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SINDBAD TRAVELS Set Sails With… By Evit Lotfalla & Neelam Khokhar

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SINDBAD TRAVELSSet Sails With…

ByEvit Lotfalla & Neelam

Khokhar

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Mobile Devices Used

• Tablet• Ipad• IPhone

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Tried Apps

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Internet Connection

Wi-Fi Finder

• Search & scan for free Wi-Fi hotspots

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Travel Harrisburg to Houston

To Book a Flight (Dec.1 – Dec.3)1 person, round trip

Expedia Orbitz Kayak

$639 $657 $733-$823

Expedia

• Exceptionally useful• Fast and concise with

excellent detail• Speed and layout are also

excellent• View and book flights and

hotels• Search, book and view your

mobile itinerary• Access special offers• GPS location service• Limited amount of deals &

services

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Book a HotelOne Room for One personHotel Derek Houston

Galleria

Travelocity Orbitz Hotwire $682 $171 $281

ORBITZ

• Book flights, car rentals & hotels

• offers a price guarantee if another user books the same travel as you for less

• Contains around 85,000 hotels and 12 car rentals companies

• Use your phone's GPS to track down nearby services

• Provides all your trip details even you don't have internet access

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Rent a Car

Kayak

• Searches all the major rental companies

• Finds the best deal closest to you

• Taking care of car logistics

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Finding a Restaurant

TripAdvisor

• Next to Google Earth, TripAdvisor has the world's second-most-popular travel app

• Simple to use and covers the globe

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...Finding a Restaurant

Yelp

• Give you restaurant reviews

• Narrow your searches by 'hood, distance, price, and what's open now

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...Finding a Restaurant

• Use GPS to find a restaurant near you

• Filter by neighborhood, cuisine, or price

• Make reservations• Ratings and reviews

from newspapers, bloggers, and fellow eaters

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Things to do• Pinpoint your location and top attractions near you now• Things to do are listed, along with prices and average

user review scores• Activities on offer can also be viewed on a map

• Select your interests, such as architecture or lifestyle, and as you walk, related notifications will pop-up to inform you of things like local history to new restaurants.

• You'll get notifications about nearby local deals

Viator

Google Field Trips

AroundMe

• Simple and clean it is also much more fun to use• Search for the nearest• restaurants, banks, gas stations, book an hotel or find

a movie schedule nearby

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Communication• Send and receive instant messages for free.• Free face to face video and voice calls over a 3G or

WiFi connection.• Low cost calls and text messages to mobiles and

landlines.• Send photos, videos and files of any size for free.• Send a message you can see, hear and feel with video

messaging.

Skype

Whatsapp

• Uses your Internet connection: 3G/EDGE or Wi-Fi when available.

• You can text with them—and send photos and audio notes back and forth—from wherever you are

• Works with your phone number, just like SMS

• Allows you to call or text anyone, anywhere for free, as long as they also have the app

• Uses the contact list from your phone• Can be finicky when it comes to picking up Wi-FiViber

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Additional Useful Apps• Find the cheapest gas on the go• Locate gas stations near you and see their current gas

prices

• Easy location management• Detailed WEATHER conditions give you the

temperature, sunrise time, sunset time, wind speed, humidity, UV index, visibility, dew point, and pressure

Google Maps

• Get where you need to go quickly with voice guided turn-by-turn GPS navigation, or try public transit, biking, and walking directions

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…Additional Useful Apps• Gets you organized: simply forward all your confirmation

emails to your TripIt account, and all the details are organized into one neat itinerary for you

Translate

• Translate between more than 70 languages• Speak, type, write, or take a picture to translate• Translate offline while traveling. No internet

connection needed

Currency

• Convert 180+ currencies on-the-go • Calculate prices with the currency converter

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…Additional Useful Apps• Unlimited uploads• Interact with friends through giving & receiving likes and

comments• Instant sharing to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr and

Foursquare

Google Search

• The fastest, easiest way to find what you need on the web and your phone or tablet

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The Best Apps

• Expedia• Orbitz• Kayak• TripAdvisor• Viator• GoogleFieldTr

ips• Currency• Istagram• TheWeather

Channel

• AroundMe• Skype• Whatsapp• GassBuddy• GoogleMap

s• TripIt• Translate• GoogleSear

ch

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Happy Customers Mean Higher Profits

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Thank you for your attention

to our presentation.