Heading for sunnier climes? Stuff your phone full of foreign goodness before you go and you’ll not only be the chipper one on the beach, you’ll save yourself a few sheets into the bargain.

What’s the point?

Throw your stuff in a hold-all then install every mobile app you could possibly need to make a trip run smoothly.

Is it free?

You’ll need to pay for city guides and translators, but otherwise absolutely!

Sold! How do I do it?

Step 1: Check out Nokia’s City Guides for a fast and fuss-free guide to your holiday hot spot. You’ll find them under ‘Extra services’ in the ‘Options’ menu of Nokia Maps. Splash out around a fiver on each one while you’re still in the UK to avoid expensive roaming charges.

Step 2: Figure out foreign ‘funny money’ with the help of [LINK]Worldmate[LINK TO WORLDMATE REVIEW]. It’s free and comes packing a currency converter that uses the intenet to stay up to date. You’ll always get the correct exchange rate and never be left red-faced without enough cash to pay your way.

Step 3: Worldmate also includes world clocks for free, so you’ll know what time it is back home before phoning relatives. There’s weather forecasting too, but ignore the talking weather forecaster, it’s pure gimmickery.

Step 4: Speereo Voice Translator helps you speak-a-da-lingo with an interactive phrasebook that sounds out sentences as well as putting them on-screen, so you’ll know exactly how to pronounce them.

Speereo includes city guides, world clocks and a currency converter too, but they’re of slightly dodgy quality so avoid them and stick to the translator for a trouble-free trip.

Step 5: Pack maps for your trip using Nokia Map loader. It’ll make sure your handset has all the right data files before you leave so you need’t clock up wallet-wilting roaming costs as you download maps abroad.