Last week I wrote about iTravel and Passbook, services soon to be available on your iOS devices that will make travel more convenient. This week, I have been away from Small Dog HQ on vacation on the North Carolina shore.
One of the great things about working for Small Dog is that we encouraged to take vacations as a way to take a break, recharge the batteries, and come back to work refreshed. I am happy to report that swimming in the ocean, sipping frozen margaritas, and stargazing on the beach have me in a state of deep relaxation and I am ready to get back to Vermont and hit the ground running at work.
To help all of you enjoy your (hopefully) upcoming vacations, I have an app to recommend to make sure you get started on the right foot. Check out Packing Pro. It is $2.99 and has some great features to make sure that you get out of the house with everything that you need for your trip. I am always scrambling out the door at the last minute when I go on vacation, and this app has made that mad dash a little less stressful.
The included sample lists contain the items one would need for a variety of trips and can be used as the basis for customized lists. You can also create lists from scratch. The expert list assistant automatically creates lists based on the number of adults, children and days, as well as temperature, destination, food preparation and clothes washing preferences. You can even input the weights of the items that you pack to make sure that you never have to pay for overweight bags. Collapsible categories and check boxes by each item makes the packing process as painless as can be.
If someone figures out a way to link this app with 3D modeling software so that it can tell me exactly how to pack my suitcase without breaking a zipper, I might even get out of the house on time before my next trip.
Happy travels everybody!