Do Hotel Room Key Cards Store Your Personal Information? What Travelers Should Know I have written about 3 reasons to always get two hotel room keys when you travel. After publishing that article, I received several emails from readers saying that they thought… Johnny Jet , August 11, 2025
Guest Cooks Nachos in Hotel Bathroom Sink and the Comments are Hilarious I’ve been traveling professionally for almost three decades and I really thought I’d seen it all since I’ve stayed in hundreds of hotels on six continents and in over 50… Johnny Jet , February 26, 2024
The First Thing I Do When I Check Into a Hotel Room to Ensure a Good Night’s Sleep This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our… Johnny Jet , October 5, 2023
This Simple Trick You’ve Probably Never Thought of Can Help to Keep You (And Your Stuff) Safe I’ve been writing about hotels a lot lately and I keep getting more tips from readers and colleagues. After I posted this piece, with three reasons to always get two… Johnny Jet , September 19, 2023
5 Things a Hotelier Says She Would Never Do at a Hotel Some people never use the coffee machine at a hotel while others travel with their own pillow cases. Well, hotelier and TikToker @queenevangeline25 recently went viral (over 850,000 views) with… Johnny Jet , May 10, 2023
3 Reasons To Always Get Two Hotel Room Keys A hotel executive once showed me some rooms in one of his hotels, and when the first room key he tried didn’t work, he pulled out another. As he opened… Johnny Jet , March 11, 2023
Always Do This Before Checking Out of Your Hotel This travel tip comes from two readers. The first one came in yesterday from a reader nicknamed Coyote. It was in response to this recent post: Don’t Fall for These… Johnny Jet , December 1, 2022
3 Ways to Get a Refund On a Non-Refundable Hotel Room There are many reasons why people cancel travel plans. Any number of things can happen. But thanks to COVID-19, it’s become increasingly more common, which is why many hotels have… Johnny Jet , September 19, 2022
Hotel + Lodging News: Week of May 26, 2022 This week’s hotel and lodging news: How independent hotel brands can capitalize on post-pandemic loyalty European hotel prices are rocketing — here’s where they’re rising the most The buzziest Hamptons… Johnny Jet , May 24, 2022
Get a Room for as Low as $19 at this Budding Hotel Brand This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our… Josh Patoka , January 14, 2022
Travel App of the Week: HotelTonight HotelTonight has been around for a decade and quickly became one of the world’s most popular travel apps. The reason why is because HotelTonight saved users serious money by offering… Johnny Jet , April 29, 2021
Pandemic Travel: How to Make your Hotel Stay Safe As a travel journalist who focuses on hotel reviews, my life has involved frequent hotel stays. But as we all know, the travel landscape has shifted quite a bit. The… Kelley Ferro , December 8, 2020
Face Masks and Physical Distancing Will Soon Be Standardized at Hotels Last week, the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) released a “Safe Stay Guest Checklist,” which is meant to help hotel guests ensure themselves safe healthy hotel stays in the… Johnny Jet , July 23, 2020
Hotel + Lodging News: Week of July 23, 2020 This week’s hotel and lodging news: Airbnb is getting ripped apart for asking guests to donate money to hosts Big Hotel Owners Stand to Gain From a Government-Orchestrated Debt Relief… Johnny Jet , July 22, 2020
How to Never Forget Your Charger in a Hotel Room Again Each Friday, we feature a reader-inspired tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s reader tip comes from John E., who offers a great tip for anyone staying… Johnny Jet , July 16, 2020
