What Every Savvy Traveler Packs When They Travel and Why It’s Not Great to Check Lithium-ion Batteries On our flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu last year, the bottom cover of my HP laptop, which had already been acting up, popped out of one of its base… Johnny Jet , June 7, 2023
What You Need To Know About Renewing or Getting an Emergency Passport in the U.S. I recently interviewed David J. Alwadish, who is the CEO of ItsEasy.com and arguably founded the passport expediting business decades ago. If you watch the interview below, you will see… Johnny Jet , June 4, 2023
You’ll Never Believe What This MLB Star Baseball Player Travels With In His Suitcase I’m a huge baseball fan and growing up in Southern Connecticut, I naturally became a New York Yankees fan since we’re so close to the city and that’s the TV… Johnny Jet , June 3, 2023
New ATM Scam Targets Seniors in New York City and Beyond – Here’s How to Protect Yourself Recently, I wrote about notorious European travel scams. As I mentioned in that article, it’s important to remember that those scams and others like them don’t just happen in Europe…. Johnny Jet , June 3, 2023
Notorious European Travel Scams to Know Before You Go I know a lot of Americans and Canadians are planning on traveling to Europe this summer. My wife (a Canuck) and I are one of them. We’ve been to Europe… Johnny Jet , June 1, 2023
Don’t Fall For These Hotel Scams I recently wrote about the Better Business Bureau’s (BBB) advice for avoiding vacation rental scams. Since that was so popular, I’m following up with tips for not getting scammed when… Johnny Jet , June 1, 2023
Top 10 Summer European Destinations For 2023 According to travel insurance provider Allianz Partners’ annual Top 10 Summer European Destinations review, the number of Americans traveling to Europe will increase dramatically this year, rising by 55% over… Johnny Jet , May 30, 2023
The Travel Gadget Flight Attendants Never Leave Home Without We’ve written about portable chargers many times before. They’re the travel gadget that flight attendants say they never leave home without because when you’re constantly on the go, you just… Natalie DiScala , May 29, 2023
These Quick-Dry Beach and Pool Towels Are a Summertime Essential My sister from Toronto came to visit us in California recently and we spent a fair bit of time at the beach, relaxing and watching the cousins play together. When… Natalie DiScala , May 28, 2023
10 Things You Never Knew About Italy It’s been a while since I recorded a podcast but my dad was really sick and my head just wasn’t into it. I know he would want me to keep… Johnny Jet , May 27, 2023
Nightmare: Passenger Opens Airplane Door In-Flight and Nine People Hospitalized If this is not a living nightmare, I don’t know what is. According to USA Today, “At least 12 people suffered injuries Friday after officials said a passenger opened an… Johnny Jet , May 26, 2023
Yellowstone Park Officials Put Baby Bison to Death After Visitor Picks It Up How many times have you read stories about tourists putting themselves in danger by getting too close to wildlife, usually trying to get a selfie? I’m not sure what people… Johnny Jet , May 26, 2023
How to Enjoy Great Hotel Pools Without Booking a Room (or Jumping the Fence) On a family trip to San Diego, my family and I stayed at a really cool hotel called Town and Country (read our hotel review here). One of the highlights… Johnny Jet , May 25, 2023
Can You Travel with Lithium Ion Batteries in Chargers, Phones and Tablets? As you may have seen, we recommended a portable charger recently. We’ve recommended a few because a portable charger is the tech gadget that flight attendants say they never travel… Natalie DiScala , May 25, 2023
10 Ways to Save on Last-Minute Flights This Holiday Weekend … or Any Time of Year CBS News just asked me to do a travel segment on how to find cheap last-minute Memorial Day weekend flights and while writing my notes down, I figured it would… Johnny Jet , May 24, 2023
