5 Important Things to Do Before Your International Trip to Make Sure Your Credit Card Doesn’t Get Declined and You Don’t Get Ripped Off I tried to use my Citi card to book our airfare to Europe and it was denied. I tried multiple times and spent a frustrating 30 minutes working on it…. Johnny Jet , June 8, 2023
The Travel Insurance Coverage That Goes Above and Beyond As I mentioned the other day, I just booked a last-minute family trip to Europe and my wife Natalie and I are getting everything ready for our big adventure. There… Johnny Jet , June 7, 2023
How International Travelers Can Avoid Scams, Strikes, Disasters and More One of my top travel tips for anyone traveling internationally is to check the travel advisories issued by the U.S. State Department and the U.S embassy of that country. I… Johnny Jet , March 10, 2023
When is The Best Time to Book Flights For Your Summer Vacation? A few months ago, the team over at Google Flights released an eye-opening report with five years’ worth of historical airfare data, looking for reliable patterns. The data is from April to… Johnny Jet , March 9, 2023
Planning to Travel Internationally This Summer? You Better Do This Now Are you planning to travel internationally this summer? Then do yourself a favor and do this ASAP. Last year, I wrote a post titled: 12 Passport Tips that Will Save… Johnny Jet , January 24, 2023
Rick Steves’ Solid Advice About International Travel This Spring and Summer Is it just me or does it feel like the COVID-19 tide is finally turning? After close to two years of my wife and I really doing our part to… Johnny Jet , February 14, 2022
Warning: Domestic Airfares Will Increase 7% Each Month So Buy Your 2022 Flights Now According to travel booking app Hopper’s new Consumer Airfare Index, domestic airfare will increase 7% monthly through June, reaching 2019 levels by April 2022. This isn’t that surprising since it’s… Johnny Jet , January 20, 2022
12 Things Travelers Need to Know About Omicron Here we go again. It seems like every few months, there’s another variant of concern to be, well, concerned about. As coronavirus makes its way through the Greek alphabet, we… Johnny Jet , November 27, 2021
The Overlooked Reason Americans Should Reconsider International Travel Before the pandemic, you’d find me constantly preaching to Americans about traveling internationally. My advice was to go to at least one new country a year because as corny as… Johnny Jet , November 9, 2021
The Best Cell Phone Plans For International Travel A reader sent me an email last week asking, “Could you do an article on the best cell phone plans for international travel, including best deals on buying a chip,… Sebastian Harrison , June 26, 2021
Valuable Tips for T-Mobile Customers and/or iPhone Users I learned a valuable lesson recently about making calls internationally with T-Mobile and using my iPhone (I actually, think it’s more of an iPhone problem). An American friend, who lives… Johnny Jet , June 6, 2021
CDC Announces Use of At-Home COVID-19 Tests for International Travelers 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 , May 8, 2021
Your 2021 Travel Questions Answered Yesterday morning as I was working at the kitchen table in my pajamas, I received an email from Jasmine Viel from CBS Los Angeles asking if I could jump on… Johnny Jet , February 11, 2021
Why You Should Travel Locally Instead of Internationally Even as Borders Reopen Yesterday, the EU re-opened its borders to travelers from a number of countries. The U.S. is not among those countries, which leaves U.S. travelers prohibited from entering without quarantining for… Johnny Jet , July 1, 2020
International Travel News: Week of May 27, 2020 More from this week’s international travel news: When can I travel again? How different countries are preparing for the return of tourism India’s airports begin to reopen White House imposes… Johnny Jet , May 28, 2020
