don’t leave home without it
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Travelling with Information Technology
Don’t leave home without I.T. !by Bernard Caron
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Introduction Where to go ? Transportation Accommodations Resorts Wireless Apps City & Restaurants Guides Stay Connected GPS Other Travel Applications Logistic Sharing your memories Conclusion
Summary: Using I.T. to travel
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Travelling is much easier thanks to modern I.T.◦ Internet◦ Wi-Fi◦ Mobile Phone◦ Mobile Applications
But it requires preparations And always have a back-up
Introduction
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Check Tours organisers:◦ http://www.exotiktours.com/en/◦ http://www.seniortours.ca/destinations.php◦ http://www.wheretraveler.com/travel-ideas◦ http://www.trafalgar.com/can◦ http://www.collettevacations.ca/◦ http://www.gadventures.com/◦ http://www.smithsonianjourneys.org/tour_group/privateandindependent
Check Travel reports:◦ http://www.mytripjournal.com/ ◦ http://
www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/3391028/The-worlds-best-travel-blogs.html◦ http://www.viator.com/◦ http://travel.ca.msn.com/◦ http://www.cntraveler.com/◦ http://www.stay.com/◦ http://www.gogobot.com/◦ http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page
Where to go ?
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Air◦ Google Flights: https://www.google.ca/flights/◦ Kayak: http://www.kayak.com/flights
http://www.kayak.com/explore/◦ Hipmunk: http://www.hipmunk.com/◦ http://www.cheapflights.ca/◦ http://www.orbitz.com◦ http://flights.traveleurope.com/◦ http://www.travelalerts.ca/ottawa/◦ Low cost Europe http://www.europebyair.com/ ◦ You can show your finding to your travel agent
◦ Trains◦ Europe: http://www.raileurope.com/en/index.html◦ Germany: http://www.bahn.com/i/view/index.shtml◦ France: http://www.sncf.com/en/passengers◦ Spain: http://www.renfe.com/EN/viajeros/◦ Italy: http://www.trenitalia.com/
Transportation
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Rental Cars◦ First check:
http://www.kayak.com/cars http://www.rentalcars.com/
◦ Then check the corporate site: Hertz, Dollars…◦ Compare price, cancellations and insurances
(CDW) Collision Damage Waiver
◦ http://www.ricksteves.com/plan/tips/carrental_cdw.htm
◦ http://www.insurance4carhire.com
Transportation
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Hotels Reviews◦ Trip Advisor: http://www.tripadvisor.ca/Hotels◦ Monarc: http://www.monarc.ca
Reservations◦ Trivago: http://www.trivago.ca/◦ Booking: http://www.booking.com/◦ Expedia:http://www.expedia.ca/
Other accomodations:◦ http://www.vacationhomerentals.com/◦ http://
www.tripadvisor.ca/VacationRentals-g29220-Reviews-Maui_Hawaii-Vacation_Rentals.html
◦ https://www.airbnb.ca/◦ https://www.couchsurfing.org/◦ http://www.homestay.com/
Compare with Hotel web site Compare prices and cancellation policy Very cheap price may equal worst hotel room
Accommodations
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To check all-inclusive at : http://www.tripcentral.ca/
Make reservation at :◦ http://www.redtag.ca/◦ http://www.itravel2000.com/
Last minutes:◦ http://www.selloffvacations.com/◦ http://www.travellastminute.ca/
Try different departure cities:Ottawa, Montréal, Toronto, USA
All Inclusive Resorts
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IP Phone Calls◦ Skypes: http://www.skype.com/en/◦ Fongo: http://www.fongo.com/◦ Viber: Viber: http://www.viber.com/◦ Magic Jack:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magicjack
◦ WeChat: http://www.wechat.com/en/
Wi-Fi Finder (Off Line!)◦ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co
m.jiwire.android.finder&hl=fr
Wireless Apps
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City Guides◦ http://www.triposo.com/◦ http://www.ulmon.com/◦ http://www.mtrip.com/◦ http://www.stay.com/◦ http://www.virtualtourist.com/
Restaurants◦ http://www.foodspotting.com◦ http://www.urbanspoon.com◦ http://www.zagat.com/
City & Restaurants Guides
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Buy an unlocked phone http://www.amazon.ca http://www.factorydirect.ca/ http://www.tigerdirect.ca
Unlock existing phones ($20) http://www.cellunlocker.net/ http://www.gsmliberty.net/shop/ http://mobile-phone-unlock.com/ http://unlock.canadagsm.ca/ http://ottawapc.ca/
Stay Connected:Unlocked Cellular Phones
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AVOID ROAMING CHARGES or TURN OFF YOUR PHONE! Use WiFi and IP Phone instead of Cell Phone
USA◦ Roam: http://www.roammobility.com◦ T-Mobile: http://
prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/pay-by-the-day-cell-phone-plans◦ http://cell-phone-providers-review.toptenreviews.com/prepaid-cell-pho
nes/◦ http://www.cellguru.net/prepaid_compare.htm
World◦ https://www.g3wireless.com/◦ http://www.brightroam.com/◦ http://www.prepaidsimcard.org/◦ http://www.simcardspain.es
Stay connected:SIM Cards
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Stand-Alone (Garmin, Magellan , TomTom…)◦ Find the maps you need◦ Update and test them before you travel
Cell Phone GPS◦ Google Maps:http://www.google.com/mobile/maps/◦ Maps2Go: https://
itunes.apple.com/app/city-maps-2go/id327783342◦ MapswithMe: http://mapswith.me/en/home◦ Sygic:http://www.sygic.com/en◦ Waze: https://www.waze.com
Use a good cup mount for car safety But ALWAYS have a back up: Paper Maps
GPS (Global Positioning Satellite)
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To gather in one place all your reservations◦ http://travel.tripcase.com/◦ https://www.tripit.com/
Keep confirmations on line and a scan of passports or send yourself an email with those documents: Google Docs, DropBox…:
Translation: Google Translate (Off-Line available) Gas Price: http://gasbuddy.com/ Flight Tracker:http://flightaware.com/mobile/ Exchange Rates: http://www.xe.com/ Weather: http://www.accuweather.com/ Use only https secure web address when
checking accounts in public place.
Others Travel Applications
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Radio: http://tunein.com/ News: http://
www.ottawacitizen.com/mobile-site/index.html http://www.cbc.ca/mobile/services/ Medical:
◦ http://www.webmd.com/◦ http://www.iamat.org/ (Become a member of
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO TRAVELLERS)
Password Keepass: http://keepass.info/ Your Bank mobile apps
Other Travel Applications
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Bring a multi-plug Extension cord Need AC Plug adapters ? Check AC voltage requirements: Need
Transformers (220 to 120 V) ? http://www.kropla.com/electric2.htm
Bring AC chargers (USB hub) Bring a 12 volt charger (USB or dedicated) for
the car 12 volts to 120 volts inverter for the car Bring a back up Internet device: small laptop Bring spare batteries or a USB Battery pack
Logistics
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Sharing your pictures:◦ http://picasa.google.com/intl/en/◦ http://www.flickr.com/◦ https://www.facebook.com/◦ http://instagram.com/
Sharing your itinerary:◦ https://www.tripit.com/◦ http://travel.tripcase.com/
Printing your pictures:◦ http://www.photobookcanada.com/◦ http://costco.pnimedia.com/album/
photobook_selection_main.aspx
Sharing travel memories
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Information Technologies is useful to travel the world
…but requires preparations Do not depend on IT…keep some back up Use your IT at home before you travel
Have a nice trip… Or try virtual travel
◦ http://www.google.com/earth/◦ http://www.italyguides.it/us/venice_italy/
interactive_map_of_venice/map_of_venice.php
Conclusions
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