As seen on several occasions, organizing a trip with all the websites and tablet and mobile applications has become easy, fun and convenient. After choosing the destination for the next holidays and also after finding the hotel you like, before booking, paying and leaving it is important to check where you are going in detail, know where you are going to stay, if you are close to places of interest, restaurants and clubs.
It is possible to see in advance where the best local discos are, the layout of the local shopping centers or to know exactly where the closest usable ATM is.
To get all this information in advance, let's see some generic sites that are worth looking at before traveling.
1) First of all, each place has its own official tourism center and, consequently, an official site where you can find all the main information to stay in one place, with the addresses of the embassies and the numbers to call for emergencies. Although in rare cases these official sites are useful, you can usually find information on subscriptions for public services which, depending on the city, can have a great convenience.
2) To preview the location where you will go on vacation you can immediately go to Google Maps, point the satellite on the spot, zoom in and, if available, look at the streets, centers and landscapes virtually with Street View or on other sites .
On Google Street View there are even the ski slopes of the main Italian areas and mountains.
In addition to Google Maps, there are also several other sites to view photos or videos of your favorite tourist destinations.
For example, the Panoramio site has a huge archive of geo-tagged photos to browse but there are also other sites where you can find ideas and photos from all over the world.
In another article, there are the best sites with virtual travel, panoramic views and 360-degree photos from around the world.
Among these you can not go on a virtual trip with Google World Wonders and prepare for what you are going to see (provided that you do not prefer surprises, then better not to look at anything).
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3) Find restaurants, clubs and shops for shopping in the area .
Whether you go to a foreign city, whether you go to the sea or the mountains, you can find the best places in a location from Google Maps for Android and iPhone.
4) Checking the reviews on your destination on the best tourist and travel sites is definitely a must and it is worth looking for reviews on sites like Zingarate or Turistipercaso.
Tripadvisor is the number one site for hotel reviews even if you have to learn to recognize false reviews from real ones
5) Know where to withdraw the money
In addition to a nice rechargeable credit card such as the Poste Pay, on any trip you have to be ready to withdraw money at the ATM.
A site like Visa ATM Locator, where you just have to write your address and city, allows you to check the location on the map of the nearest ATMs.
6) Book
In another article I explained why hotel sites offer lower prices than what can be found on official hotel sites.
In addition to online booking sites such as Booking and Expedia, there are also other portals where you can book a LastMinute trip and find hostels and hotels at low prices.
The Google hotel search engine has also recently been available.
7) Keep yourself organized on vacation
This is a technology blog so, speaking of technology, we have seen in other articles:
- 6 Tech tips for traveling abroad with your mobile, tablet and laptop always ready
- Best travel apps for Android or iPhone.
A very famous travel portal is always that of the Lonely Planet which is part of the list of sites from which to download travel guides .
This is a summary of what can be found on the internet on the topic of travel and on the sites to visit before booking and before leaving for holidays.
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