Top iPhone Apps for Travelers

With over one million apps in the iPhone app store and tens of thousands that can be useful for travel, we thought we’d round-up our favorite picks for frequent travelers.

Next Flight: Miss your flight? This handy app finds the next available flights you can take. Also helpful if you want to jump on an earlier flight from the one you’re booked on.

UrbanSpoon: Just shake your iPhone to find restaurants near you! To refine your search, you can select restaurant type and/or price range before giving the slot-machine style app a whirl.

Gate Maps: Maps of every major airport so you can find your gate easily.

Flight Sites: All of the airlines websites in one, organized app. Check flight information, frequent flier miles and make reservations without having to perform multiple searches.

Cheap Gas: Find the closest gas station with the best prices before you return that rental car.

Hear Planet: This app finds attractions near you and will read you Wikipedia’s listing on the destination too!

The Weather Channel: Get up to the minute weather information for any city  as well as 10-day forecasts, video news and severe weather warnings.

Translator: Uses the Google Translate API to translate or teach phrases in over a dozen languages.