Quick and Dirty vacation planning

This post is by staff writer April Dykman.

As I write, I am in New York on a trip I spent about two hours planning. Usually I like to do my research. Firmly believe research open saved a lot of time, money and trouble-free journey time, but this holiday snuck on me and I ran out of time.

So far I've managed to our way around perfectly without losing the ridiculous amounts of money or get lost (particularly nice as it is a bit colder than 78 degree we left). One of the reasons things have gone smoothly is that I had the time to download free NYC time THE APP before we left home, and help was that I wanted to share it with GRS readers.

MyCityWay journey planning
Launched in 2009, MyCityWay is described as "one-stop shop discovery platform for more than 50 categories in the city – including restaurants, night life, social event, transit, traffic, tourist attractions ..." and more. Available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and iPad, APT for MyCityWay currently has about 20 cities, mainly in the United States it appears first in the London international cities.

So what does this APP?, so it is useful to first of all, you can create a journey that holds all the items that you want to visit. After you save the travel locations, you can see information about places, such as prices for admission to the Museum, hours, phone numbers and more. You can also go to the view of the map that flags each of your locations.

I looked a few articles about New York City, the site of Frommer and budget travel in places and restaurants that sound good and look for them on THE APP (found all of them). I add them to new journey. I also checked out the list of free things to do and adds a few places that looked interesting. We are spending six full days travelling, so that after the marking of about 20 places, restaurants and activities, can I use the card to see what is close and a combined plan every day.

Another great feature is that MyCityWay works with GPS, allowing the user to select a location of the journey and get directions to walking, bicycling, or driving from their current location. Last night I got off the Metro, trip, selected at the Metropolitan Museum of art and immediately had arms and a card for the fastest way to walk there from the Terminal.

THE APP also is useful in getting around town, something not always schedule. It includes the Locator restroom, street eats, coffee machines, wireless Internet locations, transit information, such as metro routes and find the nearest Terminal, food stores, etc. There are even things indigenous peoples may find useful, such as parking, apartment listings, classifieds, project lists, car services and live traffic cameras. Then go to Museum, if you are craving pizza from anywhere in the walking distance, you can search by cuisine and immediately to get a list of the nearest pizzerias plus reviews.

According to their website, MyCityWay plans to roll, appendices as custom local recommendations, on the basis of the user profile, select history and the present situation. Functions of the premium performance – I'm otgatvane, this means that the paid version-will include features to plan for a day in the city, write notes, and to-do lists and collaborating with friends.

I confess that I was wary of become a Smartphone user. But I did a few months before the switch and between MyCityWay and several Museum applications, which have helped me to easily navigate from one place to the next on a small device (not maps, travel books and brochures to lug around), I'm sold.

What are some of the ways you can use to save time and money while travelling?

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