Credit crunch travellers save money with audio guides.

The effects of the 2008 global recession are still being felt today. News reports from Greece, Spain and several other European countries are painting a rather bleak picture of the financial future of Euro. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, the United States has its own problems to deal with, thanks to an ongoing credit crunch. Words of doom and gloom continue to be thrown around, and many people have resigned themselves to the fact that they might not be able to afford the annual family holiday this year.

Here at Hummba, however, we believe that by making a few changes to your normal holiday routine, you can actually save money. We’ve spoken about travelling mobile in a previous blog post, and we stand by our opinion that mobile phones are becoming essential travel companions that can be used to make your life easier.

For example, why cough up your hard-earned cash to go on an overcrowded city tour? You’ll find yourself ambling along behind a tour guide with a numbered placard, and chances are you’ll miss most of the information they give you anyway. That’s if you manage to muscle your way to the front of the pack so you can actually get a look at whatever it is your tour group is being rushed past next.

Hummba’s mobile application puts you in control and lets you set the pace. Explore your favourite holiday destinations with Hummba’s location-aware audio guides and we’ll give you all the information you need about things to do and places to see around you. That’s just one of the ways you can save yourself a few Euros and get all the travel information you need in the process.

Hummba has a wide range of audio travel guides available for download on Android and iPhone. For more information about Hummba, or to look at our wide range of audio guides, visit hummba.com.

Hummba launches intelligent audio guides onto the Android Marketplace

London, Paris and New York are three of the most well-known cities in the world, each with its own distinct feel and personality. All three are incredibly popular tourist destinations and play host to millions of visitors every year. The one thing the trio have in common is that a traveller can spend days there and still not get the chance to experience everything on offer.

With Hummba’s intelligent audio guides however, you can now get the most of your visit to London, Paris or New York. The guides are available on the Android Marketplace and contain audio information about numerous tourist attractions in each of the three cities.

Explore Buckingham Palace and Hyde Park in London, or take a trip to the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre in the heart of Paris. You could even use our guide to accompany you on a walking tour of Midtown Manhattan, taking in the sights of the Big Apple.

Our intelligent audio guides use smartphone GPS technology to provide you with information about points of interest near to your location. Discover places to see and things to do that you might otherwise have missed. No more searching through cumbersome guide books. It’s like having your own personal tour guide, right there on your Andoid phone!

The guides also provide offline maps, which mean you won’t be running up your data bill while you’re looking for the next exciting place to visit.

The guides are available for $5.99 each, and can be downloaded directly onto your Android phone: London, Paris and New York. For more information about Hummba or about our intelligent guides that speak to you, visit www.hummba.com.

Hummba's Audio Guides

Hummba.com, your free virtual tour guide during the 2010 Football World Cup

Hummba would like to announce the availability of FREE audio travel guides on all the 9 nine host cities of the 2010 Football World Cup. Hummba.com is our new social networking site committed to connecting avid travelers and imparting quality and accurate travel information through the use of our free audio guides, available by downloading directly to a mobile phone.