Through the Looking Glass: How Technology Has Shaped the Way We Travel
Through the Looking Glass: How Technology Has Shaped the Way We Travel
Technology has been the most prominent of innovations that have made its way into our lives for good. Want to go somewhere? Your Smartphone can call a cab. Feeling hungry at ungodly hours? Your Smartphone can order food for you. Fancy wearing a dress to the Sunday Brunch? You can have it delivered to your doorstep by Friday. Want to book a cab or translate a new language or track your flight? Heck, the measly smartwatch on your wrist can do all of these things for you!
Whatever be our wish, quest or challenge, technology has become our genie to fulfil them all. And travelling is no exception for this rule. There are a variety of modern gadgets and techs available which makes travelling much easier. From transportation to lodging, from planning your itinerary to booking your day trips, technology can do it all for you.
Here are some of the ways technology has shaped you travel life for the better.
Choosing the destination
Back Then – Travel back before internet days were decided in simply two ways.
- Choosing a locale based on the movie we last saw and the picturesque landscape on the background with the main leads romancing in the middle.
- Choosing a locale depending on a friend’s or relative’s suggestion, who in turn was influenced by his/her friend or relatives.
These were the two clear-cut ways in which our grandparents use to set the locations for our vacations.
Now – There are millions of travel blogs all around us that can completely update you in details about the places you want to travel to. There are thousands of photos all over the net and experiences of travellers who have travelled there and websites that can sincerely guide you through your travel itinerary.
Booking Transportation Tickets
Back Then: Booking tickets were a hazard in the past. Long queues, a lot of people ahead of you coupled with an uncertainty of whether or not you can get the ticket was the scene of booking transportation tickets back then.
Now: It is probably easier than ever. All you have to do is look for the cheapest rail or flight ticket available for you on the date of your travel and book them through online transactions. That’s all.
Booking Hotels
Back then: Booking hotels would mean sitting for long hours at a travel agent’s office or spend time talking endlessly with a travel company in order to provide yourself with your preferred rooms. Even till then, you had no idea what your hotel looked like!
Now: Again, we have to just go online, check out the rooms according to their availability, read a couple of user reviews and with just a click of the button, our lodging issues are resolved. And oh! Don’t forget the refund you can avail if you are not happy with the experience
Connectivity
Back then: Connectivity was probably the most problematic area for travellers and tourists back then. With no smartphone or accessible internet, one would have to splurge a lot of money on long distance phone calls from STD booths to let the people back home know that they are hale and hearty.
Now: Thanks to this thing called WiFi and numerous social media sites like Facebook, twitter, Instagram and so on, you can stay connected with all your near and dear ones, 24×7.
There are also a lot of other ways technology has helped travel, from cameras to selfies. However, what it has truly eased is the way we travel, making it a lot less hectic and a lot more appealing.
