Travel Tip of the Day Travel Tip of the Day: Time Your Hotel Stays Wisely Time Your Hotel Stays Wisely A good trick to save money: When going to popular business cities (like Toronto), try and stay in business-oriented hotels over the weekend. They’re usually… Johnny Jet, September 19, 2013
Airlines Emirates Announces New Boston-Dubai Flights Starting March 2014 Emirates is launching flights to Dubai from Boston beginning March 10, 2014. This will be the airline’s eighth route into the United States. The flight will be operated by a Boeing 777-200LR. From… Johnny Jet, September 19, 2013
Airlines Singapore Airlines Launches Special JFK-SIN/Southeast Asia Economy Fares Starting at $1,199.00 Singapore Airlines (SIA) today announced a great deal on flights from New York to Singapore and seven other Southeast Asian destinations. The fare includes round-trip travel aboard SIA’s Economy Class,… Johnny Jet, September 18, 2013
New York City Travel Tip of the Day: Worst Time to Hail a NYC Taxi Worst Time to Hail a NYC Taxi Did you know that the most difficult time to get a taxi in New York City is between 4 pm and 5 pm?… Johnny Jet, September 18, 2013
Canada Closing Night at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival I was just in Toronto to celebrate my wedding anniversary, since my wife and I got married in the city a year ago this past weekend (here’s my post on… Johnny Jet, September 18, 2013
Travel Product of the Week Travel Product of the Week: SmartTray Last week I attended the Airline Passenger Experience Expo (APEX) in Anaheim with Chris McGinnis. We were doing our weekly #TravelSkills Twitter chat live from the show on behalf of… Johnny Jet, September 17, 2013
Travel Video of the Week Travel Video of the Week: The Costa Concordia salvaged! We covered the plan in last week’s Travel Video of the Week, so here’s the real thing—the successful salvaging of the Costa Concordia by South African Nick Sloane and his team…. Johnny Jet, September 17, 2013
Italy Venice’s Biggest Tourist Traps and How to Avoid Them Last week an article circulated around the internet about some tourists—Roman tourists no less!—that were shocked to receive a bill for €100 (about $133) for four coffees in St. Mark’s… Jennifer Dombrowski, September 17, 2013
Southwest Southwest Halloween sale offering 31% off Halloween flights—ends tonight! It’s hard to believe it’s Halloween season already, but it is, so believe it. Luckily, that also means Halloween-themed deals are here—like this one from Southwest. By using the promo code… Ian Livingston, September 16, 2013
Florida JetBlue Introducing New Non-stops from New York: Trinidad & Tobago and Savannah, Georgia JetBlue announced today that the airline will be introducing two new “BlueCity’s”—what they call the destinations they fly out of—in February of 2014, and both will be serviceable by non-stop… Ian Livingston, September 16, 2013
California Liftopia offering its biggest ever pre-season sale on ski and snowboard lift tickets across the country Liftopia, the single largest retailer of lift tickets and mountain activities online (and on mobile), is getting things revved up for ski season with their Red Hot End of Summer… Ian Livingston, September 16, 2013
LAN LAN and TAM fall sale offers cheap round-trip fares to South America LAN Airlines and its affiliate TAM Airlines, part of South America’s largest airline group (flying to 114 destinations on the continent), just launched a fall sale on round-trip fares to some top… Ian Livingston, September 15, 2013
California runDisney: Bitten by the running bug and willing to travel Over 25,000 runners—from all 50 states and 15 countries including Canada, Mexico, Japan and Brazil—convened at Disneyland, Anaheim over Labor Day weekend for the 2013 Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend. I was… Liliane Opsomer, September 13, 2013
Travel News Oneworld is First Alliance to Let You Book Round-The-World Trips via Tablets I just received this press release from oneworld. What do you think of it? Oneworld has become the first airline alliance to enable customers to plan and book multi-airline round-the-world… Johnny Jet, September 13, 2013
Travel Style Travel Style: Naren Shaam 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, September 13, 2013
