Forewarned is Forearmed: Top Travel Apps for Tourists

85% of the surveyed leisure travelers used their mobile devices while abroad

30% used them to find hotels

15% downloaded mobile apps to arrange the coming vacation

72% posted their holiday photos on a social network

46% checked in to a vacation location

70% updated their Facebook status while on vacation

61% of US travelers reported using social media while on vacation

85% of travelers used smartphones while on vacation, and 46% used tablets

The most popular use of smartphones while traveling was for finding restaurants (36% for smartphones, 21% for tablets) and accessing social media (32% for smartphones, 19% on tablets)

57% of business travelers use a mobile device to book travel

44% of travelers use their phones to research travel while they're actually traveling