Explore the world in your style.
Explore and experience over 250 of the best audio tours in Australia.
Turn on Vacayit’s free audio guides, plug in your earphones and be fully immersed in the world around you. With a tour guide app in your pocket, you can listen to local stories and history at your own pace.
Audio guides built with accessibility first.
The Vacayit Audio Guide App is compatible with assistive technology like screen readers, and it has features such as transcripts and voice search that help navigate the app more seamlessly.
We are committed to making accessible travel in Australia easy.
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Truly Amazing
This is an amazing app for any tourist looking to know more about a destination. I’ve been using this app to help plan my next holiday and it has been so helpful! Can’t wait to see everyone using this app soon
— jasabelle1
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So fantastic to see inclusive and accessible tourism at the forefront of industry conversations. Amazing app with fantastic stories!
— Bec-987
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Been waiting for something like this to come out for a while. Simple solution & great execution.
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“We are excited to witness Vacayit take the step forward and open a new chapter on accessible tourism. It is one of many steps to ensure tourist destinations, products and services are accessible to everyone.”
Phillipa Harrison
Managing Director
Tourism Australia
“We are thrilled to partner with Vacayit on audio stories to help make travel more inclusive for blind and low-vision visitors. Using audio for rich and engaging storytelling is another great way to connect with customers.”
John Fitzgerald
Experienced CEO and Director
“Vacayit offers regions a tool to achieve higher accessibility but also holds the region accountable for their commitment to being inclusive and accessible.”
Ellie Tonkin
Marketing Manager
Bundaberg Tourism
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Frequently asked questions
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For your convenience there are multiple ways to search for a travel destination or experience within the Vacayit app. From the app home screen, you can enter what you’re looking for in the search bar just below the main title. Alternatively, simply scroll down to check out what’s trending under the ‘Top Attractions’ section. Below this you’ll find our featured experiences and a list of your ‘Recently Played’ stories.
For a search based on geographic location, you can select the ‘Explore’ tab at the bottom centre of the screen to search for travel experiences by country, state and region. Once you’ve selected your region you can search by experience type (eg Adventure, Food and Drink, Nature and Wildlife etc) or select ‘All’ to access a regional overview and see all available experiences within the destination. We will soon be adding a map search function to further enhance your search capabilities.
Alternatively, you can select the ‘Voice’ tab in the bottom right corner of the home screen to search for experiences by simply speaking your search terms.
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The good news is Vacayit is completely free for listeners to use! The app is free to download from the App Store and Google Play, enabling you to enjoy a more accessible travel experience.
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Vacayit offers an incredibly portable travel guide solution that can be listened to anywhere you can access the internet. It’s the perfect travel companion, providing an immersive audio travel guide for your next adventure. For the comfort of those around you, be sure to pack personal earphones so you can listen to our stories wherever you go.
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Once you start playing an experience within the app, you have the freedom to skip ahead to any of the sections listed within the experience. Simply hit ‘Play’ then select your desired section to hear its content.
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Yes! At Vacayit, we are all about creating greater accessibility for all. Our app is specifically designed for, and with input from, blind and low-vision users. It is designed to be compatible with Voice Over and other assistive technologies.
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If you would like to create accessible audio guides with Vacayit, register your interest now!
Sign up if you’re a tourism organisation (regional and state level), as well as an experience provider, hotel, or event provider looking to create audio guides.