Let Your iPod Do The Touring

Independent travelers rejoice!! You can now turn your iPod or MP3 player into your personal tour guide in all the major cities of the world. If you cringe at the thought of paying for a city tour, being crushed among 40 other tourists and barely being able to hear what the guide is saying, take heart – the solution is at hand.

Thanks to the wildly popular iPods and MP3 players, all you have to do is download your tour from iJourneys.com. Meet Elyse Weiner, an Emmy Award Winning News Producer, formerly working with Tom Brokaw and Peter Jennings. Elyse will take you to the most interesting places, and offer humor and wit along the way. How about a stopping for a cappacunio in the best cafe in Florence, or see the magnificent view from a 700 year old bridge in Tuscany? Elyse will introduce you to places you never thought of, but will remember for ever. You can plan an entire trip ahead of time and know exactly where you want to visit.

The number of “soundseeing” tours being produced for mini players are popping up all over the net. There are both free files and for pay files that typically run $6-12.00. Here is a list (in no particular order) of popular sites providing tours and walking itineraries to take along on your iPod and MP3 devise:

Budget Travel
Rick Steves
Rough Guides
Pod City Guides
Cities In Sound
iAudioGuide
Sound Walk
Audio Treks
Tourcaster

Tourcast for instance, has close to 500 differenct tours; while Elyse at iJourneys brings her wit and humor to the program and you feel like you have company along the way. You’ll find some companies create a whole immersion experience with cultural music playing in the background as well. Test out several sites and select the tour format that suits you the best. You’ll be buzzing down the boulevards learning more about a city than ever before!

Category: Money & Technology, Trip Planning