A Great Place to Find Detailed Surf Forecasts I’m not a surfer, but I do enjoy renting a surfboard on Waikiki Beach (where the water is warm, clear and shallow and the views and waves are perfect for… Johnny Jet , January 10, 2018
How to Pay for a Plane Ticket in Installments There are a lot of hardworking people out there that can’t afford to pay a huge chunk of cash all at once. Yes, the most common way to do it… Johnny Jet , December 20, 2017
How to Book a Hotel Room for a Few Hours During the Day Ever have a layover where you wished you could just get a hotel room during the day for a discounted rate? Well, you can with Dayuse, which has been around… Johnny Jet , December 12, 2017
How to Find a Vacation Home Without Using a Peer-to-Peer Site If you like the idea of renting a home or an apartment instead of staying in a hotel but don’t trust the peer-to-peer model (like what Airbnb uses), check out… Johnny Jet , December 6, 2017
The Best Bilingual Food Guide to Japan I’m in Japan this week, so I thought I’d feature a fantastic Japanese website that’s been around since 1994 and that every traveler should bookmark. Bento.com is an award-winning restaurant… Johnny Jet , November 28, 2017
Teleport Yourself to a Random Spot in the World With Globe Genie Globe Genie is a really basic but fun website for travel lovers, as it “teleports” you to a random spot somewhere across the world each time you load it up…. Johnny Jet , November 20, 2017
How to Save Money and Earn Rewards Booking Business Travel If you’re a big-time (or even once-in-a-while) business traveler, you need to check out Upside. “You deserve a better business trip,” they say. Here’s how they deliver it: Upside is… Johnny Jet , November 14, 2017
The Website Just Named SATW’s Best Travel Blog Last week at SATW’s (Society of American Travel Writers) annual convention, CurbFreeWithCoryLee.com took home the award for best travel blog. Cory Lee is a special man. He was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy… Johnny Jet , November 6, 2017
The Coolest Website for Tracking Current and Past Flights If you’re an aviation geek (AvGeek) like me or you just want to know what plane just buzzed over your house, you need to check out WebTrak. The site will… Johnny Jet , October 31, 2017
The Service That’s Like Renting a Parent for the Airport When Natalie, Jack and I were in Ireland last month, we were offered a chance to test out an airport service that’s perfect for single parents, the elderly or anyone… Johnny Jet , October 25, 2017
Yankee Magazine’s Live Fall Foliage Map for Greater New England If I asked you to name three things that you think of when you hear “New England,” I bet one of them would be fall foliage. Am I right? That’s… Johnny Jet , October 17, 2017
How to Learn Faroese With the Help of Locals Here’s a great publicity stunt that will no doubt educate as well as promote. I bet most Americans don’t know where the tiny Faroe Islands are located. The Faroes are… Johnny Jet , October 11, 2017
A Popular Weather Website That Europeans Use I was having dinner the other night in an 800-year-old castle in Ireland with a bunch of Irish folks. I realized early in my stay that the Irish love to… Johnny Jet , October 4, 2017
How to Find a Vet on the Road (or at Home) Ask.Vet isn’t really a travel website; it’s a service, and a brilliant one at that. If you have a pet—no matter if you’re home or on a trip with your… Johnny Jet , September 26, 2017
How to Find Out What the Weather Will Be Like in a New Place One of the most frequent questions I get is, “How’s the weather in (place) in (month/season)?” Since I’m not a meteorologist and I don’t have a photographic memory, I always… Johnny Jet , September 20, 2017
