Tagged: smartphone

eSims for Beginners: Cheaper Phone and Data Costs When You Travel

Many of us love to go abroad but when we do, we are afraid of our mobile phone carrier’s high roaming rates.Time to learn about the eSim, a virtual trick that allows you to access…

Norwegian Cruise Line Throttles Wi-Fi —Now Instagram Reels Cost Another $10/Day

Most of us know that because of the equipment and services involved, Wi-Fi access on cruise ships isn't cheap. The basic package on Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), called Voyage Wi-Fi…

5 Things Cruise Passengers Must Remember to Do—or Else Get Soaked for Thousands of Dollars

Put your smartphone in airplane mode.As TheStreet warns: "It’s not uncommon to hear horror stories of first-time cruisers who neglected to put their phones in airplane mode, only to…

The Frommer's Travel Gadget Gift Guide for 2024

Here at Frommer’s, we’re all about showing you how to make your travels smarter, cheaper, or more fun. So we looked for the latest gadgets designed to do all of the above—just in time…

15+ Airlines Agree to Use Apple AirTags to Locate Lost Luggage

There's good news if you're one of the growing number of travelers who like to keep tabs on checked airline luggage by using Apple's AirTags. The little battery-powered tracking pucks,…

The Best Luggage Storage Apps and How To Use Them

There used to be very few choices for travelers who are between hotels but have heavy bags to deal with—except to hope that airports and train stations had “left luggage” storage…

iPhone's Satellite Feature Can Help Travelers with No Power or Signal

As part of its standard software, an iPhone can already perform all kinds of handy tricks that are invaluable to travelers—we round up more than 15 useful iPhone travel tools…

These Travel Apps Gobble Up the Most of Your Phone's Mobile Data

Depending on your smartphone's service plan, the expense of data while you're roaming abroad can be one of the ugliest surprises in a travel budget. Forgetting to use the correct…

15+ Amazing Travel Tricks Your iPhone Can Already Do for Free: Flight Status, Translation, Conversion, Measuring Bags, More

If you have been traveling with an iPhone for a while, you might assume you already know all the things it can do for you. But for the past few years, Apple has been quietly adding new…

Why Your Phone's Navigation App May Be Useless for Driving Outside Your Home Country

If you're planning to rent a car on a road trip in another country and you think you can simply use your mobile phone for step-by-step driving directions, think again. Technology can…

If You Use the Public Phone Chargers at the Airport, the FBI Has a Warning for You

It's awfully easy to run out of mobile phone power when you travel. The travel industry has offloaded lots of activity and paperwork to the smartphone in your pocket: Flight check-in,…

Verizon Gooses Its International Data Benefits to Be More Competitive

Earlier in 2022, smartphone service giant T-Mobile, which gobbled up competitor Sprint in 2020, flexed the power of its post-merger muscle by increasing the speed and data available to…

T-Mobile Boosts Free Perks for Travelers: Roaming, Flight Wi-Fi, Gas Discounts

If you want to feel old, tell the children in your life that not so long ago it was too expensive to use your smartphone on vacation. Back then, if you forgot to put your phone on…

Three Important Recommendations for Smart Travel That Are Served By Three Smart Websites

Three important recommendations for smart travel:  choosing an ethical destination, preparing your cellphone for cost-conscious travel, improving your trips through yoga Three…

How to Shoot Better Pictures with Your Smartphone

Remember the days when you had to lug around a DSLR camera during vacation so you could get that perfect shot of the Eiffel Tower or Golden Gate Bridge? Or maybe you had to grab a…

FAA Raises Alarm Over Fires in Samsung Smartphones

Ariel Gonzalez/YouTube A massive product recall has turned into a rare admonition by the Federal Aviation Administration: Don't use your phone on flights. After Galaxy Note7 devices…

Booking.com Pulls Plug on Last-Minute App

After only a year and half on the market, Booking.com is euthanizing Booking Now, its app specifically designed for last-minute hotel deals.When it was released in January…

Hello? Is the Hotel Room Phone Still There?

At the Arrive Hotel in Palm Springs, a new boutique hotel in the glam desert resort town, the 32 good-looking guestrooms feature plenty of high-tech amenities such as 50” HDTVs…

How to Complain to Uber

Sign into your Uber account on a desktop computer and go to "Report an Issue with the App" from the Help Center. In this form, fill in your device type, operating system version, and a…

Cruise Travel Tips: How to Stay Healthy at Sea

Cruises make traveling easy: The captain does the driving, the waiters serve the food, the cabin steward makes your bed, and counselors babysit the kids. And if you fall ill, onboard…

Spring out of Paris for Tours of Brittany and Normandy

The peninsular province of Brittany, rich in Celtic heritage, juts out from the mainland of France like a thumb, with a rocky coastline, monuments and calvaries -- sculpture carvings…