Whether you travel regularly with short little bursts around the country or are prone to long trips overseas to foreign markets, technology just made your life easier! How many times have you been in a new place and not understood the language or had no idea how to get to your destination and for some reason, needed a new hotel because the one you’d booked wasn’t to your liking or your reservation got lost in the shuffle? If you travel for business often, here are five apps every business traveler should have. As the old American Express slogan goes, “Don’t leave home without it!”

1. Uber

Not only is the Uber app a way to get a ‘taxi’ service cheaper than the typical city cabs in a number of countries around the globe, it is an app that you have on your phone that practically lets you control when you want to travel without being subjected to a dispatcher that either doesn’t speak the language or doesn’t care that you have a business meeting to attend. With Uber, you simply download the app to your mobile phone, follow the directions and within moments you’ve booked yourself a ride.

2. iTranslate

Then there is the language barrier in many cases. If you often travel to a foreign country and you don’t speak the first word of the language other than perhaps please and thank you, iTranslate will come in extremely handy. The client you are meeting with has a translator on site or they speak English fluently, but it’s the times in between meetings where you suffer the language barrier woes. This app is just for travelers like you.

3. VIDGO TV

One of the things that business travelers miss most when away from home is in having the ability to watch their favorite television shows. With a revolutionary new app, VIDGO TV, you can watch all your favorite shows no matter where you are as long as you have Internet access and a no-obligation pay-as-you-go VIDGO account. You can even watch local TV stations on VIDGO TV which means that you need never miss out on your favorite shows, even when in remote parts of the globe – that is, as long as you have a connection to the web.

4. Evernote

Most of the time you will be working with a team back home or other remote workers as well. Evernote is a way you can keep notes in the Cloud so that you can refer to them later or team members in other locations can access them and jot notes to you as well. Working in the Cloud has become a way of life for travelers, but from scheduling to working with remote teams, Evernote keeps everyone on the same page, reading the same notes.

5. TripIt

Then there are those times when you get halfway through your travels and find that you need to make a side trip or two. With TripIt you can plan your itinerary on the go because it is an app you can download to your cellphone and plot out every step of the way. From lodgings to dining, with TripIt you can plan your own way and then have it on hand to refer to as needed.

These are just five of the apps that every business traveler should have but they are five of the most useful you will encounter. From logistics to entertainment, everything you need to organize will be right there at your fingertips, making life a whole lot easier on the go. While you might also like a weather app or a GPS app, those are usually on your phone, factory installed so they aren’t entirely necessary. Looking forward to your next trip? Don’t leave home without these apps.