Keep Checking Rates After You’ve Booked a Rental Car Continuing this week’s theme of rental car tips (here’s Monday’s and here’s Tuesday’s), today I’m sharing what may be my number-one tip for anyone searching for a cheap rental car:… Johnny Jet , May 8, 2019
Search for Rental Cars of All Sizes to Guarantee the Best Rate In yesterday’s tip, I advocated for Costco Travel (if you’re a member) as the place to find the best car rental rates. Well, here’s another car rental tip, which I… Johnny Jet , May 7, 2019
This Is the Best Place to Find a Rental Car That I Know of I’m not 100% positive what the best place to find a rental car is (like with airfares, it’s smart to check multiple sites and tools), but at this point I’m… Johnny Jet , May 6, 2019
Carry a Fake Wallet If You’re Worried About Being Mugged Each Friday, we feature a reader-submitted tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s tip comes from reader Lynne B., who wrote: “My husband and I recently went… Johnny Jet , May 3, 2019
Alert Your Airline in Advance If You Have a Pet Allergy If you’re allergic to animals (and particularly if you’re allergic to dogs), the rise in service animals on planes can be a real problem. What can you do to make… Johnny Jet , May 2, 2019
What to Do If You Lose Your Wallet Losing your wallet on a trip is a worst-case scenario, but if it does happen to you, don’t forget that your life will go on. And just as importantly, there… Johnny Jet , May 1, 2019
Consider Getting a Local SIM Card If your carrier doesn’t support international calling (I have T-Mobile, which does), the cheapest way to maintain a functioning phone is usually to purchase a local SIM card, especially if… Johnny Jet , April 30, 2019
These Airlines Were the Best and Worst of 2018 in On-Time Performance and Claim Processing Last week, we looked at the on-time performance of U.S. airports as evaluated by AirHelp and travel blogger Asher Ferguson. Today’s tip concerns the on-time performance of U.S. and international… Johnny Jet , April 29, 2019
Keep Your Toothbrush Head Covered Each Friday, we feature a reader-submitted tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s tip comes from reader Bonnie, who added the following to last week’s toothbrush-related tip:… Johnny Jet , April 26, 2019
Look out for Rocks When You’re Eating or Cooking Red Beans Today’s tip is more of a life tip than a straight travel tip, but it was inspired by something that happened when I was traveling. When my family landed in… Johnny Jet , April 25, 2019
You Can’t Cruise If You’re More Than 24 Weeks Pregnant My wife, my son and I were thinking about going on a European cruise this spring on Celebrity Edge (which I wrote about here). But when I brought up the… Johnny Jet , April 24, 2019
This Week Is the Best Week to Purchase Memorial Day Weekend Flights With the summer holiday season ahead, the team at Hipmunk has used its mountains of flight booking data to map the best times to book travel on the holiday weekends… Johnny Jet , April 23, 2019
What U.S. Airports Saw the Most Disrupted Flights in 2018? It may not be possible to anticipate or prevent a flight delay, but for anyone interested in being an informed traveler, there are write-ups like this one from SmarterTravel, which… Johnny Jet , April 22, 2019
Think Before Leaving Your Toothbrush out in Your Hotel Room Each Friday, we feature a reader-submitted tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s tip comes from reader Patricia B., who says: “Consider protecting toiletries, especially your toothbrush!… Johnny Jet , April 19, 2019
How to Repel Mosquitos and Treat Mosquito Bites This Summer The weather is warming (slowly, in places like New York), and that means many around the country are looking ahead at mosquito season. To help you fight back, Mosquito Squad,… Johnny Jet , April 18, 2019
