Confirm Your Hotel Booking With the Hotel Before You Leave Travel blogger Ric Garrido recently wrote an interesting post about a trip he took to Romania, which began as a nightmare. Essentially, Ric arrived at his hotel—booked through Booking.com—to find… Johnny Jet , October 29, 2018
Bring a Carabiner to Help Keep Your Luggage Secure Each Friday, we feature a reader-submitted tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s tip comes from reader James M., who says: “I keep a carabiner of the… Johnny Jet , October 26, 2018
What Airline Should You Fly When Traveling with a Surfboard? Surf’s up! If you hadn’t seen, on August 20, surfing became California’s official state sport. Since we have a lot of subscribers from California, I thought it would appropriate to… Johnny Jet , October 25, 2018
Does Your Airline Carry This Great Free Amenity for Young Flyers? Since I travel for a living, I was really worried about how my newborn son would react to being on a plane. Would his ears bother him? Would he cry… Johnny Jet , October 24, 2018
Look Out for Two-in-One Crosswalks Following yesterday’s tip on looking both ways before crossing the street… What always throws me for a loop in Europe—and specifically London and Paris—is that on wider streets there are… Johnny Jet , October 23, 2018
Always Look Both Ways When I was growing up, my parents instilled in me the instinct to always look left, right and then left again before crossing any street. Well, I just returned from… Johnny Jet , October 22, 2018
Get to Know the Hotel Shower Before You Hop in Each Friday, we feature a reader-submitted tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s tip comes from reader Benita, who left the following comment on last week’s airplane… Johnny Jet , October 19, 2018
A Message From the TSA Regarding Duty Free Liquids I received an email from the TSA this week (they have a newsletter; you can sign up in the bottom-right here) reminding travelers that all oversized liquids—including Duty Free liquors… Johnny Jet , October 18, 2018
What Legal Marijuana in Canada Means for Border Crossings This morning, Canada became the first major world economy to legalize marijuana. The “national experiment,” as the New York Times called it, will be interesting to follow. Here are the specifics… Johnny Jet , October 17, 2018
How I Handle a Loud A/C Unit in a Hotel Room If you’re a light sleeper like I am, you’ve probably been annoyed once or twice (or more) by a hotel air conditioning unit going on and off throughout the night…. Johnny Jet , October 16, 2018
Bring a Bungee Cord for Added Safety Each Friday, we feature a reader-submitted tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s tip comes from reader Fred M., who says: “I have a tip related to… Johnny Jet , October 12, 2018
Open the Airplane Lavatory Door Slowly When there’s no line for an airplane lavatory, and it seems unoccupied, I recommend opening the door slowly. Why? Because sometimes people forget to lock it. I’ve only had the… Johnny Jet , October 11, 2018
How to Not Be an Ugly Tourist According to Rick Steves My buddy and European travel guru Rick Steves recently penned a great article titled “The ugly tourist (and how not to be one).” In the article, he says, “You’ll see… Johnny Jet , October 10, 2018
This Kayak Tool Will Help You Find the Cheapest Times to Book a Flight One of the most common questions I get from friends and readers is a simple one: “When should I book my flight?” Normally, I say that the person’s guess is… Johnny Jet , October 9, 2018
Alaska Airlines Now Offers Customer Service via Text Message In case you had not heard, Alaska Airlines is officially the first airline to offer customer service via text message. You can now reach an airline rep simply by texting 82008…. Johnny Jet , October 9, 2018