Smartphones the ‘must take’ for holidays

You mean I don't have to leave them behind!!
By Jeremy Keith via Wikimedia Commons

FORGET the sunscreen, magazines and guide books, new research released by InterContinental Hotels Group reveals that of more than 10,000 travellers across 13 countries worldwide, the must-have item for a vacation is a smartphone. 

Almost 40 percent of travellers agree that their smartphone is the most important item to take on vacation, and 67 percent say they will use it every day. One in 10 travellers clock an average of 70 hours online while on vacation … almost 20 percent of the actual time spent on a two-week vacation.

The survey found that the smartphone is fast replacing the traditional postcard with 64 percent of respondents saying they use it to text friends and another 32 percent to Skype friends and family back home

The top ten uses of smartphones by vacation makers are:

• Checking work e-mails – 68%

• Navigation/maps – 67%

• Texting – 64%

• Taking vacation photos – 51%

• Making calls – 42%

• Snapping pictures of meals – 35%

• Updating Facebook / Twitter – 32%

• Skype-ing friends/family – 32%

• Playing games – 27%

• Taking selfies – 25%

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