Cell phones have become an integral part of our everyday lives. We hardly every let them leave our sides and panic when we accidentally leave them at home. But in the case of travel safety, this can be a really helpful thing.

Most, if not all, smart phones have the ability to track your location because of wireless internet services and data plans. In the event of an emergency, this can be used to locate you wherever you may be in the world.

When traveling in a group, which I highly recommend for inexperienced travelers, it is important to keep track of the individuals you are traveling with. There are multiple phone applications that can be used to accomplish this, with the most famous being "Find My Friends". By creating an account, your friends can see exactly where you are in the event that you can not be found.

This application was very useful on my recent trip to Panama City. In the event that we could not find somebody, before panicking, it was very simple to check our phones with this app. In a city with thousands of college students on spring break, it was very important to make sure that nobody went missing. The only negative aspect of this application is that our mothers tried to follow us to keep tabs on us as well. And that is another story completely.