Have apps, will travel. Smarter than ever, our smartphones have given travel a new meaning! These clever apps solve travel issues you did not even know you had. So put the world in your pocket – literally – and set out to explore! Coolblogs lists some great apps that you must have on your phone before your next trip. 1. A translation app Google Translate Travelling to a foreign land with no idea how the phonetics works? Take with you a personal language superpower that helps you translate from up to 90 languages. And if the foreign babble is in text and not in spoken form, this funky app allows you to conveniently point your camera at the image for a quick translation! You can also type, draw or speak words into it if you find yourself linguistically challenged on foreign shores. Let nothing sound like ‘Greek’ anymore with Google Translate! 2. A booking app for flights, cabs and hotels Skyscanner The Skyscanner app is a one stop shop for all things travel. Its complete, intuitive and comprehensive search interface that helps you zero in on cheap flights is quite the delight. Some reviewers like to say that this app reads your mind! Besides flights, it offers cab and hotel booking options too. It doesn’t get better than this for the cheapest flight costs!   3. A trip organiser app TripIt TripIt is your automatic trip itinerary creator. All you have to do – besides pack – is forward all your confirmation emails for flights, car rentals, hotel bookings and dinner reservations if you please – to TripIt – and it will assemble all in a neat itinerary for you. So now you have this calendar drawn up for you without getting into flowcharts. TripIt on your phone before the next holiday? Photo credit: M Car 4. A currency converter app Easy Currency Converter Now this is one app on your smart phone that helps you when you’re out shopping, sight-seeing or just counting the monies left before you go partying again ! A useful app, this power packed genie converts up to 180 currencies from around the world; and provides live feeds for exchange rates. You can also use it offline. Pretty much all you need when you are travelling overseas. Here’s the Easy Currency Converter for those struggling with all the numbers in the head Photo credit: Satish Krishnamurthy 5. A free calling app Skype Video chat back home for free! The best and most reliable platform is Skype – a user friendly way to keep in touch. You can also use it to send unlimited texts, pictures and videos to other Skype users. This helps you keep your international roaming bill down while letting friends and family know what you are up to. So important this one is for us Indians! If you still don’t have it, get Skype to cut down communication costs 6. A local food places app Zomato In 23 countries around the world, you can Zomato your way through food menus, user reviews, ratings and photos. Other than helping you choose your meal for the moment, it also helps in useful stuff like online ordering, table reservation and cashless payment. There is another app that is like Zomato but with a slight gastronomical twist, called Foodspotting. It points you in the right direction in terms of a specific dish you may be salivating for; not restaurant. This app – with extremely well shot photos – is for the real foodies. Download Zomato on your phone. Photo credit: Basheer Tome 7. An events-near-you app Nearify Out on a business trip and wondering what to...