Travel Video of the Day: Paddle Boarder’s Close Encounter With Killer Whales How would you like to be on a stand-up paddle board and see a pod of Killer Whales swim under your board? I would probably BLANK my pants but Rich… Johnny Jet , January 19, 2015
Travel Product of the Week: Wallaroo Hats Last month I wrote in my weekly newsletter about how I was touched by the executives at Tilley Endurables for sending me a hat after they read that I had… Johnny Jet , January 13, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: Costa Rican Animals Want to Save the Americans Kudos to the Costa Rican Tourism Board for creating this hilarious video of their jungle animals (sloth, turtles, toucans and parrots) singing the tune “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.” The campaign was inspired… Johnny Jet , January 13, 2015
Travel Product of the Week: SteriPEN Ultra If you’re a hardcore traveler or hiker—or merely going camping for the weekend—you’ll be sure to want a new SteriPEN Ultra water purifying system. It’s proven to be safe and effective as… Johnny Jet , January 6, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: Surfing with a Seal How cool is this? Matt Stanley and Andrew Flounders were surfing off Amble on the North Sea coast of Northumberland, England “when this little guy came along and scared the… Johnny Jet , January 6, 2015
Travel Website of the Week: Skiplagged I’ve known about Skiplagged for a while; in fact I almost wrote about it before deciding it wasn’t really worth most people’s time. However, after all of its recent media attention,… Johnny Jet , January 6, 2015
Travel Product of the Week: BioLite Wood Burning Campstove Plan on going camping or having a fire in your backyard in 2015? If so, check out the BioLite Wood Burning Campstove! BioLite’s patented technology converts heat from the fire… Johnny Jet , December 29, 2014
Travel Video of the Week: Chasing Starlight: An Adventure in the Canadian Rockies One of my favorite trips of 2014 was to the Canadian Rockies, just a three-hour flight from LA, for the first time. After a stop at the Calgary Stampede, my wife… Johnny Jet , December 29, 2014
Travel Video of the Week: Drone Video of Manhattan Beach Christmas Fireworks Where I live in Manhattan Beach, they don’t do Fourth of July fireworks—but they do do Christmas fireworks. It’s a fun event and the whole town comes out to see… Johnny Jet , December 22, 2014
Travel Video of the Week: Best Ski Line of 2014 Ski season is here! If you want to see one of the gnarliest runs ever, check out Cody Townsend as he takes big mountain skiing to an entirely new level. This… Johnny Jet , December 16, 2014
Travel Video of the Week: BBC on Cargo Cruising Cruising, especially river cruising, is all the rage right now (I’ve been on two: with Viking for a tour of the European Christmas Markets and with Scenic Cruises for a… Johnny Jet , December 9, 2014
Travel Video of the Week: Loews Don CeSar Resort Has Warm Spot For Rescue Dogs My good friend Valarie D’Elia, who’s the travel correspondent for NY1, recently did a piece on an iconic St. Petersburg Beach Hotel in Florida—the Loews Don CeSar Resort—that takes foster… Johnny Jet , December 2, 2014
Travel Video of the Week: Skiing in Hawaii Ski season is finally here in North America. If you don’t like the cold and snow, that’s okay—just check out this Willy Bogner video of skiing in Hawaii! That’s right, someone… Johnny Jet , November 18, 2014
Travel Website of the Week: Fly or Drive Calculator With Thanksgiving and Christmas just around the corner, a lot of travelers are trying to decide whether they should fly or drive to Grandma’s house. The Fly or Drive Calculator by Befrugal.com—available… Johnny Jet , November 18, 2014
Travel App of the Week: SitOrSquat One of the biggest challenges for travelers (especially women) is finding clean public restrooms. Charmin’s SitOrSquat (website requires Facebook connection approval; apps below don’t) puts public restrooms on the map so… Johnny Jet , November 18, 2014
