Smart Traveler, from the U.S. Department of State, has embassy and consulate contact information, travel warnings for a disturbingly long list of countries, and extensive country-specific information that you will be glad to have on hand. Smart Traveler is also where travelers can sign up for the department’s Smart Traveler Enrollment Program, to let embassies and consulates know you are in-country, the better to respond if you call for help, and to send you alerts of dangers. Consulates, for example, can provide names of local doctors and lawyers or spot you a loan if your pocket’s picked.
Weather+, by International Travel Weather Calculator, comes in a free version and one for 99 cents that eliminates the banner advertising. It’s a fast-glance app that gives weather conditions in locations all over the world. Background video loops let you know if it’s sunny, raining, or snowing at your destination. In addition you see the local time in the city you are checking out.
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