Technology and Travel – An Excellent Combination – Naimish Sinha

Thanks to technological developments, travel has become so much more fun-filled and super-easy. Technology has brought about drastic change in the way we travel – from choosing our holiday destination to booking accommodation, planning the activities, and much more. A vast majority of travelers today make use of the internet to plan their trip and itinerary.

This paradigm shift is majorly spurred by the behavior of millennials who want everything in the blink of an eye or the snap of fingers. A touch, swipe, or tap is all you need to book your travel destination, hotel, and countless other things that you do when you reach there. Travel is always a top priority of millennials and they do not want to bear any hassles or stresses that are otherwise a part and parcel of traditional ways of traveling and trip planning. Modern travelers like to take advantage of many online offers that make travel more fun and relatively cheaper.

“Travelers don’t embark on a journey all of a sudden today. Rather, they spend adequate time researching the internet to find our all the relevant and important information about the destinations they plan to explore and what all activities they may want to participate in at their chosen destination. The internet plays a vital role in efficient trip planning at most reasonable rates,” as per Namish Sinha – travel technology and IT technology expert.

Technology makes it possible to ensure that you do not pack unnecessary items on your trip or forget absolutely necessary ones. Travel updates are readily available and checking the temperature of any place without even vising there.

“For a female, traveling alone is considered highly risky and unsafe mainly because of the lack of connectivity on the go. With technology, however, it is easy and possible to travel with or without anyone. Solo traveling is a so fun and easy, thanks to travel technology,” adds Naimish Sinha.

How technology is revolutionizing the travel industry?

There are ways through which technology is making a big difference to the travel – whether solo or in the groups. Let’s have a quick look at how technology is making travel so easy for all.

• Mobile: Wherever you go, you are always connected with those who matter the most to you.
• Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality: Thanks to AR/VR, now you have the opportunity to (virtually) visit the destination you want to visit and decide how you felt.
• IoT or Internet of things: The most popular technological advancement of late is that of the IoT. Travel wherever you want and keep a control on your gadgets and important devices at home – even when you are not at home.

Other than these, travel becomes more fun when you have technology at your service. With virtual assistants, knowing all about the city you plan to visit on a given day is so easy. Then you have big data, 5G, and blockchain.

All these reservations, for both flights and hotels, stayed inside my inbox avoiding me having to print everything out and then worry about losing anything.

On the road: My cellphone, the best co-pilot

Traveling with a Smartphone and mobile data (thanks to the end of roaming in Europe) has been a revelation. It reminded me of all my journeys and reservations; it was there to guide me when I got lost (more than I could count) in a city, to keep me busy on long travels, or to help me find out interesting facts about the places I was visiting.

Post-Trip: sharing is living

When I come back from a trip, I always like to review the hotels, restaurants, and activities I’ve been in and done to share with others my experience and help them on their upcoming trip. I am a fan of the Internet philosophy: collaborating and sharing knowledge so everyone can find them. I did it all comfortably with my phone and on the couch at home.

The travel industry is one where interaction with the consumer is becoming more critical, and the technological advances are letting corporations get closer and know their customers a bit better.

Steve Jobs said: "technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful things with them.”

We have the tools. Now the question is: what are we going to do with them?