Technology and Money – JourneyHere.Travel

How to Use Google Flights and Save Money

Julianne Will — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 00:24:35 +0000

We’ve grown to rely on a range of trip-planning sites over the years. But one of the best, no-fail, essential travel planning tools we love is Google Flights. It’s an excellent way to find the best prices on flights, especially if your destination is specific but your dates can vary a bit. And that’s true whether you’re booking a flight in the coming weeks or up to a year ahead.

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How to Get International Phone Service — Three Ways to Stay Connected

Heather Smith — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 16:44:01 +0000

We see it in travel discussion groups almost every day: “Help! How do I get international phone service?!” Don’t worry; we didn’t know when we started traveling either. And technology keeps changing! But it’s fairly easy and affordable to stay connected when traveling overseas. And there are more reasons than ever to have international phone service. I (Julianne) traditionally relied on…

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The 16 (ish) Best Travel Apps You Must Download for Your Next Trip

Heather Smith — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 02:50:05 +0000

I am a planner. I like to find ways to make my trips run smoothly. I travel a lot, but I still get anxious when I head out on a trip. It’s who I am. Are you are a person who likes to be prepared? If so this is an excellent list of travel apps! Julianne and I have hundreds of apps on our phones. Not all are travel apps, but a lot are. I have universal travel apps and country-specific travel…

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Adapter, Converter or Transformer: Simple Tips for Choosing the Right Device

Julianne Will — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 21:54:21 +0000

A great overseas trip can be electric, sparking connections and igniting your curiosity. But if you try to plug in your hairdryer without an adapter, converter or transformer, you might experience fireworks of the worst kind. Not only are the shapes of plugs in most countries different than those in the States, but the voltage often differs as well. So using a computer…

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Backing Up Your Travel Photos: Hard-Won Lessons

Julianne Will — Fri, 20 May 2022 02:34:40 +0000

Maybe you already know this, but I learned the hard way that iCloud doesn’t automatically create a backup of the travel photos you took that day with your iPhone … even if you have it set up to do so on your iPhone, and you have your phone’s WiFi turned on, and you plug it in overnight right next to your laptop, which is signed into WiFi with a password. If that WiFi signal is spotty…

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Using a VPN When Traveling — An Easy Way To Protect Your Data

Heather Smith — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 13:23:32 +0000

A VPN (virtual private network) is the easiest and most effective way for you to protect your internet usage and keep your identity private online. When you connect to a secure VPN server, your internet traffic goes through an encrypted tunnel that nobody can see into, including hackers, governments and your internet service provider. In really basic terms, using a VPN changes your IP…

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