Africa US State Department’s Africa Safety Tips As certain parts of Northern Africa become more and more volatile from political upheaval, the US State Department is issuing travel advisories for many areas on the continent, including some… Ben Stagg, January 29, 2013
Travel Contests LAN Airlines Gives Restaurant Patrons Free Tickets On Wednesday, January 23rd, patrons dining at Bocanova, an innovative South American restaurant in Oakland, CA, were told to look under their seats for a huge surprise: two tickets on… Ben Stagg, January 28, 2013
Travel Video of the Week Video of the Week: Thief Dressed as Agent Cons Car Renter Thanks to NBC Los Angeles for uncovering this new scam and alerting renters. A rental car customer describes how he was scammed by an auto thief dressed as a rental… Johnny Jet, January 28, 2013
Central America Highlights from Panama Unfortunately, a day after arriving in Panama the virus that I caught on a preview cruise out of Miami hit me ,and it was doozy too — 103 degree temp…. Johnny Jet, January 28, 2013
Travel Contests 1/16 Caption It! Contest Winner We brought you the first caption contest of 2013 on the week of the 16th, and we have a winner! Congratulations Sandy G. from Santa Rosa, CA! You’ve won a… Team Johnny Jet, January 28, 2013
Florida The Marco Island Marriott Offers Free Freeze Pops by the Pool I’m on a press trip to the Marco Island Marriott in Southwest Florida. The hotel is large, with 727 rooms and is a great place to stay. They recently completed a… Johnny Jet, January 27, 2013
Travel News Restaurants are Banning Customers from Taking Pictures of Their Food According to this New York Times article, some chefs are beginning to ban customers from taking pictures of their food. I think that’s a crazy move for most restaurants since it’s free publicity… Johnny Jet, January 26, 2013
Travel News SeatGuru Revamps Seat Maps SeatGuru, the nifty website that shows you a seating chart for nearly every airplane model by airline, has just revamped their seat maps and they look really good. Check out… Ben Stagg, January 25, 2013
Travel Style Travel Style: Sonia Gil Want to know how to travel in style, just like the pros? We check in with frequent fliers on useful resources, favorite destinations and what they never leave home without…. Johnny Jet, January 25, 2013
Hotels NY’s ONE UN and the United Nations The newly renovated ONE UN at One UN Plaza New York, located at East 44th Street between First and Second Avenues, close to the East River and across from the… Georgie Jet, January 24, 2013
Travel Style Travel Style: Bob Payne Want to know how to travel in style, just like the pros? We check in with frequent fliers on useful resources, favorite destinations and what they never leave home without…. Johnny Jet, January 23, 2013
Travel Contests Win Two Tickets to Iceland! Last week, we gave away two round-trip tickets on Qatar Airways — congratulations to Ryan G. of Albuquerque, NM who won! We want to make more dream trips come true,… Johnny Jet, January 23, 2013
Webcams of the Week Webcam of the Week: The Ark Kenya I’m bringing back webcam of the week since this is one of the coolest ones I’ve ever seen. It’s a live feed from a safari lodge in Kenya and every… Johnny Jet, January 22, 2013
Travel Video of the Week Video of the Week: Turkish Airlines Commercial Hits 100,000,000 Views Turkish Airlines has one of, if not the most popular airline commercials of all time. How did they do it? They hired two of the biggest sports stars in the… Johnny Jet, January 22, 2013
Travel Product of the Week Product of the Week: The Scent of Departure Here’s an interesting line of Eau de Toilette that allows you to bring some of that unforgettable trip home with you. The Scent of Departure is billed as the essence… Johnny Jet, January 22, 2013