Your iPhone can do a lot more on vacation than take photos and pull up Google Maps. There are actually several travel tools already built into your phone that can help you convert currency, track flights, translate menus, navigate without service and even figure out what landmark you’re standing in front of.

Here are some of my favorite built-in iPhone features to set up—or at least know about—before your next trip.

1. Convert Currency in the Calculator App

You don’t need to download a separate currency converter before traveling internationally. Your iPhone Calculator has one built in.

Open Calculator, tap the calculator icon, select Convert and turn on conversion. Choose Currency and select the two currencies you want to use.

Now when something costs €47 or ¥8,000, you can quickly see approximately what you’re spending in your home currency.

Keep in mind that the conversion is an estimate. The amount your credit card ultimately charges can vary based on the exchange rate used by your card issuer and any applicable foreign transaction fees.

2. Track a Flight From a Text Message

This is one of my favorite hidden iPhone travel tricks.

Send yourself—or someone else—the airline and flight number in Messages, such as “UA 123.” When iOS recognizes the flight, tap the underlined flight number and select Preview Flight.

You can see available information such as flight status, departure and arrival times, terminals, gates and baggage claim information.

It’s also an easy trick when someone is picking you up at the airport. Text them your flight number and they can quickly check your flight instead of waiting for you to send updates.

3. Translate a Menu or Sign With Your Camera

You don’t have to type an entire menu into a translation app.

Open your Camera and point it at the text. Tap the Live Text icon when it appears, select the text and choose Translate.

You can use this for menus, signs, transportation instructions, notices and other text you encounter while traveling.

4. Open an Address From Your Camera

Live Text can recognize more than words. If your camera detects an address, you can tap it and interact with it instead of manually typing it into your phone.

This is especially helpful when you’re looking at a hotel confirmation, restaurant information, business card or sign with an unfamiliar—or very long—street name.

Point your camera at the address, tap the Live Text icon if necessary, then tap the recognized address to see available options, including opening the location in Maps.

5. Identify a Landmark From a Photo

Ever walk past a beautiful building while traveling and have absolutely no idea what it is?

Take a photo and open it in Photos. If Visual Look Up recognizes something in the image, you’ll see the Info button with little sparkles. Tap it and look for the option to look up the landmark.

Your iPhone can identify many well-known landmarks and provide additional information about what you’re seeing.

It won’t recognize everything, but when it works, it’s a fun alternative to trying to Google “giant old building across from the café in Rome.”

6. Download Apple Maps for Offline Use

Don’t wait until you lose service to figure out how you’re getting back to your hotel.

Apple Maps allows you to download areas of a map to your iPhone so you can use them when Wi-Fi and cellular service aren’t available.

In Maps, tap your profile picture, choose Offline Maps and select Download New Map. Search for your destination, adjust the area you want downloaded and save it before your trip.

This is particularly useful internationally, in rural areas or anytime you’re trying to conserve cellular data.

7. Download Languages for Offline Translation

You can also prepare your iPhone for those moments when you need a translation but don’t have a reliable internet connection.

Open the Translate app and download the languages you’ll need before leaving home. This allows supported translations to be processed on your device rather than relying entirely on an internet connection.

If you’re heading somewhere where you don’t speak the language, this is one of those things worth doing before you leave.

8. Let Maps Remember Where You Parked

Rental-car travelers, this one is for you.

Your iPhone can mark the location of your parked car in Maps after disconnecting from your vehicle’s Bluetooth or CarPlay.

Make sure Location Services is enabled and that Show Parked Location is turned on under your Maps settings.

It can be incredibly useful after parking in an unfamiliar city, at a huge attraction or in a massive airport parking garage.

9. Share Your ETA From Maps

Instead of repeatedly texting “We’re 20 minutes away…actually 25…now 18,” share your ETA directly from Maps.

While following driving directions, use the Share ETA option and choose the person you want to share your progress with.

It’s particularly useful when meeting friends, arriving at a vacation rental or letting family know when you’ll reach your destination.

10. Use Find My and AirTags for Your Luggage

If you travel with an AirTag in your checked bag, the Find My app lets you see its location from your iPhone.

An AirTag isn’t a replacement for the airline’s official baggage tracking system, but it can give you another piece of information when your suitcase doesn’t appear where you expected it to.

You can also use Find My while traveling to locate your Apple devices and, if you choose, share locations with family or friends.

11. Scan Travel Documents With Notes

You don’t need a scanner app to make a digital copy of a document.

Open Notes, start or open a note, tap the attachment or paperclip button and choose Scan Documents. Position the document in the camera view and your iPhone can capture and save it as a scan.

This can be useful for travel paperwork, receipts and other documents you want available digitally. For sensitive documents such as passports, consider how and where you store or share the scan.

12. Use Visual Look Up for More Than Landmarks

That landmark trick actually goes further.

Visual Look Up can recognize certain plants, animals, food, artwork and other objects in your photos. Open a photo and look for the Info icon with sparkles to see whether your iPhone recognizes something.

It can be surprisingly useful when you’re traveling—and it’s also just fun when you come home with hundreds of photos and can’t remember what half of them were.

Before Your Next Trip

A few minutes setting up your phone before you leave can save you a lot of time once you’re actually traveling. Download your destination in Maps, download any languages you may need, make sure Find My is set up if you use AirTags and remember that your Camera, Photos, Calculator and Messages apps have a lot more travel functionality than you might realize.

And because Apple regularly adds and changes features with iOS updates, some options may look slightly different depending on your iPhone model, iOS version, language and region.