Travel Video of the Week: Two Red Bull Planes Fly Through a Hangar Every time I see an incredible action-packed or death-defying travel video, it seems that Red Bull is behind it. In that way, the one above is no different. Red Bull’s latest video shows two… Johnny Jet , June 23, 2015
Travel Product of the Week: LifeProof Protective Phone Case I’m often presented with the opportunity to test new camera products, travel gadgets or various phone accessories. Unfortunately, many of them come up short when put to the test. The… Tim Gaylord , June 16, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: Marriott’s “French Kiss” Marriott Hotels has come up with a clever way to advertise one of their hotels without traditional advertising. Marriott hired writer and director John Gray to create a short film… Johnny Jet , June 9, 2015
Travel Product of the Week: Trtl NapScarf We’ve featured countless neck pillows on this site (see below) and the Trtl NapScarf might be the most unique one yet. The Trtl NapScarf is billed as a next generation travel pillow as it’s… Johnny Jet , June 2, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: One Simple Method to Learn Any Language Want to learn a foreign language? Traveling somewhere and want to understand the locals instead of relying on Google Translate? Then watch this 16-minute TEDx video of a talk by… Johnny Jet , June 2, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: British Airways’ A Ticket to Visit Mum Last week my wife and I spoke at the annual Ritz-Carlton east coast meeting at the Ritz-Carlton, South Beach. Just before we took the stage, the hotel’s PR department shared… Johnny Jet , May 26, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: Turkish Airlines Helps Daughter Give Ailing Mother a Trip to Italy I could totally relate to this Turkish Airlines video, which they produced as part of their “Gotta Get Out” social media campaign. The airline invited US residents to nominate someone… Johnny Jet , May 19, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: Insane Dubai Skydiving Just watching this two-minute video makes my hands and feet sweat! These guys and girls obviously don’t have a fear of heights as they couldn’t seem happier to be skydiving off of… Johnny Jet , May 5, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: Los Angeles at Night, by Drone Thanks to LAist for sharing this awesome video of Los Angeles, my home city, shot at night from a DJI S100 drone. The group responsible is Verticle Prime, who have some… Johnny Jet , April 28, 2015
Travel App of the Week: Venmo Venmo has been around for a little while now—and if you’re not yet familiar, I suggest you give it a look. Venmo lets you make and share payments—securely—with just a… Johnny Jet , April 28, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: Woman Stabs Snoring Seatmate with a Pen I’m going to have to make this one of my future tips because, well, you should never poke or stab your snoring seatmate with a pen. I understand legroom and… Johnny Jet , April 21, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: Man Sleeping on Moving Baggage Carousel It’s not quite clear how this happened, but it’s funny all the same: In this video shot at the Domodedovo Airport south of Moscow, a man is captured fully asleep on… Johnny Jet , April 14, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: Busted! Guy On Plane Can’t Keep Eyes To Himself I’ve written before about how to protect your privacy on planes in my Daily Travel Tip newsletter (sign up here) by using a 3M Privacy Filter. But this video from James… Johnny Jet , April 7, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: Fox Dives Headfirst Into Snow I bet a lot of my friends back east feel like doing this with all of the snow they received this winter—and are still getting (it snowed in Boston on… Johnny Jet , March 31, 2015
Travel App of the Week: Postagram Up until a few years ago, one thing was certain when I traveled: I’d always send a postcard to my family members. These days sending postcards the old fashion way is… Johnny Jet , March 30, 2015