Five great apps for life on the road

Life on the road can be stressful and difficult at times, especially if you find it difficult to plan ahead and organise what you're doing. But this can all be fixed. Download these five great apps to turn your road trip into the easiest and most enjoyable holiday yet!

Petrol Spy Australia Search for petrol prices across Australia’s capital cities. Other app users report petrol prices using this app, so you can compare prices at each fuel station in any postcode. It’s always nice if you return the favour and update fuel prices to help the next traveller. Doing so could also score you some freebies -  there's a chance to win a $25 fuel voucher every second day!

WorldMate WorldMate makes your holiday smoother and a lot easier to track where you’re meant to be next. Whenever you receive email confirmation for flights, hotels, restaurant bookings, hire cars, etc. simply forward the emails to trips@worldmate.com. The app then instantly generates your itinerary, which you can access easily at any time.

WeatherPro Have you ever been on holiday, planned an awesome day out and then arrived to find that you have to cancel plans because of bad weather? Well, WeatherPro will stop this from happening again. It offers weather reports for more than two million geographical locations, and even includes wind speed and humidity. This app is particularly helpful for outdoor and adventurous activities, which are weather-dependent.

Restaurant Finder Australia, the USA, Canada, Europe and Malaysia are just some of the countries where users can access Restaurant Finder. The app uses your current location to suggest restaurants nearby. It also features extensive reviews for each restaurant. It will even alert you to nearby grocery stores if there aren’t any bars or restaurants nearby.

Kayak Kayak compares hundreds of travel sites to find the best deals on hotels, flights and hire cars. The app also has an itinerary management feature and a flight tracker. Kayak also has a feature that allows you to look up airport information, baggage fees and airline numbers. However, perhaps the best and most cost-saving feature is the price alert feature, which alerts you when the flights to your destination suddenly drop in price.

BRIANNA PIAZZA

Brianna Piazza

Brianna Piazza is an Australian television reporter and part-time travel blogger. Originally from Melbourne, she's currently living in Cairns where she works for WIN News and spends her weekends exploring the outdoors Far North Queensland.

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