Smartphones Alter The Way We Travel

Smartphones Alter The Way We Travel

By: Dick Bitzer

A traveler no longer rummages through their bag at the airline counter fishing for a flight ticket or confirmation number. One now can go paperless thanks to electronic boarding  passes. Once you are checked in online, the airline carrier e-mails a bar code to your phone. That code is scanned at security checkpoints and gates instead of a boarding pass.


More and more travelers are using their Blackberry or other smartphones for airline flight change alerts, running all calls into one number provided by Google voice, turn by turn driving instructions when they are behind the wheel and watching TV on Sling Box when they have downtime. There is a growing army of tech savvy travelers whos smartphones are transforming their travel habits. More than online maps and travel guides, travelers are turning to their phones to look up in her craft seat configuration, check taxis reply to early hotel check-in requests, order room service and locate nearby colleagues.


Few of us remain untouched by the effects of the mobile Internet. Entrepreneurial software developers are rolling out new services daily, such as “location-based” apps that tap into a phone’s GPS to determine that user’s location and offer discounts, as well as pitch products. According to the airlines and hotels the apps are making a difference. They say booking completed over smart phones are rising traumatically, even as business over other traditional sales channels including their websites, have turned sour or remain flat.


Faster network speeds have helped spur development of travel aids. So has the convergence of various portable devices— mini laptops, GPS, digital cameras, gaming devices, PDAs, MP3 players—into one device. A recent survey conducted by PhoCusWright in 2008 of frequent business travelers, 71% said they used a smartphone for business during their trips, while 62% use it for leisure purposes.


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About the Author

Dick Bitzer WOW Mobile wants high-achieving individuals to join our independent sales group. Selected individuals will work directly with company leadership to develop sales / business opportunities: WOW Mobile – Project Velocity Put the power of the internet to work for you today, visit: WOW Mobile Livermore

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