Traveling is an adventure and a chance to break out of the everyday, but it can also be a challenge. If you’re not a frequent traveler, planning can feel overwhelming. Even if you’re an experienced adventurer, each new trip brings its own considerations. Applets can be a great way to automate parts of your planning and get you ready to enjoy your holiday.
Get inspired
Are you perpetually in a state of wanderlust? Explore the possibilities for your next trip when you connect your favorite apps and devices help fuel your imagination! Get destination inspiration, tips, advice from fellow travelers, and more.
Find the URL for the RSS feed of a travel blog you love, or subscribe to updates from a location or travel-type Reddit such as r/shoestring or r/VisitingIceland. Do some searching to find the feeds that interest you and then get automatic updates.
Save up for your trip
Budgeting can be one of the trickiest parts of travel. By creating some budget tracking tools and saving on a rainy day, you can make the most of your vacation budget.
Additionally, tracking conversion rates between your currency and that of your desitation can help you get the best exchange rate.
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Rainy day funds
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Note widget to Sheets
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Camera widget to Sheets
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Save for a holiday whenever it rains
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Log the exchange rate every day
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Daily exchange rate report between any two currencies via email
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Custom flight alerts
Using the Twitter advanced search and combining terms such as "@SecretFlying" and "Toronto", you can get custom flight alerts that are relvant to your future travels. Similarly, using filters on RSS Feed alerts can ensure you are only getting the notifications you need to get the best price. Finding accounts or blogs that share similar deals for hotels, car rentals, or excursions can make your buying decisions quick and easy.
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Airline & Hotel Deals
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Get an email when there's a new tweet from a specific username
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Post to Slack when a tweet matches your search term
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Twitter Advanced Search to IFTTT Notification
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Save your memories
How many nightmare stories have you heard of being halfway through a vacation and having a phone drop into the ocean or off a rollercoaster? Avoid disaster by backing up your photos as your travel.
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Back up new iOS photos you take to Dropbox
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Automatically back up your new iOS photos to Google Drive
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Back up photos you're tagged in on Facebook to an iOS Photos album
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Save your Instagram videos to Dropbox
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Save photos from Instagram to camera roll
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Save your Instagrams to Google Drive
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Travel safely
Stay aware of current conditions leading up to your departure. These connections can help you find out about potential travel and health risks. You can even customize them to ensure you only get updates about the countries on your itinerary.
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Get an email when the Department of State issues a travel warning
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Get alerts if there's disease outbreak news from the World Health Organization
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Your house is on vacation, too
Technology can’t pack your bags for you, but it can help you monitor things at home while you’re away. Save energy and money when your thermostat automatically adjusts to your vacation schedule, and gain peace of mind knowing your will lights turn on in the evening, making it look like someone is still at home.
Hit the road
Whether you’re venturing across the country or keeping closer to home, connections can help you make the most of your time on the road. Trying to locate your car or stay in an unfamiliar city, update your playlist on the fly, or let your friends know where you are? There’s an Applet for that.
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Quickly add songs to a Spotify playlist
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Send someone a text from your Android device when you enter a specific area
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Add songs from videos you like to a Spotify playlist
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Explore
Want to do even more with IFTTT? Explore the possibilities and create powerful experiences by making your own Applets.
