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MODERN-DAY POSTCARDS reviews which makes booking restaurants around the world a whole
Share the memories you’ve stored by sending custom picture- lot easier. You can even send booking invitations to friends and add
postcards – reminiscent of the good old traditional postcard – to bookings to your phone’s calendar.
family and friends while you’re on holiday. Pick your favourite UNTAPPD
holiday pics and design your own postcard right on your iPhone, An app for beer lovers the world over, Untappd lets you create your
iPad, iPod or Android device with SnapShot Postcard, and then send
it back home. Sending a SnapShot Postcard is also a great thing for own profile and discover the best beer in town. You can check in
at various watering holes and post opinions on local tipples and
people who don’t use email, and it only takes four simple steps.
talk to others who have been to the same places. Untappd is great
For more information and to download the app, visit for travelling as you can search for popular pubs or simply those
snapshotpostcard.com closest to where you are, and hopefully get an idea of what’s on.
You can also search for individual beers to see where they are being
XE served near to you – very handy, especially in a new city.
Having an easy to use currency converter app on your phone
when travelling is a must. XE is a reliable currency converter that GOOGLE TRANSLATE
is worth using instead of a pre-installed smart phone function Never fear getting “lost in translation” again wherever you are
as it is updated with live rates and has around 180 currencies around the globe, thanks to Google Translate. The app has been
listed. XE also has a simple conversion calculator for when you’re helping travellers to interact in just about every language for years,
out shopping up a storm or can’t resist the allure of duty-free enabling users to speak to anyone, anywhere in the world.
goodies. XE will help you check if the savings are truly worth it.
Activate Google Translate simply by speaking into your phone and
OPENTABLE your words will be translated instantly into the language of your
OpenTable is a great research and booking app for locating the best choice. Google Translate is now also available “offline”, allowing you
restaurants while you’re away in the United States, Canada, Mexico, to use it without phone service or roaming charges.
England, Ireland, Germany, Australia and Japan. You can search
by location, cuisine, price and more and book tables instantly – a
boon in unfamiliar cities. OpenTable is made even better by its diner
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