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Lonely Planet Offers Stranded Travelers Free App

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Christine Sarkis is an SATW-award-winning journalist and executive editor at SmarterTravel. Her stories have also appeared on USA Today, Conde Nast Traveler, Huffington Post, and Business Insider. Her advice has been featured in dozens of print and online publications including The New York Times, Conde Nast Traveler, and People magazine. She has also shared travel tips on television and radio shows including Good Morning America, Marketplace, and Here & Now. Her work has been published in the anthologies Spain from a Backpack and The Best Women's Travel Writing 2008. She is currently working on a travel memoir.

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Travel Motto: Curiosity is an amazing compass.

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Stranded in Europe because of the volcanic ash? Lonely Planet is offering 13 of its European city iPhone guides free on iTunes until April 22. In addition to suggestions for activities, the guides include the sort of practical information stranded travelers need to deal with unforeseen delays.

Cities with the free app are Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Budapest, Copenhagen, Istanbul, London, Moscow, Munich, Paris, Rome, Stockholm, and Vienna.

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Always remember to be smart about your phone usage abroad to avoid monster fees. Eurocheapo offers a good overview of budget-savvy usage.

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