Easily keep your business trip report in Polarsteps!

We see that business trips are often extended with some leisure days to explore a little more of the destination (aka bleisure mentioned). A free travel app that comes in handy during bleisure travel is 'Polarsteps'. This travel app is designed to help travelers automatically track, document and share their trips. In this blog, we will take you through the useful functionalities of Polarsteps for both your business trips and leisure days. So you can easily keep your (bleisure) travel log during your next business trip!

Useful functionalities in Polarsteps for your business trip

• Automatic route tracking: Polarsteps automatically tracks your travel route via GPS, making it easy to keep track of where you've been without manual input. This can be useful for reporting and tracking travel details. Good to know: even though the app tracks your journey, it is economical in battery consumption. And in addition, the app can be used completely offline.

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• Detailed trip reports: The app allows you to create detailed trip reports, including photos, notes and locations. You create your own stops (steps) in the app, where you upload the content. This can be valuable for documenting business trips and sharing experiences with colleagues or clients.
• Offline availability: Polarsteps also works offline, meaning you can continue to follow your route and track data even without an Internet connection. This comes in handy in areas with poor or no internet coverage

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• Simple sharing of information: Users can easily share their journey with others, which can be useful for keeping colleagues, family or friends up-to-date on your location and progress. In addition, your "followers" can post a short comment with every step you take.
• Travel Statistics: The app provides comprehensive statistics about your trip, such as distance traveled, travel time and countries and continents visited. Data that can help analyze travel costs and efficiency.
• Safety Features: By sharing your location with trusted individuals, Polarsteps can contribute to your safety while traveling. Family members or colleagues can follow your journey and know where you are in case of an emergency.
• Trip planning: The app has a special guide (travel guide) with tips on accommodation, food/drink and things to see and do in destinations worldwide. In addition, you have the opportunity to get inspiration from other users' travel reports.
• Travel book making: at the end of a trip, you can choose to create a travel book. In this travel book all your statistics, texts and photos will be printed in a beautiful way. Polarsteps puts all the steps of the trip together and makes a proposal for a photo book. Then you can move the photos around and edit the text until you are happy with it.

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Whether you are looking for a way to automatically track your travel itinerary, create detailed reports or simply share your experiences with others: Polarsteps offers everything you need. In addition, its offline availability and extensive travel statistics make it a must have app for both the busy business traveler and the avid world explorer.

Travel Well!

Jessica Smit
Business Travel Consultant

This blog was written by Marjon van Vulpen on Oct. 30, 2023 and updated on June 05, 2024 by Jessica Smit.