Travel Video of the Week: British Airways’ A Ticket to Visit Mum Last week my wife and I spoke at the annual Ritz-Carlton east coast meeting at the Ritz-Carlton, South Beach. Just before we took the stage, the hotel’s PR department shared… Johnny Jet , May 26, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: Turkish Airlines Helps Daughter Give Ailing Mother a Trip to Italy I could totally relate to this Turkish Airlines video, which they produced as part of their “Gotta Get Out” social media campaign. The airline invited US residents to nominate someone… Johnny Jet , May 19, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: Insane Dubai Skydiving Just watching this two-minute video makes my hands and feet sweat! These guys and girls obviously don’t have a fear of heights as they couldn’t seem happier to be skydiving off of… Johnny Jet , May 5, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: Los Angeles at Night, by Drone Thanks to LAist for sharing this awesome video of Los Angeles, my home city, shot at night from a DJI S100 drone. The group responsible is Verticle Prime, who have some… Johnny Jet , April 28, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: Woman Stabs Snoring Seatmate with a Pen I’m going to have to make this one of my future tips because, well, you should never poke or stab your snoring seatmate with a pen. I understand legroom and… Johnny Jet , April 21, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: Man Sleeping on Moving Baggage Carousel It’s not quite clear how this happened, but it’s funny all the same: In this video shot at the Domodedovo Airport south of Moscow, a man is captured fully asleep on… Johnny Jet , April 14, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: Busted! Guy On Plane Can’t Keep Eyes To Himself I’ve written before about how to protect your privacy on planes in my Daily Travel Tip newsletter (sign up here) by using a 3M Privacy Filter. But this video from James… Johnny Jet , April 7, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: New Air France Safety Video Air France just introduced a new in-flight safety demonstration video showcasing the French way of flying. Air France revised the style of its video to keep passengers’ attention by using… Johnny Jet , March 24, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: Insane POV Mountain Biking in Chile It seems like every time there’s an insane adventure video on YouTube, the folks at Red Bull are behind it. This video, in which one of their mountain bikers straps… Johnny Jet , March 17, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: Conan in Cuba With US-Cuban relations easing, late night funnyman Conan O’Brien headed south to film an episode of his show Conan from Cuba, and it aired last week. The result was a pretty… Johnny Jet , March 10, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: Dramatic Skydive Rescue I’m not into skydiving, but this is an incredible video (the incredible part starts a minute in). It shows a remarkable skydive rescue by skydive master Sheldon McFarlane rescuing a… Johnny Jet , March 3, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: Wingsuit Nut Flying Over Walenstadt, Switzerland I used to dream of flying like Superman but somewhere along the way I developed a slight fear of heights, so I’ll probably never find myself zipping up one of… Johnny Jet , February 24, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: KLM Cockpit Tales (Autopilot in Action) Kudos to KLM for allowing cameras in the cockpit during this flight from Amsterdam to London to show aviation geeks and curious travelers how autopilot works. Captain van Dorst and… Johnny Jet , February 17, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: Huff Post Live Segment on Competitive Travel If you love to travel—better yet to travel extensively—or want to learn about the world’s most traveled people, make sure to check out this 28-minute Huff Post Live segment on competitive travel. The in-depth… Johnny Jet , February 10, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: Indian Girl Confronts Her Alleged Harasser on Flight A middle-aged wealthy Indian man is paying the price for reaching through the seat in front of him and inappropriately touching a young woman on an Indigo flight to Bhubaneswar…. Johnny Jet , February 3, 2015