Google is launching a new travel app called Google Trips. The app hopes to assist those stricken with wanderlust by providing one go-to solution for organizing everything involved with modern travel.
Speaking in an interview with The Verge, Richard Holden, VP of product management at Google, said the new app arrives after two years of development in the tech giant’s travel offerings.
Included in the trip planner and organizer is a way to consolidate plane tickets, rental car info, and hotel reservations, but the app also helps travelers after they’ve arrived at their destination, including visitor guides for over 200 cities.
Further fun ideas come thanks to activity recommendations, such as sightseeing, shopping, and restaurants suggestions, which are customized based on info pulled from your Google profile. According to The Verge, the app will even consider the length of your stay and the weather in its recommendations (so, for example, if it’s raining out, the app won’t suggest a walk in the park).
Travel can be pretty intimidating, so the app rounds out its offerings with all the critical stuff you might need, including currency information, and what to do in the event of an emergency.
However, one of the biggest features is the ability to use the app offline, which is particularly useful if you don’t want to pay out the nose for data when traveling internationally.
Google Trips is free to download, and will work on both Android and iOS devices.
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