Ask a Pilot Ask a Pilot with Spencer: Airplane Wheels In our Ask a Pilot series, pilot Spencer Marker answers one of your aviation-related questions each week. See past installments here and submit your own to Whitney@johnnyjet.com. Question Hey Spencer,… Spencer Marker, April 10, 2018
Travel Product of the Week With These Cheap Laundry Soap Packets, You Can Pack Lighter There are a lot of advantages to packing light, like: You don’t have to pay airline baggage fees You don’t have to show up to the airport to check your… Johnny Jet, April 10, 2018
Travel Video of the Week Video: How Cape Town’s Residents Are Surviving the Water Crisis—For Now National Geographic has a three-and-a-half-minute video on the Cape Town water crisis. As written in the YouTube description, “The profound water crisis in Cape Town, South Africa is affecting the… Johnny Jet, April 10, 2018
Travel App of the Week QuakeFeed: The Earthquake App That Tells You What You Need to Know As I wrote in this week’s Travel Website of the Week post, I was at lunch in Manhattan Beach when last week’s 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern… Johnny Jet, April 10, 2018
Travel Tip of the Day Does Travel Insurance Cover Preexisting Conditions? When buying travel insurance, can preexisting medical conditions affect your coverage? The answer is yes, and not all plans cover cancellations/etc. related to them. Of course, it’s a little more… Johnny Jet, April 10, 2018
Delaware The Dogfish Universe: Beer Elevated, Delaware-Style The Dogfish Head beer experience is truly a rite of passage for the American beer aficionado. While upstate New York as a kid, my dad drank Utica Club beer—the PBR… Bruce Northam, April 9, 2018
Travel Instagrammer of the Week Travel Instagrammer of the Week: Asiyami Gold Asiyami Gold (asiyami_gold) Asiyami Gold (asiyami_gold) is a freelance, multi-faceted curator and creator. She’s originally from Nigeria but now calls Atlanta home. She has a passion for design, photography and… Johnny Jet, April 9, 2018
Credit Cards IHG Select Credit Card’s Anniversary Free Night Changes Soon We do receive compensation from our advertising partners for links on the blog. Here’s our full Advertiser Policy. IHG is making it a little tougher to redeem the IHG Anniversary Free Night… Johnny Jet Editorial, April 9, 2018
Travel Tip of the Day Expect Delays at London Airports This Month Flying into or through London in the next two weeks? The city’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports—its two largest—will see marginally reduced traffic and likely delays as part of the London… Johnny Jet, April 9, 2018
Europe 10 Reasons to Stay at Kilkea Castle Hotel in Ireland My wife, son, and I were fortunate to be among the first guests at the newly reopened and renovated Kilkea Castle Hotel in Ireland. Kilkea Castle is about an hour’s… Johnny Jet, April 8, 2018
Travel Style Travel Style: Jarone Ashkenazi Want to know how to travel in style, just like the pros? We check in with frequent fliers to find out how often they fly, their favorite destinations and what… Johnny Jet, April 6, 2018
Travel Tip of the Day Use Caution When Putting Stuff in the Trunk of a Taxi Each Friday, we feature a reader-submitted tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s tip comes from reader Ann D., who says: “This first tip I figured out… Johnny Jet, April 6, 2018
Travel Tip of the Day A Rail Strike in France Will Affect Trains for the Next Three Months If you’ll be traveling to or through France in the next three months, take note: The state-run SNCF rail network will be affected severely by strikes through the end of… Johnny Jet, April 5, 2018
Travel Style Travel Style: Joseph Rosendo Want to know how to travel in style, just like the pros? We check in with frequent fliers to find out how often they fly, their favorite destinations and what… Johnny Jet, April 4, 2018
California The 2018 Lexus Culinary Classic (April 13-15) at Cavallo Point: What You Should Know San Francisco’s Cavallo Point is one of Johnny’s favorite hotels in the world (see: 10 Reasons to Stay at Cavallo Point). This month, it will play host to a special, Lexus-sponsored… Team Johnny Jet, April 3, 2018