Travelers want the ability to message or call family and friends, access Wi-Fi on their mobile devices and communicate with locals everywhere they go.  Here are several startups helping bridge the divide between foreigners’ concerns for international travel and connectivity that allows them to move about a destination with less stress.
Manet is a mobile app equipped with a local phone card that allows travelers to make national and international calls.

Wiffinity mobile app allows tourists to find and connect to free Wi-Fi hotspots around cities.

Ticketbis allows travelers from more than 40 countries to search deals for sports, music, theater and other cultural events and purchase in their local currency and also sell and exchange tickets.

SameSame is a visual translator using voice-recognition technology to help foreign travelers be understood wherever they’re visiting. To make sure travelers can express themselves in any situation, the app offers offline packages which include the most used images by location.  Images often help with communication more so than words.