Kayak for the Kindle Fire HD
Kindle owners can use the Kayak app to search for flight, hotel, and car rental availability as well as pricing. The app allows comparing the rates of each provider to insure they are getting the best deal. Hotel accommodations and flights can be booked directly from the app. Once a trip is booked through the app, users can receive notification of cancellations, delays, and gate changes. This makes late gate arrivals a thing of the past. Users can also access airport maps and locate airport restaurants and restrooms. The app also has extensive access maps of ATMs and restaurants. The general consensus on Amazon is that this is a better app than Tripit. Download this app for free at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/KAYAK-Software-Corporation/dp/B004JJUY4K/
Trip Advisor for Kindle
The Trip Advisor app allows users to search for hotels, flights, restaurants, shopping as well as sightseeing opportunities in whatever city they’re in. Users can also see recommendations relative to their current location. Trip Advisor also includes restaurant reviews with menus and information on pricing and ambience. The app aggregates reviews across users, so it’s a great opportunity to also contribute your own reviews to hotels and restaurants. If you're visiting a city, you can find out about the best attractions and restaurants. You can also try the convenient "Near Me Now" button to see hotels, restaurants, and activities near you right now. The app includes the user forums and the "Find a Cheap Flight" feature. The Kindle Fire version of Trip Advisor has gotten rave reviews and looks great on the tablet:
MyTopo Maps Pro by Trimble Outdoors
If you’re an outdoor explorer type, then supplement your GPS, compass and paper maps with the topographical maps produced by the MyTopo app. The MyTopo app delivers access to over 70,000 topographical maps in the USA and Canada, which is perfect for hikers, climbers, campers, boaters and other outdoor enthusiasts. It also yes that's too bad provides information for finding over ten millions of trails, lakes, valleys, mountains and rivers. The app has five different views to select from, including road, airborne, hybrid, topographical, and terrain vantage POVs. You can even store maps in the app so you don't need Wi-Fi in order to use it. Great for preplanning hiking trails, camping and ATV offroad trips. The topographical map app is optimized for the Kindle Fire:
