You know how they say it’s the little things that matter? Well, today, I want to quickly mention one of the unsung heroes of my traveling life. So, let’s wander off the beaten track for a bit and talk about a little tool that helps me keep my mind at ease when on the road.
I’m talking about a VPN app. VPN is short for Virtual Private Network. What’s a VPN have to do with traveling? Here we go…
Find the best deals on airplane tickets and hotel rooms
I’m going to dive straight into it.
Firstly, full disclosure. The VPN app I’ll be talking about is CyberGhost VPN. I’m not saying it’s the best, the prettiest, the most amazing one out there, or anything like that. But it’s what I’ve been using, and I wouldn’t trade it for any other at the moment. I saw that CyberGhost VPN is often named the Best Value VPN by various tech-related websites.
With VPNs and traveling… for starters, before booking a plane ticket or hotel room, I strongly suggest you use a VPN and see if you can find a better deal than what you’re getting now.
That’s because both airplane and booking companies use something called geo-targeted pricing. This means that they offer different prices based on your location.
With a VPN, you can use this marketing exploit against them. Just turn on CyberGhost VPN and start switching between countries and IP addresses. Since websites use them to determine your location, changing your IP could also potentially trigger much-welcomed airplane tickets or hotel room discounts. Pretty useful if you’re looking for the best deals.
With CyberGhost VPN, you can switch between IPs from 61 different countries – although I hardly ever try more than 6 or 7 before booking something.
Avoid being a data-theft victim
Next, there’s the issue of online data security. That’s a rather big thing, especially when you rely on public Wi-Fi networks to go online, something that travelers tend to do often. And since public Wi-Fi is now everywhere, the threat looms larger than ever. All an identity thief needs to steal your data is a battery-powered hotspot and some patience.
There are common-sense measures you can take to make sure you don’t fall victim. Checking that the name of the Wi-Fi you’re trying to connect to matches the name displayed on the columns or walls of the restaurant/bar/airport is one of them.
However, if you’re like me, the last thing I tend to remember is to check all the details when I connect to Wi-Fi. CyberGhost VPN has a useful little feature though that automatically encrypts my data with the same security standards used by banks and military institutions whenever I connect to an unprotected network. This way I know for sure that I can check my emails or my account balance without the risk of my most sensitive information getting stolen. As I said, it’s the little things.
Enjoy the same content you’re used to back home
Since travel can often leave us quite tired at the end of the day, there are indeed times when we just want to burn through the rest of the night by watching Netflix US, Hulu or something else. Yet being abroad has its downsides. Without a VPN to help us work around geo-restrictions, watching the content we could get back home can be impossible at times.
How does a VPN do that? It simply tricks US-based online streaming providers into thinking you’ve never left home. All you have to do is power up the app and connect to a US-based VPN server.
So, those are some quick reasons why every traveler should use a VPN.
If you’d like to try out CyberGhost VPN there’s a 77% discount available by following this link.
One CyberGhost VPN subscription is actually enough to secure up to 7 different devices at the same time. And it’s compatible and optimized for iOS, Android, Android TV, Linux, Windows, Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV stick, and even Kodi.
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