‘One And Done’ Travel App

This app has many travel features and information, but its primary purpose is for searching and booking flights, hotels, cars. Kayak can book travel services such as Travelocity, Expedia, Hertz, Avis and others directly, allowing you to create a complete itinerary of the best deals online all under one app. To get the best prices you no longer have to search several travel sites or pay separately for hotels, cars and flights.

When you reach your destination, you can also search for hotels and other services in your vicinity using GPS on your device.

Kayak’s popularity has grown so much in the past few years that Princeline.com acquired the app a few months ago for 1.8 billion US dollars. That’s right, almost 2 billion with a ‘B’ dollars.

Apart from the search and booking features, Kayak allows you to track your flights, manage your trip itinerary, receive travel alerts, access airport and other useful information. You don’t have to book through Kayak to use these features; you may enter your travel details in the app or just email your itinerary to trips@kayak.com and they’ll enter the details for you.

If you’re not booking through Kayak most of their travel features are present in other, specialized travel apps, which you may prefer for their expanded capabilities. For example, Kayak’s airport information comes from GateGuru, which I like to use over Kayak. On the other hand, you may like the convenience of having most of your travel apps “under one roof.”

Kayak is free for Apple devices with is a Pro upgrade available for only $0.99 cents. The Pro version includes airport maps, which you can get free from other apps. Like I said before, if you prefer to have everything in one app Pro may be for you.

Apps that have similar features are TripIt and Worldmate. If you’re interested in these types of travel apps, I suggest you try each one to find out which works best with your preferred travel carriers and learn which app features you like best. Like Kayak, TripIt and Worldmate are free with optional paid “pro” upgrades.

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