more than just what is going on in our local papers or the mainstream wesites. We [...]

If you’re looking for a little something special to make your travel photography pop, then check out the iPhone app called Color Effects. It’s free and for certain types of photographys, the difference is striking. Just check out this example! How it Works So how it works is that you open up the color effects [...]

The country of Mexico is as fascinating as it is diverse. With that in mind, it’s impossible to know offhand, as a first time tourist, exactly where to go to do all the things you most enjoy. If you’re an explorer at heart, visiting ancient Mayan ruins would be right up you’re alley; so you [...]

If you want to make a trip out to the Island of the Gods, otherwise known as Bali, Indonesia, you’re probably not going to want to go there completely in the dark (figuratively speaking). You’ll want to have an idea where the cultural and historical sites are, if you’re into exploration.If you’re more of an [...]

You know the saying that sometimes the simplest solution is best? When it comes to healthy travel/fitness apps for the iPhone, I think that’s more than appropriate, and it’s exactly what the new Everywhere Exercise – EvEx Uplift delivers. I believe that there was an Everywhere Exercise app before this one, but I’ve not used [...]