There was an era when travelling across India required a long planning and thousands of suggestions from the near and dear ones. Let that suggestions be passed regarding the destinations or mode of transportation. In addition to this brainstorming, carrying out bookings in hotels or flights would just leave you at no men land.
Cut two, we have entered an era of sophisticated being where everything is readily available on your finger tips. It does not matter where you have to travel or how you should travel or where will you stay. The era has been named as era of technology and gadgets, which has reduced month long planning to nothing more than half hour job.
The fact keeps on surprising at times, that how things in the present scenario have became so easy and effortless. A though inspired me to list up things which has greatly affected in making as easy as having a cup of tea.
Knowing your Destination
To know where you should travel with your family or partner or friends, definitely landed you to some travel agent office or looking at brochures in pre-internet era. But now, all you have to do is unlock your smartphone device and start searching or reading travel blogs.
All this is made possible through innovations in mobile technology, which enables to have high speed internet (3G or 4G) provided to you service providers. You need to visit any travel agent or look for brochures, as you have everything on your in form of smartphone.
Deciding Means of Transport
The pre-internet era also forced you to stand in long queues at railway stations or bus stops, weeks before your travel dates. In present scenario those long queues are reduced by the mobile application, which facilitates you to book any mode of transport anytime anywhere, just a few taps on mobile devices and your bookings are done.
A technology which can be held responsible for this change is Mobile apps, it not only helps in getting things done quickly but also at your comfort. This technology is advancing every tickle of clock, making things easier and easier.
Where to Stay
Hotels or guest houses always remained very tricky for any traveler, say what will be the rates of that hotel, how the services will be, will there be cleanliness in the rooms and many more. The worry has now been omitted, one can find good budgeted hotels or guest houses of any destination in just pulse of a second. Not only can this it also be ensured that whatever services listed by hotels are provided as written, through users reviews enabled on various platforms. And for sure can be booked in no time through internet or Smartphone.
Knowing the Local Culture
Travelling to any destination for the first time is exciting, but at the same time meeting locals is also a great fun. Pre-condition which follows is shallow knowledge of local dialects and culture. A thing that has always remained a surprise during past era, which has now, became very easy. One can get familiar with local slangs and commonly used words through internet, irrespective of nationality and origin.
How to stay Connected
A very important part in traveling is maintaining connectivity with the family residing in your home town. Earlier this was at the will of postal services, as you write a letter or postcard of your well being and then it would be delivered to your address in couple of weeks. Thanks to mobile and internet that has reduced this distance to a phone call or video call. The technology has become so advanced that even e-mails are now only used for professional conversation.
Things are changing at a very high pace around us and it is not limited to traveling, but also to every aspects of day to day life. An only drawback which remains here is internet has turned physical world to a virtual one.
