Tag archives for travel tech
Travel Tech: Leaf Peeping App
Posted by Anna Scalamogna on October 13, 2011 
In search of the most vivid autumn leaves? You won’t miss out on this year’s colorful fall foliage thanks to the new Leaf Peepr app from Yankee magazine. The free app features a color-coded map of the U.S., with each color indicating the stage of the foliage: Green, Turning, Moderate, Peak, Fading, Gone. The map…
Travel Tech: Shop Local
Posted by Giovanna Palatucci on September 22, 2011 
Let’s be honest. We’re all guilty of having purchased at least one tacky tourist souvenir during our travels. I bet you have an I ‘heart’ New York t-shirt, shot glass from Vegas, or Miami keychain buried somewhere in the back of your closet. Why is it, if our goal when traveling is to have authentic,…
Travel Tech: Snatch Last-Minute Hotel Deals with this App
Posted by Giovanna Palatucci on September 15, 2011 
It’s a familiar story. You show up to the airport to catch a flight home only to discover the flight has been canceled and you’re stranded for another day. The airport hotel looks unappealing and you don’t know anyone nearby with a couch to crash on. There are plenty of hotel booking sites out there,…
Travel Tech: iPhone Photography Tips
Posted by Intelligent Travel on September 8, 2011 
When veteran National Geographic photographer Cotton Coulson heads out on assignment he typically carries around several heavy DSLR cameras. But a new camera he’s recently added to his packing list is the iPhone. Cotton writes for Nat Geo Photography: Hired to produce some of the best photos in the world, Geographic photographers remain competitive, in…
Travel Tech: Organize Your Trip Research Online
Posted by Giovanna Palatucci on September 1, 2011 
Duffel, an online tool and mobile app, allows users to gather all their trip planning research in one user-friendly space. When I began researching a nine-day road trip through California, the information quickly piled up. I tagged everything from Yelp restaurant reviews and flight itineraries to CVB websites and Traveler On Foot tours, which resulted…
