Does your productivity suffer while you’re traveling?

Staying productive on the road is no easy task, especially if you hardly have time to relax, let alone actually accomplish anything work related. How can you maintain your efficiency and a presence in the office while on the road? What are the best apps to make corporate travel easy? We’re so glad you’ve asked, because we have just the answer. 1. Expensify – This excellent accounting app has been consistently rated on iTunes as the No. 1 app for business travelers. The app syncs your credit cards and bank statements and also tracks business purchases. It allows you to take a picture of receipts for cash purchases and instantly load them into Expensify’s SmartScan system, which stores the merchant name and date, as well as the amount of the transaction. The feature is also useful for credit and debit card purchases, because it links the purchase to the receipt, making expense reporting a breeze. You can even add your car’s mileage using TripIt’s odometer readings. 2. AroundMe – You’re on the road a lot, and you need to find the nearest ATM, or a print shop because the airport lost your luggage and the hardcopies of your presentation are gone. Never fear. Using AroundMe, you boss can easily search for any business and use the GPS to find locations near you. 3. TripIt – This app is perfect for setting up an exact itinerary for your trip. When you book a flight, hotel, or car service, just send the confirmation emails and booking information to TripIt. The app conveniently creates an easy-to-read itinerary that syncs up with your calendars. You can share your itinerary with your contacts, and even add meetings and other events that don’t provide a confirmation email to ensure that you are always on time and where you need to be. 4. FlightTrack – FlightTrack is a great app for keeping track of your flight information and status. It gives up to-the-minute updates for more than 5,000 airports and 1,400 airlines worldwide. The app also syncs with your TripIt app and will alter your itinerary if necessary. 5. CardMunch – CardMunch is a fun app that you can use while networking on the road. While business cards continue to be very important, most people tend to lose them or throw them away before they have the opportunity to do anything with them. With this app you don’t have to worry about sending the card to the pocket abyss. CardMunch will load the contacts directly into your phone. 6. SkyDrive – This app is available only on PC from the Windows Store. SkyDrive lets you easily share your documents, images, or media files with any devices on any given network. If your computer has SkyDrive, it automatically syncs with your Office files and shows your previously viewed documents that you may not have saved to the app. 7. HubSpot – Managing your business marketing plan is easier than ever before with the HubSpot app. All of the features of HubSpot are available with mobile convenience. When you log in, you are immediately taken to your dashboard where you can check on campaigns, traffic, and lead generation. 8. Urbanspoon – Recently rated No. 9 on Forbes’s “Best Apps for Corporate Travel” list, Urbanspoon is excellent for user recommendations for local restaurants, and that can certainly be useful while traveling. Use these apps to create the ultimate out-of-office experience to maintain your productivity while you’re on the road.