This Viral Travel Hack Will Make You Never Want to Use Your Hotel Coffee Machine Again—Try This Instead A reader sent me this email today: “Have you seen this or heard anything similar? Glad most hotels have replaced the old coffeemakers with Keurig type machines.” — John L…. Johnny Jet , February 25, 2026
‘New fear unlocked’: Why you might not want to use those hotel shampoo dispensers Yesterday’s tip was about how to deal with hotel shampoo and conditioner dispensers if your eyesight isn’t great. I think everyone over 45 can probably relate (45 is when I… Johnny Jet , May 2, 2024
11 Tips for Traveling During Cold and Flu Season This post was updated on October 25, 2021. It was originally published in 2012. There’s nothing worse than being sick, except for being sick away from home. And unfortunately, it… Johnny Jet , October 25, 2021
Use This Retired Dentist’s Tip to Stay Safe While Flying Each Friday, we feature a reader-inspired tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s tip comes from reader Toni P., who weighed in on this recent post on… Johnny Jet , August 20, 2020
Will This Antiviral Mattress Help Ease People Back Into Travel? This is a sponsored post. The COVID-19 pandemic has done tremendous damage around the world—and here in the U.S., it’s not yet under control. In fact, the highest one-day tally… Team Johnny Jet , July 16, 2020
The Toilet Paper Alternative Readers Are Writing in About Each Friday, we feature a reader-inspired tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. Two weeks ago, a reader tip recommending this toilet paper alternative drew support from a surprising… Johnny Jet , April 24, 2020
Use This Cool Device to Disinfect Your Phone With UV Light Each Friday, we feature a reader-inspired tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s tip comes from Mari-Elain E. of Florida, who builds on last Friday’s tip by… Johnny Jet , April 3, 2020
What Are the World’s Cleanest Airlines? At the end of 2018, Skytrax announced the winners of its World Airline Awards, the annual list of honors determined via the “world’s largest airline passenger satisfaction survey.” One of… Johnny Jet , March 25, 2019
10 Times You Should Never Use Antibacterial Wipes Following yesterday’s tip on when (not) to wipe down your airplane seat, today’s tip is collection of related tips from a Reader’s Digest story titled “10 Times You Should Never… Johnny Jet , February 27, 2019
Wait Until Everyone Has Boarded Before Wiping Down Your Seat If you’re like me and you wipe down your seat every time you fly, take my advice and wait until everyone boards before you do it. On a recent… Johnny Jet , February 26, 2019
Open the Window When the Taxi Driver is Sick Whenever I jump in an Uber, Lyft or taxi, one of the first things I do is look to see if the driver is sick. If they’re visibly unwell (it’s… Johnny Jet , August 15, 2018
16 Tips for Keeping Bed Bugs at Bay Today’s tip follows yesterday’s about bed bugs on planes. Much more common (though still not too common) are bed bugs in beds, so today we’re featuring a Reader’s Digest list of… Johnny Jet , August 1, 2018
Why You Shouldn’t Wear Shorts on the Plane I rarely wear shorts on the plane, because planes and airports are usually freezing. But this Reader’s Digest article lists another and more important reason to not wear shorts on a… Johnny Jet , June 18, 2018
How to Take a Quick Shower Without Getting Wet My wife and I don’t travel without an assortment of wipes for our 19-month-old son, Jack. We have antibacterial clothes to wipe down plane surfaces, diaper wipes for you know… Johnny Jet , May 1, 2018
How Swimming in a Pool Could Get You Sick I just took a WebMD quiz called “How Much Do You Know About Spreading Germs?” and in the process picked up some valuable tips to help keep myself healthy. The… Johnny Jet , May 1, 2018
