Best Apps for Road Trips

TravelMath is an online calculator that helps make sure you're traveling in the most efficient way. It calculates everything from total travel cost, miles, and time for your trip. You can compare driving and flying side-by-side, so you can be sure a road trip is the best way to get from Point A to Point B. 

The social traffic app, Waze, can accurately give you the fastest or shortest route to your destination. It collects data for every road driven while the app is open. It learns the routes that users prefer to take for frequent destinations, and finds the cheapest gas stations along the way. Users can even see live updates of traffic jams, police activity, and accidents. 

Keep the kids entertained in the backseat with Karaoke Anywhere. It's an app that lets your passengers play any tune in the database while singing along. While it is free to download, it requires a monthly fee to unlock the 10,000+ songs. If it'll keep the kids from constantly asking if you're there yet, it might just be worth it. 

One of the few downsides of a road trip is the constant search for parking. Eliminate it with SpotHero, an app that enables you to reserve and pre-pay for a spot in your choice of more than 2,500 parking garages and lots in major cities around the US. 

Another great app for parking is BestParking. It steers drivers toward the cheapest and most convenient parking in more than 105 cities throughout North America. 

Finding food on the road can be tricky. The iPhone app Along the Way maps your route and finds restaurants along it, so you don't even need to get off a highway. 

Did you have too much fun on the road trip and go further than you meant to, passing your hotel destination for the night? Have no fear, thanks to Hotel Tonight. Find great hotels with amazing last-minute deals. Use the mobile app to book from wherever and find the perfect place to rest your head.