Unfortunately, Covid is surging again and it already ran through my family last month, when my wife and daughter came down with it for the second time. Somehow, neither my…

Randy’s Donuts, an Angeleno institution and pop culture favorite, thanks to cameos in countless movies, television shows and even the 2022 Super Bowl Halftime Show, continues to expand. And this…

My Canadian wife, Natalie, and I constantly have conversations about tipping. She doesn’t understand that in the United States, tipping is expected to be at least 20% at a restaurant…

It never dawned on me to write a post about tipping hotel housekeepers until I received a tweet from a reader asking: “@JohnnyJet Johnny, do you leave a cash gratuity…

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Rejuvenate your spirit in a Zen resort along Mexico’s Riviera Maya. The Yucatan awaits – where understated luxury is a way of life. Here are four hotels to heat up…

A big thanks to Visit Rhode Island for hosting many of our activities. All opinions expressed within are my own. Get to know America’s smallest state by its waterways. Whether…

Seat kidnapping is a term I’d never heard of or even knew existed until recently but sadly, it’s now a thing. I first heard of people stealing other travelers’ assigned…

Readers often ask me for my tips to make their travels smoother, including which travel accessories and gadgets I bring on my trips. Here’s a round-up of items that I…

J.D. Power, one of the global leaders in consumer insights and data, has released their 2023 North America Airport Satisfaction Study and it has some interesting insights. Perhaps the most shocking…

Summer is officially over tomorrow and I know many people are going to start thinking about Thanksgiving travel and how they can find cheap flights for the holidays. Unfortunately, you…

Here’s a feel-good air travel story, which feels like an anomaly these days, since almost every airport and airline news story we read seems to involve passengers or flight attendants…

It’s not news to anyone that unruly passenger incidents have become a problem in the skies. The number of reported unruly passenger incidents peaked in 2021 at a whopping 492%…

I’ve been writing about hotels a lot lately and I keep getting more tips from readers and colleagues. After I posted this piece, with three reasons to always get two…

If you travel often, then no doubt you’ve seen this happen on an airplane before. Perhaps you observed this behavior or perhaps it was you doing what you’ll see in…