Summer Travels
As the school year begins to wind down for students across the country
, many families are taking a look at their summer travel plans. Often times, these plans include a road trip or maybe even a flight across the country to a city or location the family has never visited.According to AAA, the top land travel destinations for 2012 include: Orlando, Florida; Honolulu, Hawaii; Rome, Italy; London, England, and; Anaheim, California. The top cruise destinations, according to AAA, include: the Caribbean; Alaska; the Bahamas; Europe, and; Bermuda.
Summer vacations, especially to some of the favorite locations listed above, can be the highlight of the year for kids and adults alike. However, traveling distances or to new locations can increase anxiety or concerns about safety, particularly traveling to a new, faraway location or with small children.
However, according to Michael Monahan, founder of Gabe the Guardian, smartphones and the mobile industry are taking care of many of those concerns by putting safety in the palm of your hand.
With our Gabe The Guardian app, for example, your contacts are just the touch of a button away in an emergency, Monahan said. Armed with a pre-selected list of contacts, a pre-written Emergency message, along with a photo and GPS information, getting an alert out to your contacts is easier than ever.
With tools like Gabe The Guardian app, your contacts in dangerous or potentially dangerous situations have never been closer. Smartphone technology has created an opportunity for app developers to create ways to keep people safer and more secure.
There is no doubt that these devices can and should serve as personal safety devices, particularly when traveling for business or with family, Monahan said. By harnessing many of the tools already inherent in most smartphones, we are able to give people the security they are looking for.
Most smartphones already contain a camera, GPS-mapping, text messaging and e-mail capabilities, which are exactly the types of tools needed to share accurate information in times of trouble.
The mobile device revolution is continuing into the foreseeable future, Monahan said. However, one thing we are confident in saying is that these devices are and will continue to be integral parts of our lives and the future by which we communicate with each other.
Of course, using a smartphone app, like Gabe The Guardian, to alert your family of an emergency situation is no substitute for contacting 9-1-1. Your first call should be to emergency services and the smartphone app should be used as a secondary measure to alert your contacts of your situation.
By using your smartphone or mobile device to keep you in touch with family and friends while you are traveling for business or pleasure, you can keep safe if you encounter a dangerous situation and make sure your vacations deliver the lifelong, enjoyable memories you expect them to.
For more information on Gabe The Guardian app, visit GabeTheGuard.com. To keep in touch with Gabe, please visit his Facebook page at Facebook.com/GabeTheGuard or follow him on Twitter at Twitter.com/GabeTheGuardian.
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