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In the past, travelling
individually, with friends or family members is usually a logistical mess. It
comes with a lot of challenges that discourage quite a number of people from
travelling. Fast-forward to today and with the intensity technology has been
embraced in the travel industry, Nigerians can now travel with little or no
logistical nightmare. Hence, there is no doubt that technology has definitely
changed the face of travel. We share take a look at how technology has changed
travel over the years.
Deciding
you destination
Before the arrival of the
internet, travelers have to go through holiday brochures at a travel agent’s
office, buy guidebooks or taking a friend’s recommendation when it came to
deciding where to go. Today, it very easy to decide as you can simply visit a
well know travel blog, social media handle, or even your friend’s Facebook
posts to choose where to go.
Booking
a hotel
Then you have to saunter
around to search for a hotel to lodge. This is very stressful and
time-consuming. This is past tense as you can now book a hotel from the comfort
of your room. Even if you find yourself stranded in the middle of the night,
you can still call Jumia Travel to book a room in any of your favourite hotels.
If you are in this kind of situation then, you are simply on your own.
Staying
in touch
While travelling, you can
send postcards, write letters and occasionally make a long-distance phone call
from the hotel reception, or a local phone booth. Thus, staying in touch
certainly wasn’t easy and most people at home don’t expect to hear from you
unless it is an emergency. With your internet savvy phone, you can have
real-time conversations with family members, girlfriend, friends, and wife via
messaging platforms. Hence, no one needs to worry much about you when you
travel.
Recording
travel memories
You need the services of a
camera man to take photos and videos of your wanderlust. As such, there is a
limit to which you can take pictures and videos. But with your phone camera,
you can take as many photos and videos as you so desire. You just keep
clicking. You can share the pictures on social media and upload to your cloud.
It will be there forever and you can access it anytime you like. Travel
memories made easy!
Learning
local languages
There are so many places
you cannot visit because you do not understand their language. You have to look
for an interpreter or a local. Today, all you need is a smartphone and you
install Google Translate or iTranslate. With these apps, you can learn the
basics of any language and it will help you communicate with the locals with
ease.
You
will spend less
The result of all of the
above is that you don’t need to break the bank to travel unlike in the past.
Armed with the right technology tools, you will definitely travel cheaply.
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