How to Identify Plants Using Your Phone One of my favorite things about traveling is taking a hike or a walk around a new area. It’s the best way to get to know a destination, IMHO. My… Johnny Jet , April 12, 2023
Driving Tour Apps That Are Essentially a Private Guide at a Fraction of the Cost A travel writer I follow on Twitter once tweeted a tip about Hawaii that got my attention: Using Shaka App today to guide us around @OahuVB. Playing it through the… Johnny Jet , April 28, 2022
The iPhone Map App Every Traveler Needs To Download Now Last night, I picked up pizza from Olio Pizzeria in Santa Barbara. The food is excellent but it’s not an easy restaurant to find if you’re not familiar with… Johnny Jet , March 18, 2021
The Best TravelSmart App Yet (Version 5.4) Is Now Available Good news, travelers: Allianz has refreshed its TravelSmart app once again. Version 5.4 (the latest version as of August 12, 2020) of the app is still free for both iOS and Android,… Johnny Jet , August 11, 2020
Are You a Frequent Flyer? Check Your Carbon Footprint with This App As flight shaming grows, so do ways to offset some of the damage caused. Check out this convenient way to check carbon footprint with an app. Natasha Gabrielle , February 27, 2020
How to Find a Doctor While Traveling in 39+ Countries It always sucks being sick, but it really sucks when you’re sick and away from home. What do you do if you need a doctor or medical help away from… Johnny Jet , February 26, 2020
The New Breeze App Helps You Get Healthy Food at the Airport Breeze is a new app that’s currently only available (for free) on iOS and at LAX’s Terminal 2 (T2). But it’s a really cool idea, and the company has plans… Johnny Jet , February 20, 2020
The My Disney Experience App Can Seriously Improve Your Next Disney Trip When Natalie and I took our kids to Disneyland recently (read more about the trip and the help we got from Undercover Tourist here), we wanted to do everything possible… Johnny Jet , February 12, 2020
This App Makes Street Parking Easier in 29 Cities A while back—almost six years ago, in one of my earlier travel tips—I shared a tip about using an alarm on your phone to remind yourself to move your car… Johnny Jet , February 4, 2020
This Is the Easiest Way to Make Restaurant Reservations in Europe Do you travel often or will you soon be traveling to Europe? Do you like to eat? If so, and you’re not familiar with TheFork, read this from The Points… Johnny Jet , January 30, 2020
This Travel App Wants to Help You Get Over Your Heartbreak Earlier this month, Lonely Planet wrote up a unique app and tour company called Breakup Tours, which curates solo itineraries for people with broken hearts (who have recently broken up… Johnny Jet , December 11, 2019
The Free Foodie App Will Improve Your Food Photos I was recently in Germany for the opening of the Courtyard Hamburg City. I had dinner with a few travel journalists, and as is always the case these days, when… Johnny Jet , December 5, 2019
How to See What the Weather Was Like on the Day You Were Born Dark Sky, which I first wrote about in 2014, is one of my favorite weather apps. It’s crazy accurate, and I love the fact that it warns me when rain… Johnny Jet , November 19, 2019
This Navigation App Is Great for Long Road Trips Most of the major navigation apps are free, so when you see one that costs money you expect it to be good. Well, inRoute Route Planner, which is $3.99/month or… Johnny Jet , November 12, 2019
This App Helps Traveling Women Connect With Other Female Travelers Earlier this month, we wrote about a HuffPost story full of travel tips for solo travelers. One of the tips, from Alice Teacake of Teacake Travels, was for solo women… Johnny Jet , November 7, 2019
