When planning the trip, we used Trip Advisor a lot! This helped us learn which hotels would be a good option for us, and it also helped us plan activities within each city/country.
Visit a City was helpful to us, but I didn't use it a ton.
In London, we found the Tube Map to be most helpful. This allowed us to figure out what line we were supposed to be on, where we needed to transfer, and how long it was going to take us to get there. It worked without data, which was the best part. However, there was some "real time" stuff available if you did have use of a cell phone plan.
I had downloaded Open Table because most of the hotels that offered Afternoon Tea hosted reservations there. In the end, we didn't need it.
The London Pass app was helpful in planning which things we wanted to see. But it also can host your pass there as well. We had the physical pass because we were uncertain of how often we would need to find wi-fi.
The Gatwick Express app was helpful for us in finding times that the trains ran to and from the airport. You can also purchase your tickets on the app as well.
In Paris, the Paris Metro app was most helpful for getting around the city. It also told us which line we would need to be on, when we would need to transfer, and how long it would take to get to our destination. We are both good at reading maps, so it helped to have a map of the transit of the city.
We used Google Translate for the majority of the trip. If we didn't know what a word was, we'd type it in the app and it would tell us. It would also tell us how to say English phrases in the language we needed. It worked offline, but if you are connected online, you can hear them read it back to you so you know how to pronounce it.
Pocket Maps is super helpful too. You can download maps of whatever city you need so you know where to go.
Rick Steves offers his audio guide on an app. If you're wanting to know more, he offers guides for almost anywhere!
The SBB app was helpful in Switzerland when we were trying to figure out which trains to be on. Unfortunately, we needed to be hooked up to wi-fi to use it. But we'd try to plan ahead and take screenshots of our routes that we needed.
There are a lot of apps out there that can be helpful. Find the ones you like and use them! These are the ones we found most helpful.
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